Luxury items vs. must haves

[bsmith]

What would you consider to be your reloading luxury items and what is your necessity, have-to-have stuff? I was thinking about getting a turret or progressive press but I should probably get a chronograph instead. Any opinions / ideas?

My own list of "stuff" - two RCBS presses (RCBS Supreme kit actually and an RC II), Lee collet die, Redding neck die, RCBS FL dies for .25-06 and .243, RCBS carbide dies and Lee crimper for .45 ACP, two RCBS 505 scales, Uniflow measure with micro adjust stem, L.E. Wilson trimmer, misc. small tools, Lyman tumbler, small ultrasonic cleaner, Speer and Nosler manuals and two other books, and digital blade caliper. I'd consider most of that as bare bones necessities.

My luxury stuff would include better seating dies, a progressive or turret press, precision mic. gauges for the .243 and .25-06, a good chronograph.

 

[Powerstroke]

I mounted my RCBS RC on the other side of my bench right next to the progressive.......Can't say I'm impressed with the progressive

 

[TScottW99]

I REALLY want a Chrono and a Redding T7 turret press. I like the idea of leaving my dies alone once set up for a certain load. After that I would also like to add a RCBS Power station and upgrade my Lyman case lathe to a Redding 2400 match case lathe. I really like how it is set up.

I know I don't "need" any of that however I believe I really need the Chrono. Would be nice to compare the velocity with the manuals and know how hot or fast a load is. (though I'm below max on all my loads now)

 

[old #7]

All reloading, hunting and gun related things are necessities :wink:
The one thing that is a must have that I don't have yet is a chrony
A good luxury item to have would be a maid to clean up my mess.

 

[bsmith]

It's not a mess, it's loosely organized. :grin:

MidWayUSA has a sale on Chronys right now. I saved enough $$$ by not buying a Ruger MKIII that I wanted to get one...