Doc Holliday 1950
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I've never made my own ammo. Any suggestions of the easiest set of tools would I need to roll my own? I've asked this before but I'm under new circumstances & I'd like to try this.
Thanks for the reminder -- I neglected to mention that. I mentioned the auto indexing feature, which advances the turret to the next station with each pull of the handle. What I didn't mention is that, as mikejonestkd pointed out, you can simply remove the rod and run the press like a single stage (or non-auto-indexing turret) press.mikejonestkd said:Take a good look at the Lee Classic Turret press. You can run it as a single stage while you learn the ropes, then eventually speed things up by inserting the OP rod.
You need a set of dies for each caliber/cartridge you'll be loading. You don't need a different press -- just change the dies. In single stage and turret presses, you screw the dies in and out. The Lee Turret press (and their progressive presses) have turrets that hold all the dies in a set, so you can just swap out the complete turret and not have to adjust dies when you switch calibers. Dillon presses (except the Square D) have a similar setup -- Dillon refers to it as swapping the "toolhead."Doc Holliday said:So I'm looking to reload both Semis & Revolvers. Does this help & do I need different press kits? I know zippo about this & am reading everyone's replies then looking them up.
Don't read too far into the minutia. You don't need high end tools to turn out "High End" ammunition.