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I just ordered a Hornady LNL Classic kit

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productnumber=749997

and a set of Lee carbide dies

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productnumber=622255

along with an assortment of bullets from Midway.

I bought powder, brass, and primers from Widener's. Nobody local had primers, and I had a hard time finding them online.

anything I'm missing?

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good point! I'll need more bushings for other calibers anyway.

At least I remembered to order the the correct shell holder.

Hornady has a special right now for 500 bullets free with a press purchase. That's worth about $90.

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  • 6 months later...

It's great! I've loaded about 600 .40 S&W and about 80 .22-250. I really like that I can load whatever I want; 155 JHP, 165 FMJ, etc for the .40 without having find them at the store. The .22-250 is also great because all you ever find for factory loads is 55gr but now I can play with 40 gr, 50gr, 65gr...

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Local shop had large rifle primers, I ordered the small pistol primers when I ordered powder.

I did find that guns shows are the spot for powder and primers. The one that comes around here is fairly worthless except for ammo related stuff.

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The LNL Classic is a really nice single-stage press in my opinion, have one myself for de-priming and other tasks which are best suited for a single-stage. The only thing I don't really care much for on it is the hokey spent primer catch; I seem to get primers scattered all over the place! Since I use other tools to prime my cases, though, I just filled the slot in the ram with silicone RTV caulk and it now does a much better job of dropping the spent primers in the little catch tray.

But I do wish the assembly thicknesses were the same on both the classic and AP presses... maybe I can have someone turn me a bushing for it...

Congrats on your purchase!

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Still happy with this setup. The quality and function is great. I haven't used other single stage presses but I don't know how any of the same "O" frame presses would work better. The only downside is loading pistol rounds is slow but I don't shoot that much volume and it would be the same with any single stage press. I can load about 100/hr with my single stage, with a progressive that would be 300+. Rifle is faster because you only have 2 steps instead of 3 or 4.

The Lock and Load die bushings work very well but you have to make sure they are completely seated, especially if you are only neck sizing because you put a lot of force on the press. I didn't get the die bushing completely seated once and cracked it. The die bushings make setup really fast with minimal adjustments.

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Pablo,

Check out the Lee Classic Cast series. Their Turret is a simple well designed with a excellent price.

Videos here

Check out the top two videos. I don't use the auto prime (for the primers) I just select a single primer and put it in the primer cup. The NICE thing about this press is that you can take out the index rod and use it as a single stage for load development / tasks.

Built very well and mine has loaded tens of thousands with no problems.

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