anybody use hornady reloading equipment?

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Wa_Coyote_Hunter

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Does anyone use the hornady presses?

And what about there sleeve bushing inserts, for other types of reloaders so you don't have to keep setting your dies everytime you put them back in the reloader???
Do they really work as they say?
 
W-C-H,

I have a pre - LNL progressive and in my opinion it kicks arse. I think the L-N-L bushing system would be the cat's meow, 1/4 turn to swap out dies. If I had to buy new equipment, I would go with Hornady, again. Just my .02.

BoomSplat
 
I have both the old and new Hornady progressive presses... and they are very nice.

The 1/4 turn bushings will only work on Hornady presses made in the last 5 or so years, and NO other brand presses.

... and yes, they work as they say - I think it's 1/6th of a turn.
 
I have some Pacific handloading equipment...does that count ?
not a big fan of their standard dies but everything else seems to work pretty good
 
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Does anyone use the hornady presses?

And what about there sleeve bushing inserts, for other types of reloaders so you don't have to keep setting your dies everytime you put them back in the reloader???
Do they really work as they say?



The bushings are OK, but not worth the price personally, with the bushings you can change a die in seconds, but you can also change the dies in seconds without using the bushings, 2-3 seconds with bushings, 3-4 seconds with bushings.

There is absolutely no need to adjust dies when changing from one die to another, the only die that ever gets adjusted here is the bullet seating die, and that's only when changing to a different bullet. The only other exception is if you are going to use the die on a different press, then you will have to adjust it whether you have the bushings or not.
 
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The 1/4 turn bushings will only work on Hornady presses made in the last 5 or so years, and NO other brand presses.




I have a RCBS Rock Chucker and an old Lyman press, both are able to be converted to use the bushings, if I wanted to do that.

From the Hornady 2007 catalog:
"Simply thread a Hornady Lock-N-Load Conversion Kit into your RCBS Rock Chucker or other loading press using a 1 1/4 X 12 thread, and you're ready to start using the LOck-N-Load System."

You can see the black adapter screwed into this Rock Chucker, that's the 7/8 X 14 adaptor, remove that and I could install the Lock-N-Load system, the current Rock Chucker has the same insert, as does the Lee Classic Cast and the Redding 700 Ultramag press.
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I have one of the first Pro-7's made and loaded about 350,000 rds on it in my life and it is still going. I was given the up graded Pro-7 version by a friend a few years after the first one and it about as many as well. Never had any problems with them. I preferred them over the Dillion's at the time. Would not have a problem buying one of the new ones except I don't shoot competition anymore and don't need a new one. I never did like their dies.
 
I happen to like there seating die, with the sliding sleeve it makes bullet alinement(no more cocked bullets in the seating die) easy especialy the stubbu 22Hornet bullets. I've used Redding and Hornady taperred expander buttons and the Hornady is winner hands down, it takes 204 Rugers to 25 cal in one pass no crushed shoulders.. I've had Hornady make custom dies for me and they work great and are a third the price of other makers.

I haven't owned any of there presses but have used an older 007 that worked as good as anything else in it's price range.

AWS
 
Have a Hornady AP and Dillon 650. Both good press's.

The Hornady is cheaper(to change calibers) and easier to change calibers on and easier to remove a case for inspection when something doesn't feel right. The Dillon may be a bit faster for production.
 


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