Need help picking a reload setup!

[stavros4570]

To nickb: Don't mean to raise hackles but, your groups really don't say much without range and scale figures.

 

[Nickb]

To nickb: Don't mean to raise hackles but, your groups really don't say much without range and scale figures.

100 yards, from a bi pod, both groups were shot with an AR chambered in .223.
In the second picture that's a 45acp round that will cover the group, so less than a half inch.

 

[stavros4570]

Nice! You should be proud.

 

[Inspector]

I started with a cheap aluminum RCBS single stage press (RS5). It was a great little press for the money (50 bucks used). I would definitely look at a single stage press to start with. Keep it simple.

Next I graduated to a Redding Ultramag. I'll never own another single stage press. The Redding is top notch.

I then bought a Lee Progressive for higher volume pistol cartridges. It worked great but I had to fiddle with it every 200-300 rounds.

I replace the Lee with a used Dillon but it used proprietary dies that were expensive. I sold the Dillon and bought a Hornady LNL progressive.

With the Hornady LNL and the Redding, I've never felt any need to look at any other presses.