Progressive press questions

[wrenchman]

after years of rifles my son wants do do hand guns after doing it on my single stage i am thinking of getting one.
i dont seem to have near as much case prep but there are more steps to loading and changeing out the dies.
i have found that the 357 comes into its own hand loading when hand loading.

[skeet]

Hmmm. How to answer....I use progressives. I have found quite a bit of prep we do is really not needed...seriously. Believe it or not most people don't clean pockets..and I find it un-needed for the most part. Removing lube is easy..ten min in a tumbler. Yes I even lube cases with carbide dies...spray lube lightly. Flash hole deburring?? If you are a benchrest shooter...maybe. I do clean pp with my varmint loads. Loading 222 & 204 right now. Got a small P dog town here on the ranch. Kind of a precise imprecise game because of wind. For cast bullet handgun and 223 stuff most of the prep really isn't needed. My serious hunting ammo? Yep I do the prep..heck how many good hunting loads do we load? 40? I shoot my deer with a Win 64 32 sp with cast bullets...max 75yds. I have a couple hundred of them loaded. My daughter has been shooting the P dogs and think she has missed four shots out of about a hundred with my 223 loads out of my Bushmaster Varminter.with loads right off my Dillon 650 progressive. She is a good shooter though. Case length? I do it when needed. Handgun ammo almost never need trimming except maybe 357 or 44 magnum loads and they will even last the 6 to 8 loads(full mag) loads I will put through them till I retire them to plinkers. BTW if you need to trim rifle cases every time....your loads are probably too hot

[skeet]

Originally Posted by wrenchman

after years of rifles my son wants do do hand guns after doing it on my single stage i am thinking of getting one.
i dont seem to have near as much case prep but there are more steps to loading and changeing out the dies.
i have found that the 357 comes into its own hand loading when hand loading.

Got to say...if you buy a progressive for your hand gun ammo...go with a quality press. Not a Lee...ask me how I know. I would recommend a Dillon 550... Oh and the full blown mag handgun loads? Do them on your single stage press. It is a bit safer till you really learn your press. I never load top of the pressure range loads on a progressive. You are loading for quantity. I am sure you understand the reasoning for that statement