Lock-N-Load Ammo Plant information

[mswackha]

I have been thinking of getting one of these for pistol ammo reloading and case prep on 223. Anyone have one and what are the pros and cons. Any info will be helpful. Thanks in advance.

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[Local Loader]

I have one use it for both of those things and it works great for both of them. The only thing that I would say is a down side is how fast you can go through primes, but not really a bad thing, just takes time to reload the tubes.
You can't use as much pressure on it as you can a single stage so I can't say that I'd use it for a lot a bottleneck case prep sizing without a good amount of lube.
Having a set of dies for just this press also helps as the die seating height isn't the same as a single stage.
Other than those things, the one I have works beautiful and I love having it.

 

[oremike]

I have 2 of them, one just for depriming and the other to make 1000 rounds of handgun ammo a day on.

 

[ferret427]

I like mine well enough. Had to do a few mods to make advancing the plate smoother. With smaller casings the mechanism liked to pop powder out of the casing on the way to seating a bullet. Also, the automatic case feeder can be finicky with some cases.

 

[Local Loader]

With smaller casings the mechanism liked to pop powder out of the casing on the way to seating a bullet. Also, the automatic case feeder can be finicky with some cases.

Really? I've found that to be more of an issue depending on the powder I used.