Amp Mate

[Maurygold]

I bought an amp mate despite the very mixed reviews so I thought I’d put this out for people considering them.

I have about 500-600 rounds through mine and it is fantastic. I did struggle at first with the Redding shellholder they recommend but noticed it wasn’t very smooth and switched a Lee shellholder and it has been smooth sailing since.

I highly recommend the ampmate with the Lee shellholder.

 

[Hoser]

Mine has been flawless. Money well spent.

 

[Baron23]

I bought an amp mate despite the very mixed reviews so I thought I’d put this out for people considering them.

I have about 500-600 rounds through mine and it is fantastic. I did struggle at first with the Redding shellholder they recommend but noticed it wasn’t very smooth and switched a Lee shellholder and it has been smooth sailing since.

I highly recommend the ampmate with the Lee shellholder.


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Glad its working out well for you. I too have (had?) reservations about it as...well, it looks like some old Rube Goldberg thingy.

 

[rustyinbend]

I've got an AMP Mark-2 and an AMP Press ... and contacted the guys at AMP for a "discount" to extend the family to the AMP Mate. Answer was a "No" with the explanation that it was a "break even" product for them and was already priced low enough that further discounts didn't make sense. OK ... I understand (sort of) ... but I've been a huge advocate for AMP products in the past, and thought I'd earned a few bucks off the AMP Mate MSRP. At full price, I don't have the volumes to "need" this gadget, but for a decent discount, I would have acquired one. All that said ... I absolutely LOVE my AMP and AMP Press, and couldn't imagine reloading without them. Amongst all the gadgets I own ... the AMP Press would be the last tool I'd vote off the island. The visibility and controls it gives me over my reloads is terrific, and I firmly believe that knowing your seating force ("really" knowing it) can help you tune virtually everything up-stream of bullet seating.

 

[Maurygold]

I’ve done lots of testing with 21 century force gauge arbor over shotmarker. I’m very confident seating force doesn’t show up on target or on chrono.

The amp mate is well worth the msrp I just drop brass in a tube and let it do all the work

 

[patriotnation]

I just ran 300. Dasher through mine and had maybe 10 failures, mostly brass falling out or whatever. Maybe I need to try a Lee shell holder. Sometimes it goes really smooth, other times not so much.
So I have to babysit it but get other things done while it runs so all in all it saves some time.

 

[Maurygold]

I just ran 300. Dasher through mine and had maybe 10 failures, mostly brass falling out or whatever. Maybe I need to try a Lee shell holder. Sometimes it goes really smooth, other times not so much.
So I have to babysit it but get other things done while it runs so all in all it saves some time.

Mine struggled to insert brass all the way into the shellholder. I was ready to polish and hone my shellholder when I was using my primal rights one day with a Lee holder and thought wow this is so much smoother than that Redding one and now it’s perfect.

 

[DeathBeforeDismount]

Redding has been trash quality for almost 10 years now. People keep recommending them based on their old rep. Those days are done. Some of the worst dies and shellholders I've ever seen are made by Redding. The t7 press is cool but I wouldn't spend a dime on anything they make. Someone else does it better and or cheaper.