I picked up a couple of old RCBS press's, they are 4 station (in line) progressive
the only thing on tag is RCBS PRT . I was wondering if they are any good & would finding any info on it be possible ? I bought them sight unseen & at a price I couldnt pass up, i'm going to try & attach picture, but im not very computer savy (grandson not here to show me how) thanks
If so, thats NICE. You will have spare parts.
Or sell one?
They sell on ebay every now and then. Look for one there..!!
One selling now for $167 but its missing parts and has 11 bids pending.
Ya they are. I think they were the RCBS answer to a inline progressive press kinda like the bullet loading industry uses or use to use?????
A guy I know had or still has one? I use to watch him use it and it did work.
Interesting how it works compared to the rotary turret type progressive presses now being used. I have no idea which may be better.
thanks for all the info, I actually got 5 in the deal & a few spare parts, they have sitting for years it looks like, so hopefully out of all of em, I can get 2 working. According to RCBS they went out of production in 1985 & they have a few spare parts for them but not a wide selection. I have them soaking in diesel fuel now, tomorrow me & my grandson will clean em up & try to get em running
WoW, what a deal.
When you get them finished and working, shoot us a few pics so we can check them out.
For some reason, I have always liked how they worked and looked.
When I have seen them in good working condition on ebay, they went for more than I thought they would. Maybe there is a way to see history of winning bids on ebay...I have no idea.
Well have fun with the GrandSon and teach him right.
Great, I for one would like to see the pics of them working.
I guess I just have a thing for old reloading equipment. I still have an old Herters shot shell press with the dual powder/shot drop (its all working and complete) plus a few others like a Herters single stage metallic press etc..etc..
I rebuilt them all and actually had fun doing it. I wish my Grandkids were old enough to have helped me..!!
Heck, I'm making them some wood blocks to play with now, next time will be a set of tools
That's a good find and I'd be surprised if you can't get three of them working, maybe all of them-most reloading gear is really well made and will go a lifetime or two.
It's a good chance to teach your grandson about basic mechanical stuff and how to take care of it, have fun!
Looks like a sort of copy of a C&H MK V a Auto Champ. Popular in the 70s & 80s. If it uses a similar rail system to hold the cases in each station, that is the weak link in the system. The rails wear out rapidly. Otherwise a very good design. I could easily load 1100 rounds an hour on the Auto Champs.
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