Single stage press

It is OK to start with a light duty press. It will come in handy when you get a heavy duty press. I use my old Lyman Spartan to prime and seat bullets while I resize with my Rock Chucker. Saves a lot of die changing and the Spartan is more sensitive for priming.
 
I've had just about every brand of press on my bench at one time or another over the years.

I love single stage presses.

The two that survived the trials above all others are the Lee Classic Cast and the Redding Ultramag.

For best value, the Lee Classic Cast can't be beat.

For overall best single stage press, my vote goes to the Ultramag.
 
I was looking at getting a single stage press just to mess around with. Mostly looking to load 9mm and 30-30 maybe someday 300 blackout. Do you think the lee would be good for this?
 
monoxide, welcome to these forums. Your post is #43 and a large number of the 42 posts that preceded your question pretty much say "ummm, yes."
 
FWIW, I think the best SS press for the money right now is the Lee Classic Cast. The absolute best SS press (for most cartridges) is the Forster CoAx. It was my first press that I bought in the early seventies on a paperboy's income, and I still use it. It cost many months wages, but it was worth every penny. Buy once, cry once.
 
Hey Pause for the...,

I see you have the curved handle on your Lee press set up so the grip points away from you to your right. I posted a thread about this. I also have this handle but can't get it in a position I like so I made a straight one from a solid, 1/2" square wrought iron staircase baluster (the vertical piece under the bannister), then I attached a wood ball for a handle. You can read my thread and replies under, "Handle" in this section of the Firing Line. As soon as I can figure out how to reduce the size of a photograph, I will post a photo of it on the Firing Line.
 
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