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· "Death From Above"
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After about a year or so of wondering and being confused about what reloading press to buy, I finally got set straight and pulled the trigger on one. I purchased a Hollywood turret press off of ebay.
I have spoken to several people over the last year asking for there opinion. I was pretty sold on the idea of a turret press but heard differing opinions. The hollywood turret press is still in production and I have the contact info for anyone interested. The new turret press sells for, are you sitting down? $1000.00. Yeah thats what I said too. I recently made a new friend here on the forum, PFC Thomas. He is well versed in pretty much all the stuff on the market today and well yesterday as well. I mentioned what I was looking for in a press and he mentioned a couple in his reply but this hollywood press is one I could not find easily on the internet. He mentioned he may have a buddy that was looking to part with one and dropped a dime on him. We were still waiting on his reply when he saw the one I purchased on ebay. I was on the fence weather or not I should bid and I am glad I did. Its not new but it was half price, came in at 485 shipped. It is an older one, I am not sure when it was made but I hope to get some info from the seller in time. I have 24 lbs of powder,9000 primers and now my vintage turret press. I am on my way!!!!!!!!!
 

· "Death From Above"
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Thanks gents! I tried getting the pics from the eBay auction but was unable to copy them. All it would let me do is save them as a weblink or something like that. I'll copy and paste a link to the auction, you can see it there for now. Im pretty excited about learning this new craft without blowing myself up, lol
 

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Will do. I just got off the phone with Hollywood engineering. Right off the bat I need two part. One is a tie rod that is used during swaging bullets and the other is one of those little handles that helps you turn the turret. The handles make the turret look like a old sailboat steering wheel. Both pieces are available, however I am going to go to the local machine shop and see if he can make the threaded rod piece for me. The new one does not appear to be made the same as the old one. The new one uses a nut on the top where as the old one looks like it has the nut or cap built into the rod. We will see
 
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