Usefull to have 2 presses?

[Falstaff]

I was watching a video on how to reload 45-70 and I noticed the guy had to change dies like 5 different times. I was given an old bare (no dies or attachments came with it) rcbs press, and I am planning to buy dies and the rest to start reloading rifle brass with it. Then I see they sell a nice kit with a new press, scale, powder measure etc. So, my question is, is it useful/recomended to have multiple presses set up to do dedicated tasks as opposed to swapping dies? ( de capper, resizer, crimPer etetc)

[Flyin Brian]

Last year I broke a part on my Lee Turret press so I purchased a Lee breech lock press at Bass Pro shops so I could keep loading while waiting for the replacement parts to arrive. I figured I would return the 2nd press or sell it, now I am so used to having them both on the bench I would never go back to one press

I generally keep my universal decapping die in the breech lock, but lately I have been using the turret for pistol and the breech lock for rifle... seems to work pretty good that way.

[ns3v3n]

My next buy would be a single stage press for rifle, I have a lee pro 1000 for pistol now. But for rifle, you're better off with a single stage. So yes, two presses are useful.

[uscbigdawg]

There absolutely is!

My Dad does this now. When I started shooting USPSA/IPSC, I loaded tens of thousands of rounds on his Rock Chucker. One time when I need 2k rounds for a class done up, he offered to help out and we setup our little assembly line. The old man pulled out an old Lyman Orange Crusher and we went at it:

- Starting from deprimed, resized and cleaned brass (When I would leave a match, I'd cruise by my parent's house, I'd do the above steps, grab dinner and just leave all the ready to load brass at their house).

Step 1: I belled about 200 cases (RCBS), handed them off and spun on the seating die
Step 2: My Dad primed all the brass on his Lee Hand Primer (I kept belling brass)
Step 3: He dropped powder 50 at a time
Step 4: I seated all the bullets on the RCBS and then crimped on the Lyman while Pops kept on knocking out powder'ed cases.

Right after this class, I bought my first XL650 and bought him a 550B. Still have it for the calibers I shoot the least and my 223 loads for 3-Gun, but also have 2 RL1050's. I use a Rock Chucker for rifle loads that I really care about, but will say the 650 will load "match" ammo just as good as the single stage.

They key for me to be productive with single stage presses is doing things in batches. When I'm loading my 1000 yard ammo, it generally takes me 2 hours to do 50 because of the brass prep. 50 rounds a day on Monday = 250 rounds by Friday night. I of course can (and do) more, but the point is that keeping it small and doing everything makes life easy and fast.

Rich

[Dark Mod]

2 single stages? i dont see why.... If you plan on having the dies set up so you have to switch less you wont really save that much time. The only benefit i can think of is to have one mounted to a sawhorse so you can drag that sucker inside when its cold/hot out

[xbimmers]

I would go with a Turret press!!!! umm...after getting a Dillon!

[Bill Steele]

With lock rings changing dies in a single stage press is very fast.

Having said that, I have three presses on my bench now, a single stage, a turret and a progressive, different tools for different jobs.

[BigBronco]

If that old RCBS press is a Rock Chucker install a Hornady Lock and load quick change insert. It makes changing dies a snap.

[Air]

I do.

Lee Challenger and Harrel's Tooling Turret Press here.

[HKMadness]

I have a pro 1000 and a LCT (mostly use it as single stage) on my bench. Yes, very useful indeed.

[rg1]

It's handy for me to have more than one press. With pistol calibers I size on one press and move the case to the next to expand. Then move to the bench mounted primer seater. Pick up one case and completely have it ready to load. Then I seat on one and crimp on the other press. For rifle cases I do the same, seat on one press and crimp on the other or for military cases I size on one press and use the primer pocket swager on the other. Not entirely necessary but I like having two presses side by side.

[hayaku]

rock chucker ii single stage and a dillon 650 progressive for me.

[Full Clip]

Yeah looking to get a single stage just for rifle...

[Fastattack]

It is always nice to have a second press. If you had it, you would use it.
I have mine set-up for removing bullets, but also use it for depriming and other odds and ends that you will find arises during the reloading process.

[bruceflinch]

More useful to have 3 presses...