The Lee breechlock system works well enough for me. I think the Lee Challenger is capable of much more, every task, for less money.īetter surely to have just one, that can do everything, which I think is your intention. The Partner was only ever intended as a 'partner' to a big press, for light duties such as decapping, neck flaring, seating etc. It used to cost as much, or more, than a Lee cast iron press, which made no sense. ISTM that the Lee price has gone up a little, whilst the RCBS has come down a lot. Not dissimilar price nowadays, but when I bought my Challenger some years ago as a second press to complement my big cast iron one,they were quite different prices, and I liked the features of the Challenger much better c.f. It looked OK but I didn't think it was anything like as good, sophisticated, or feature rich as the Lee Challenger. I've only seen the RCBS partner (also aluminium alloy) in a shop. Oh, and the Lee Breechlock Challenger is a smallish lightweight (aluminium alloy) but strong thing that can be be bolted to a piece of wood then clamped down wherever you want it. Once you have got the hang of the proper technique. 223, 30-30, 308 and 303, so I imagine it would cope with 6.5SE just as well. TBH I started off with a Lee hand press which was/is quite capable of all duties for my. This is supposed to good for FL sizing of even magnum cartridges, in both force and gape. Maybe also look at the Buchanan hand press, Buchanan Precision Machine L-N-L Hand Reloading Press with Case

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