Going to ask first

[kevins750]

Before I go out and blindly spend money..

I have been reading and watching some videos on arbor press loading.

I understand for serious accuracy/uniformity this is the way to go?

what exactly is needed, dies, micro die tops, obviously an arbor press.
And is Sinclair press and Wilson products the way to go, our are they entry level?
I am interested in these particular application's
Semi .223

Bolt .243

[foxtrotuniformlima]

I'm sure others will chime in but my understanding is that an arbor press is usually the domain of the bench rest shooters. They don't go through 100's or rounds per trip or competition so if it takes them 2 hours to load 40 rounds, so what.

223 in an AR ? not even worth it. Measure with a micrometer, mark with a crayon, cut with a chainsaw.

243 Win in a R700 ? how far are you shooting ? 600 yds ? It might be noticed but might not.

My advice would be to get a Foster Co-AX press and Foster or Redding dies. And get a concentricity measuring device like the Sinclair one. Concentric ammo is the goal of any reloading and with a way to measure it, you are hoping that the set up is working.

[TimRB]

Why an arbor press? Are you looking for portability? From what I have read, you cannot full-length resize with one, so semi-auto 223 could be problematic.

Tim

[kevins750]

Yes both guns are bench guns. I can full length size with my other press's.
I only reload for rifles and only for precision now. I don't care about how many an hour I can do.

I guess what I am asking is the arbor press method more precise and user friendly than the traditional way...