Präzipress vs. Area 419 Turret Press

[Alex Wheeler]

The type of lube and how even you apply it is just as important if not more so than your press. For BR sized cases the Hood press gives me around a .0005" bump consistency. I could do better if I applied lube more consistently. I just use my fingers and sizing wax. I have a few buddies with a Prazi. Maybe one day I can compare the two. Im not sure improving past .0005" would show on target. But when I get serious I will sort my record rounds to exactly the same bumps and bullet oal. The others are sighters.

 

[nakneker]

Well heck, I don’t see what I use on that list. View attachment 1716346

That just looks like a good therapy session to me. Simply beautiful.

 

[nakneker]

I have a 419 set up across the table for my rock Chucker that I’ve had for 30+ years. It’s a nice press for sure and I understand someone wanting to use nice equipment, I have some of that in me. Oddly enough I keep using the RC 90% of the time, it’s like talking to an old friend, sentimental attachment I guess. It’s produces very capable ammo. Nothing wrong with the latest greatest, nothing wrong with basic equipment that has served a guy for decades.

I don’t shoot competition but we do a lot of long range shooting, for fun more than anything. To each their own. We’re spoiled with the amount of choices we have between, presses, dies, powder dispensers, measuring tools and on and on and on…. Compare today’s average loading bench with that of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and so forth and the evolution of the last 20 years is pretty crazy. Optics are another good example of that, we are spoiled.

 

[ebb]

I agree with every thing that you have said about the Prazi presses, they are fantastic pieces of equipment. I think that you will eventually find as I did a year ago that 3 simply will not allow you to operate efficiently. I finally decided that I needed a 4th press and now that I have loaded with all four on the bench, it makes all the difference in the world. I don't see how I could have continued with just 3.

 

[Leo_B]

And to think, many poor unfortunate souls somehow make do their whole life with one press and blindly think they are doing fine and actually enjoying their hobby.

 

[joshb]

“certain ppl will go the extra mile to justify reloading using subpar tools“
Good marketing line! I guess I have to buy that new $600 priming gadget so I’m not using “sub par tools”……..until they come out with a thousand dollar tool.

 

[ISS]

Agreed. I bought an A4 in 1976 to load my pre-64 300 Magnum 180gr ammunition on. A hundred dollars. Five rounds under half an inch consistently at 100 yards. Forty-nine years and three thousand-plus rounds later, it still does. All the big Black Powder and British cartridges, as accurate as I can hold at hunting yardages... Before that, an old Easton single stage press.

 

[9.3x64]

Some people buy a nice boat if the can afford it. Some maybe a nice car.
Some may enjoy spending their hard earned money on nice tools or reloading gear.
I say good for them, it’s their money….

 

[joshb]

Here’s what makes me happy, these days. I buy a nice old gun, do some load work up and testing to find what it likes. If I can get it to shoot, it’s a win. I’m using my old Rockchucker and a Parker tuned scale with RCBS or Redding dies.

 

[quest450]

I don’t know what the heck was i thinking
Prazi press is going to be listed for sale soon, I think I can size my brass with my good ol’ Lee press

 

[Deadmeat1899]

There is a big difference between need and want. I am personally very happy that there are individuals who will continue to push boundaries and strive to build the better mouse trap , so to speak. IMHO we all benefit in the long haul. In passing one more thing for thought. It would appear G od gave us all a brain to utilize in thinking and making decisions for ourselves. Gentlemen good shooting and may you them all in the X ring.

 

[powderbrake]

There is something pleasing and soothing about operating a smooth, precision machined piece of equipment. It looks good, it feels good, it makes you happy. So if someone buys a high end press, let's be happy for him.

 

[9.3x64]

There is something pleasing and soothing about operating a smooth, precision machined piece of equipment. It looks good, it feels good, it makes you happy. So if someone buys a high end press, let's be happy for him.

Yep,
A bit like whiskey and women.
Any of them will get the job done, but there is real pleasure in a nice bottle of smooth whiskey, and the company of a fine woman…

 

[ISS]

quest450,

check your dm's.

 

[quest450]

quest450,

check your dm's.

looks like my attempt at being funny failed again

 

[M-61]

I was a card carrying member for many years.
I no longer am, low ROI and i do not subscribe to any sites that are clearly monitored, recorded and analyzed full time.
Doh.

Are you the owner of Area 429?

 

[Benchrest Braxton]

Are you the owner of Area 429?

no he's the extraterrestrial

 

[ebb]

Mark out of those two which press do you use the most?

 

[Dan-Schenk]

I’m trying to do decide between prazzi and the nexus. I don’t know anyone near me to tinker with them first though. Which do y’all prefer? Either one have notably better feel?

 

[Area51]

I’m trying to do decide between prazzi and the nexus. I don’t know anyone near me to tinker with them first though. Which do y’all prefer? Either one have notably better feel?

The Turban press is easier to use and get the handle where you want it vs the Nexus.
The Turban press is super easy to sell if you don't like it. The Nex is here and easy access, the Prazi will take time to fill the order, however well worth the wait if you are only going to get one.
Some are saying there is flex in the 419, not sure where, you will never hear that about a Turban press.
Simply the finest available on this little struggling planet.