{"id":2061,"date":"2018-03-04T20:19:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T20:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rangetoreel.com\/?p=2061"},"modified":"2018-06-28T19:10:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T19:10:26","slug":"portable-reloading-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rangetoreel.com\/portable-reloading-press\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Portable Reloading Press kit Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
So you’ve came to the conclusion that you don’t have the room for a reloading workbench. Or you bounce around from hobby to hobby and your wife won’t let you spend a few hundred dollars on a full size reloading press. Maybe your tiny apartment can’t accommodate a single stage<\/a>, turret<\/a> or progressive press<\/a> on the market. If you fall into any of these categories and still want to start reloading there’s an option for you. You’re only real option to get into the reloading hobby is to buy a portable reloading press kit.<\/p>\n I didn’t realize how big the market was for the reloading hand press kits until I saw them on sale for black Friday. At a modest discount you would have sworn they were giving them away. I might be a sucker for new reloading equipment so I had to see for myself how these worked. I didn’t realize how convenient it is to have a portable press until I bought one. Anyone that reloads in an unheated garage can tell you that it’s hard to do a decent amount of reloading in the winter. This is where this portable reloading press comes in. With a portable hand press you can reload right at your kitchen table. Even during the summer I find myself sitting on the porch and slowly reloading with this press.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A portable hand press is exactly what the name implies. It is essentially a single stage press that fits into the palm of your hand. So why would anyone want a hand press?<\/p>\n Like I implied above a portable hand press has some major limitations. A Hand Press is designed to be used with pistol and small rifle rounds. Larger rounds will not only be to large to fit in the press you might have difficulty squeezing the handle. You won’t be loading very fast with a portable hand press. If you think about it a hand press is basically a smaller version of a single stage press. So If you are only able to load 100 rounds an hour with a single stage press<\/a> you can cut that time in half with a hand press. I might be wrong but the only hand press that I’ve seen is made by Lee Precision.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Lee Precision Breech Lock Hand Press is currently the only portable hand press on the market. That will probably quickly change as companies begin to see how many of these are actually being sold. Once out of the box the Breech Lock Hand Press is actually pretty impressive. This is a full size reloading press that measures at around 11″ and only weight 1.5 lbs. At the low price this press would be perfect with a universal decapping die<\/a>. A universal decapping die will remove the primer from most case sizes.<\/p>\n If the convenience of this press isn’t enough this press also includes Lee’s Breech Lock System. The Breech Lock System allows you to quickly change your dies without having to readjust them. This kit includes almost everything that a beginner reloader needs to get started. The only other items you really need are a digital scale, reloading manual<\/a> and various dies. I would also probably suggest a hand priming tool but their is an included primer ram. My only real complaint about this press is the size of the primer compartment.<\/p>\n This press is would be perfect for the following people.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nWhich is The Best Portable Reloading Press?<\/h2>\n
Lee Precision Cast Iron Reloading Hand Press<\/a><\/h3>\n
What is a Portable Reloading Hand Press Kit?<\/h3>\n
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Portable Hand Press Limits<\/h4>\n
Lee Precision Breech Lock Hand Press Kit<\/a><\/h3>\n
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