Goebela3 Wrote:Looking at getting my first press and was leaning towards the Dillon 550C. Is there a reason most of you are doing single press for 6.5 grendel instead of progressive? I would mostly load 9mm, 5.56, and 6.5 grendel.
To me it's all about learning the basics, cost per round and precision. There is a lot to learn and everything has to be done precisely. Much better to do one at a time at first.
And unless you shoots hundreds of rounds a month you may never need a progressive press.
Instead of an initial investment of $600+ how about less than $200? Start with a Lee kit for $130 and add reloading manuals and a few other things you'll need. Later, if you get a prog press you'll still keep the Lee for small batches.
Grendel reloads cost at least 33 cents each so you're not saving a fortune anyway. On sale, powder is about 9.5c, primer 3.2c and bullets are .19 and up, mostly up.
Factory ammo is .70 (hard to find) to over a dollar each.
It's hard-to-impossible to make the most accurate ammo with a prog press. If you get serious about long-range accuracy you'll need a SS or turret press.