Best Progressive machine for rifle ammo?

[bschmidt]

Have been reloading metalic ammo for 8 years excusively using a rockchucker single stage. Looking to speed things up for PD hunting ammo as well as feeding an AR. Have been looking at the Dillion RL550B, and Hornady's AP reloader-any thoughts/experience with what is best?

Also, with loading rifle ammo-how do you clean the lube off the cases once you have a completed round?


Thanks

 

[gunman41mag]

I have two DILLON 550, I think it's the best for the money

 

[42769vette]

im told dillon. i bought a 650 and am just getting it running right so i cant conferm or deny

 

[sloughfoot]

I have been reloading for many years. I only run rifle brass through a progressive after resizing on a single stage and repriming with a handheld tool. Heck, you can reprime while watching tv in the living room....

It is way too important that the cases get properly resized with the proper amount of set back and the primers need to be crushed, just right.

I have several thousand 30.06 and 308 cases sized and primed in plastic bags and ready to go tight now.

I stopped reloading with a progressive when spring back or gremlins or something caused cases to not be sized right and I had tipped or upside down primers.

Dumping powder and seating bulets work fine in a progressive, but not resizing. This is just my experience.

I want that 55,000 psi grenade going off an inch in front my eye to be perfect.

 

[Lancem]

I bought a Dillon 550 in 85 and just replaced it with a Hornady LNL AP. Dillon makes a good machine but I think the AP is a much more advanced machine, the 550 is the same machine they were making 25 years ago.