Thoughts on the Redding T7 Press

[eric90503]

Yet another ?press thread...

So it's been a few years of going back and forth, the pros and cons of reloading, mostly involving time... My time is valuable especially with the hours I work. But sadly I've come to realize I'm f**k'd as I've been re-bitten by the bug and now onto reloading. Dammit!! Special thanks to Lonewolf for nudging me over to the darkside

Anyhow, to the point of presses. As with many people going back and forth, single stage vs. progressive for their first press, etc. etc.. Well I think my applications are:

Single stage for precision bottleneck cartridges for bolt guns and later a 650Xl for pumping out .223 plinker rounds as well as pistol.

SO the question for the Redding T7, since this turret is pretty much a single stage, the convenience of the turret is nice, but I've noticed that there is a flex in the turret head when operating the ram as seen in this video @ 2:27 runtime.

http://www.youtube.com/user/gavintoobe#p/u/33/Z5mKI8Ex4UI

When rotating the turret, the detent positively locks it into place and no movement is perceivable. However in the video and by the mechanics of it, the tolerance between the turret is going to compress a little.
Will this effect overall consistency and accuracy? If that is the case, the BigBoss would probably be a better solution for precision cartridges?

Sorry for yet another noob reloading Q... But all thanks for your thoughts.

[wellfedirishman]

I am not familiar with the Redding Turret, but I have the Lee Classic Turret (the cast iron one) and it is a champ. I reload a variety of rifle cartridges on it, and it will make one hole accurate ammo for 100 yard use, if the shooter can shoot that well.

http://www.realguns.com/archives/122.htm

And it is very reasonably priced:

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=814175

[BuisJoel]

ive done a fair share of research on presses and decided on the t7. Havent bought it yet but like the fact that you can set the dies and never have to move them again. they sell more turrets for a fair price. i only plan on reloading 2 calibers so i would only need one. I had the chance to mess with one a bit and it is indeed a heavy duty piece of machinery

[eric90503]

I am not familiar with the Redding Turret, but I have the Lee Classic Turret (the cast iron one) and it is a champ. I reload a variety of rifle cartridges on it, and it will make one hole accurate ammo for 100 yard use, if the shooter can shoot that well.

http://www.realguns.com/archives/122.htm

And it is very reasonably priced:
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct...tnumber=814175

Thanks for the links and your reply, guess I need to practice more at the range one hole at 100yrds is pretty darn good.

[eric90503]

ive done a fair share of research on presses and decided on the t7. Havent bought it yet but like the fact that you can set the dies and never have to move them again. they sell more turrets for a fair price. i only plan on reloading 2 calibers so i would only need one. I had the chance to mess with one a bit and it is indeed a heavy duty piece of machinery

That's what I've been told from the reloading store at Angeles about the replacement turrets. I'm wondering how much faster would the turret be over the BigBoss. I plan on loading, .223, .308, and 8mm bottlenecks for now.

But yes, I like the tighter tolerances of the Redding over the RockChucker.

[kmca]

But yes, I like the tighter tolerances of the Redding over the RockChucker.

Don't get too wrapped up with tolerances in the press. Everything is pretty much dependent on the die settings.

I've got a Rock Chucker on one end of my bench and a Lyman turret press on the other, in between are two Dillons. I use the turret for odd cartridges that I don't load in volume. I use the single stage for varying tasks like pulling bullets. I made the mistake of getting rid of my first Rock Chucker when I bought a Dillon. Had to buy another one.