Re: 50cal BMG reloading press what should I buy?
I have the Hornady Press kit.
The Kit came with a Lock-N-Load adapter. Here is what I like about the Hornady.
The Lock-N-Load feature allows you to quickly change out from the shell holder to the Ram-Prime on the Ram.
Also, after you decap/resize, and you remove the die, you then install the adapter and the Lock-N-Load shell holder just twists into the adapter at the top of the press.
When you are ready to charge the case, what I do is I have a Lock_n-Load bushing on my Hornady 50 BMG Powder measure and I just twist it into the top of the press and charge my cases one at a time
with the powder measure mounted on the top of the press.
I also leave it there in the press for storage/stowage instead of putting it away somewhere else or having it permanently mounted to the bench. Of course you wouldn't need this feature if you plan on charging your cases by other means.
The Lock-N-Load feature just as the RCBS does, allows me to be able to do smaller cartridges as well. I plan on using it to reload .338 Lapua.
One other thing; I have read and others have stated their positions on reloading the once-fired Military (M2) brass. I do not recommend trying to resize them without annealing the case necks first. I have read that others have been able to do it and or sometimes they get a case stuck, but I tried it and I didn't want to get a case stuck. I found that if I anneal the case necks first, they resize almost as easy as the new Igman brass that I have.