Reloading Automation
RogerN wrote:
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Ammo's difficult to find and usually expensive so any thoughts on taking a
progressive press and making it as automatic as practical?
I saw some interesting videos online of presses, some homemade case feeders,
bullet feeders, etc. Some you only had to pull the handle, some had the
handle attached to a gear motor crank.
Any thoughts on suitable presses to start with?
I've been looking at Lee load masters, they are cheaper but maybe fore a
reason. Can you use a better quality powder measure with the Lee load
master?
Or would I be better off starting with the Hornady Lock N Load or a Dillon?
My goal is to reload for now and further automate (case & bullet
feeders(homemade?)) later.
RogerN
No point to automating really, a standard progressive press is plenty
fast (~30 rds/min, 1,800 rds/hr) unless you are reloading many thousands
of rounds at a time at which point you really need a completely
different type of progressive press.
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