I’ve been using the lee progressive press since the eighties and swear by it for pistol rounds. It’s currently set up for 38spl and is only a 2min job to adjust for 357. I’ve also got spare turrets for 45acp and 9millie. (from the old days when us naughty children were allowed pistols).
You do not need the flare the case mouth any wider than it takes to fit in a bullet. The powder is dumped when the case is fully within the flaring die.
Be aware that the turret presses are a halfway house between single stage and progressive. The turret indexes on each lever pull but it still takes 3 or 4 pulls for each round (depending on dies in use).
The progressive press dumps a loaded round with each lever pull. The only operator input is putting a bullet onto each charged case as it comes round, although there is a gadget that does that for you as well. You do need to pay attention to what you’re doing as it is easy to cock it up if one operation goes wrong.
The kit comes with dedicated dies and powder hopper/dispenser.
Kranks have the complete progressive press advertised for about £250 which might seem expensive but really does churn out 400 bullets an hour with no effort. I think my record for 9mm was around 600 but that’s going some and with an assistant refilling the case tubes.
Feel free to message me if you need help. If all else fails I’m only an hour from you if you fancy a trip into deepest Wales.
[I]DesG
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