I had a Lyman T-Mag II turret press, and it was fine. However, I am quite picky about the ammo I reload, and I decided that this press had too much free-play during a ram cam-over (when the ram pushes the shellholder against the die). For that reason I sold the T-Mag II and bought a Redding T-7, and never looked back.
In my view starting with a single stage press is just OK, as you learn how to reload. But soon enough it becomes extremely slow since you have to remove one die and then go to the next. On my T-7 turret I have a set of 3 dies (full, neck, and seater), a Redding Instant indicator, and a bullet puller. It still has one empty place for anything I want to have on it.
With fire-once or twice brass that I plan to reload for the chamber the cases were fired by, I first run each through the instant indicator, then bump the shoulder accordingly with the full-size die. Now it's ready for trimming, cleaning, and loading. The neck sizer is seldom used.
In my view starting with a single stage press is just OK, as you learn how to reload. But soon enough it becomes extremely slow since you have to remove one die and then go to the next. On my T-7 turret I have a set of 3 dies (full, neck, and seater), a Redding Instant indicator, and a bullet puller. It still has one empty place for anything I want to have on it.
With fire-once or twice brass that I plan to reload for the chamber the cases were fired by, I first run each through the instant indicator, then bump the shoulder accordingly with the full-size die. Now it's ready for trimming, cleaning, and loading. The neck sizer is seldom used.
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