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Arbor press for inline seater

Just curious. When loading with my std press I note changes in seating (feel) and will segregate those rounds to warm up or sighters. Same with seating primers, I note the ones that are starting to loosen and mark them for disposal after firing.

Is that what you all do with the arbors and wilson dies?
Some standard presses have more "feel" than others. Before changing to Wilson in-line dies, I used a Lyman Ideal for seating ( and still do for a few, non-competition calibres) Maybe it's the models that have less mechanical advantage -I can't feel so much on my Dillon 550b, as the Lyman.
 
For the rest of us ... Brownells has a new Sinclair arbor press for $150 + some shipping. I've shot IBS Score Competition or over 26 years, and that's all I've used. It's loaded 1,000's of rounds, and is still working just fine. Once a year it comes apart for a thorough cleaning, and re-lubing for the following season.

This is what I use:


Currently out of stock, but should be back soon.
 
Some standard presses have more "feel" than others. Before changing to Wilson in-line dies, I used a Lyman Ideal for seating ( and still do for a few, non-competition calibres) Maybe it's the models that have less mechanical advantage -I can't feel so much on my Dillon 550b, as the Lyman.
I get that too. When using a progressive, even as a single stage, there just seems to be too much more 'going on'. I think they do use more mechanical advantage as well, which masks small differences in the process.

I just wondered what others do when a seating 'feels' different.
 

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