Lyman or RCBS Turret Press???

I was considering a Lyman at one time but the number of posts outlining the slopy construction caused me to locate a demo at Bass Pro to look at . I was turned off by the looseness of the mechanism. I ended up with a Redding but an RCBS would have been fine for my purposes. I have since purchased a Lee Classic Turret as well and for hand gun loading I prefer it . I use a Rock Chucker for my larger rifles and if you don't have a single stage I would get one first. It is all I had the first 30 years I loaded.

RCBS customer service is worth considering . I have delt with Lee and RCBS . There is no comparison. That is not to say Lee is unfair but RCBS is no questions ask. Most of my equipment is RCBS green and I don't think you can go wrong.
 
Lyman Turret presses have worked well for me over the years. I've loaded on a Tru-Line, All-American and a T-Mag II. I still have the Tru-Line, it has been converted to 7/8x14 dies and an interchangeable shell holder I used to use it for the bugs, Hornet and Bee it's in storage for now.

The only thing I didn't like about the Lyman is it didn't hold enough dies. I've switched to the Lee Cast Classic Turret press and have 10 heads set up with 16-17 die sets, best decision I ever made. With it I've been able to eliminate the third press on my bench and put in a shotshell loading station. I still have a Lyman Crusher II single stage for heavy work.
 
I can't compare the Lyman, cause I have never had one, But I do have a RCBS Turret and I love this thing. I use it for my handgun loading and 223. Nice for switching between dies and not having to spend time adjusting. I have an extra head with six more dies in that, so it helps make loading fo faster. I still use my Rock Chucker for my rifle.
 
I finally located a RCBS...Kinda cashy,but wat isn't? They wan'td $275.00,but with a $50.00 rebate isn't so bad. Other places had them for around $215.00,but all on back order and no idea when they would get any. Spending that much maybe I should have got the Redding??? I'm new to the hobby so I'll play with this one first.
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Thanks guys for the input!

Gene
 
I use a Lyman T-mag II and so far it has performed great. The primer feeder leaves a lot to be desired though but from what I understand there really isn't a good primer feeder off a turret press.

They both are good brands, buy the one that melts your butter and move forward.
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The Lyman is nice to use for bullet seating if you load multiple calibers. There is an adjustment on the back side to elimate the travel / slop. I believe it would be alright for resizing of smaller calibers and kneck sizing but if you are spinning the turret around all the time then it would likely loosen up. I prefer to use a single stage for sizing and seat with the turret press.

I had my doubts about the Lyman when I would window shop at Bass Pro but found a lightly used one at a gun show and have been very happy with it.

I think the Redding appears to be a well made press and a stronger choice of the three from what I can tell and would likely add one of those to put the resizing dies in. I think it has primer catch tube on the bottom of the ram which would be a plus.
 
To add to my previous post as i stated I have a Redding T-7 . The good news is it is massive and stable , the bad news is it takes a lot of deck on a small bench . I only load 22Hornets and 223's on it and it is great. I find most reloading equipment to be serviceable if used correctly. I liked the Lyman originally because of it's small footprint. Bigger rifle shells go on my Chucker.
 
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