Redding vs rcbs turret press

[Falstaff]

Is the redding worth the extra money? The extra turrets are more costly on the redding too. Anything else to consider?

[357shooter]

Is the redding worth the extra money? The extra turrets are more costly on the redding too. Anything else to consider?

Yea this.

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[XDRoX]

Unless you're loading precision rifle rounds with the turret, I agree, the Lee Classic Turret is a lot cheaper and works great.

[___M|9||___]

Lee would probably be a better deal BUT if you can afford the feeding than by all means redding is great plus you don't just get 4 stations you get 7!

[klewan]

I was looking at the Lyman, it was $130 at F&M reloading a couple of months back. Cost of the turrets, $40+, I bought a Lee Classic Turret and 3 additional turrets for $130.

Actually, any single stage press that has the quick change dies, the ones you adjust and then can pull out without messing up the setting, is about as good as the turret presses. Only advantage the turret has is you only have to handle the brass once; then you can just move the turret or let it do an automatic index with the Lee. If you batch load, on a single stage without the quick change, you have to pick up and place each piece of brass in the press, cycle the press, then remove it and install the next piece.

[Dark Mod]

I really dislike turret presses, but i have to agree with pretty much everyone else here on the Lee turret over the others. Not because its better quality, because its not, but the price is right.

[the led farmer]

I really dislike turret presses, but i have to agree with pretty much everyone else here on the Lee turret over the others. Not because its better quality, because its not, but the price is right.

What's your beef with the turret press, and the quality of the lee classic turret?many peeps (like me) use the lct with ZERO issue so just curious what yours is and maybe someone can enhance your lee experience?

[freonr22]

Over the redding, why not get a hornady lnl ap ?

[morrow]

IMO the only turret press worth buying is the Lee Classic Turret because of the price and removable auto indexing rod. Otherwise i'd just get a single stage with quick change bushings instead of the other variety of turret presses.

This is aside from progressive presses, of course.

[stilly]

Yeah, there are single stage presses, then there is the Lee Classic Turret, and then there are progressives as far as I am concerned.

[Bill Steele]

I have always wanted a Redding T7. I think it is much more stout than its RCBS cousin.

The points other have made about single stage presses and either quick change bushings or even regular dies with lock rings will provide most of the benefit, other than the point made about brass handling, you definitely handle the brass fewer times when loading on a turret.

I would not recommend the Lee Classic Turret for loading anything with a bottle neck larger than .223. It is just not stout enough to hold up in my opinion. Also, it will not deliver the kind of precision a single stage or a turret like the T7 will. The aluminum turret plates on the Lee cock as the ram comes up and wear against the carrier. If you are planning on making .223 blasting ammo then for sure the Lee Classic Turret will do fine, at least for a time, anything larger caliber wise or if you want precision when bumping a shoulder or seating a bullet, the Lee turret will fall short. It is also great for handgun.

I just bought a Lee Classic Cast Breechlock (just got notice today it shipped). I have a Lee Challenger Breechlock I bought cheap, but it has slowly been relegated to collet bullet pulling and universal decap, as it is pretty loose in tolerance, cast aluminum, and I have already broken the linkage. The Lee Classic Cast has the Breechlock bushing setup, but is a much heavier press and linkage, it is cast iron material, the ram is 1 1/8" in diameter, larger even than the T7's. At $100 +/- it is a pretty great value.

But if you have the scratch for the T7, I doubt you will be disappointed.

[Flyin Brian]

^^^ Bill makes a lot of good points. I have owned a 4-hole Lee Classic Turret and I was happy with it until I broke the top off the press resizing 30-06 HXP cases. That's when I noticed many of my 4-hole die plates were cracked from the stress of resizing large bottleneck rifle cases. I decided to only use the LCT for pistol and I purchased a Lee Challenger breech lock for rifle. It worked well but my main complaint was the priming system. If you don't keep a primer arm mounted in the ram, then spent primers fall out of the ram while de-priming. Unfortunately, the primer arm flops out onto the floor after 3 or 4 cycles so I'm either picking up spent primers or picking up a primer arm from under the bench!

I finally saw the Redding T-7 on sale at Cabela's and had a gift card I'd been saving... it's a BEAST of a press and I could not be happier with it. It really is the best of both worlds, as you have 7 spots to install dies, but it is stronger than most single stage presses. I keep a sizing die and seating die for 3 of my main calibers plus a universal decapper mounted in the turret, and this takes care of 99% of my rifle loading.

[ronas]

I have a redding T7 and one extra turret head. No complaints. Press with extra
head is very very convient to have.

[sghart]

I have loaded hundreds and hundreds of 7x57 on my Lee Classic Turret with no problems. However, I am generous with my lube on the cases. I load hundreds of rounds of handgun in 8 different calibers every month also.

Having said that I am getting my old Rockchucker out of mothballs. I am going to start loading .308 and 30.06 again and I just have more confidence in a single stage for rounds like that. If I could afford a Redding T7 I would jump on it.

[xray30]

What do you plan to reload on it? If you are looking to reload pistol rounds then the LCT is the one you most likely want. It's basically the poor man's progressive. The T7 is more of a glorified single stage press. Advantage is that you don't have to reset your dies every time.

My favorite setup is a Redding T7 + Progressive.