View Single Post
  #3  
Old 04-14-2005, 04:58 PM
Rocky Raab's Avatar
Rocky Raab Rocky Raab is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Ogden, Utah
Posts: 8,705
If you want to go progressive, there's no better choice than Dillon. That AT-500 is kind of a hybrid. It's set up as a sort of manual progressive where you do one cartridge at a time through each die in order. The shell holder has the four most common sizes on it, so you use the correct one and cycle the case through each die, rotating the shellholder manually each step. It can be converted to the 550 model with a kit if you want to do that later.

The Square Deal B comes set up with ONE set of dies. If you load thousands of -let's say- 38 Special, it's fine. But it's a pain to switch calibers and it only does pistol-size rounds.

If I broke (!!!) my press today, I'd order the AT-500.
__________________
Freedom of the Press
Does NOT mean the right to lie!

Visit me at my Reloading Room webpage!

Get signed copies of my Vietnam novels at "Baggy Zero Four" "Mike Five Eight"
Reply With Quote