anybody use a rcbs jr press

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hplfugee

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i picked one up off of ebay in bulk reload package. it had a crappy discription and i think i got a good deal on the lot. i looked at the product parts on the rcbs site and it stated that they were not in production any more and parts also. has any one had any problems with them? should i keep it or flip it and look for a rock chucker. the press i picked up is a rs model and is like the jr model.
 
Originally Posted By: hplfugeei picked one up off of ebay in bulk reload package. it had a crappy discription and i think i got a good deal on the lot. i looked at the product parts on the rcbs site and it stated that they were not in production any more and parts also. has any one had any problems with them? should i keep it or flip it and look for a rock chucker. the press i picked up is a rs model and is like the jr model.

It's not in production for a reason
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It is a dog.

Flip it and look for a used RockChucker.

Last year, I bought an almost new, clean and perfect RC-II for $80 on eBay.
 
I've had a JR for about 10 years and am very happy with it. I don't reload a lot so I don't need much. I've found it to be very dependable. IF I were loading hundreds of rounds at a time for handgun competition or an AR15 I might want a progressive but the JR meets my hunting needs just fine.
If you got it for a good price, keep it and use it.
 
The JR is an excellent press particularly for smaller cartridges. It is cast iron and RCBS keeps parts. I have one on my mobile bench . I regularly load 300 mags with mine . I also have a rockchucker , redding t-7 , and a Lee classic turret . In it's day it was the best starter press on the market . I wish they were still made . The new aluminum starters are will probably not last a llifetime .
 
I have one, a JR3 that I have been using since 1976. I have another one sitting in the closet in case I wear mine out.

Picked up a like new rockchucker in a yard sale for $25.00 in case I wear out the two JR's

I have a feeling I will not live long enough to wear the first one out. I can't tell you how many rounds I have loaded but its a lot.

I have loaded on a rockchucker, and can't say that it makes ammo more accurate than the JR. It does handle the larger calibers easier.

Lately I been loading small rifle and pistols rounds which I think these press are good for. I did use my JR for 30-06 and .270 though. Both of my JR's were made in the seventies. I feel they are a good press
 
I have been using one since 1976 as well. I have loaded several thousand rounds without an issue. I believe I paid $70 for it new in a combo package. It's more than paid for itself. kwg
 
I have JR3. I learned to reload on a JR 40 years ago and still use them. I feel they are a great press. I have loaded 10's of thousands of rounds on one. I thought about buying a RC but see no reason to. I dont see where it will do anything my JR3 wont do. I load calibers up to 7mm on mine.
 
I've had one for quite a few years, it was what I stepped up to from a Lee. I still have it and now just keep my universal decapping die set up in it.

It is a little short on height, I have loaded 300RUM's on it but seating the bullets was a bit tricky.

I doubt you'll ever wear one out
 
I started out on a RCBS JR press and it worked fine but i Did upgrade to the RC and a Forster Co-Ax press.

The JR may flex a little on some of the bigger cartridges or some of the short magnums if they are as hard to size as some say they are.

Look at it this way anything a JR press can do a RC press can do plus with more ease.

I would keep it if I was you and get an RC or a Forster Co-Ax as your main go to press.

DAB
 
i only loaded about 200 rounds now and that was with a little red lee that a picked at a flea market for $10. i put that thing on ebay a got an extra $40 for it. so far i have sized 50 243 rounds with it and it is a big step in the right direction.
 


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