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Originally Posted by on2wheels52 View Post
That kit has the 'Special' press, it doesn't have the compound leverage that the Rockchucker press has. Would be ok for handgun cases.
Jim
It is true that it doesn't have the same compound leverage as a Rockchucker, but it does have compound leverage.

With that kit, all you would need is powder measure and maybe a good hand priming tool. The press has a priming tool, but I personally don't like handling primers. With the hand tool, you dump them in the pan, and prime them all. You also get a better feel for how well the primer is going in to the case, because you don't have the compound leverage.

It looks like Cabellas has a better kit, for $10 more.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0018937214924a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntt=rcbs+press&Ntk=Products&sort=all&Go.y=0&_D%3AhasJS=+&N=0&_D%3Asort=+&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form1&Go.x=0&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1

The Cabellas kit has the better RC Supreme Press, plus it comes with the Uniflow powder measure, and the hand priming tool. Those 2 items alone are worth about $120. You will need some sort of powder measure for the other kit anyway.

Looks like a no brainer, for $10 more.

Tom
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