Top 5 Expensive Reloading Tools That Are Worth It

[@Freedom_is_not_free]

My wife laughs when she opens the oven and says oh we are cooking brass.

[@TheNickademas1]

Go buy a food dehydrator they work amazing and even fit on your bench depending on your setup.

[@CrashRacknShoot]

My guy, you really don't want to do that. Not saying you're an idiot that can't keep a consistent temp with a dial. But I'd much rather use something that can't possibly get hot enough to heat up the case heads. Be safe out there.

[@Freedom_is_not_free]

@kevinfabian3002 Appreciate the lookout, my oven is super-duper lol has a dehydrator setting low heat I can even do jerky if I wanted.

[@youtubeadmin3158]

Something I've thought of recently having used an old dehydrater as my dryer now you probably don't want to eat out of what u dry cause of residual lead residues but idk how much it rlly would be I'm sure not much more than grandma's paint but yknow

[@Freedom_is_not_free]

@@youtubeadmin3158 LOL

[@wrongfullyaccused7139]

That stainless steel media works fantastic! I built my own tumbler using an old motor with a gear reduction box. I can tumble one gallon of brass up to five gallons. They come out like brand new. Even the primer pockets are spotless.

[@altordiffe]

No brass dryer where I live in Namibia. Just leave the brass out in the sun.

[@briansupermag3918]

Absolutely the superTrickler is one of my most expensive items on my bench. It's stupid amazing though. I want the AMP❤❤

[@jeremyboyer6861]

I would also recommend the Dillon xl750 to do your brass prep. I do my 6x47 lapua about 600 cases in about 15 mins. That is resized and primed!. Then the 419 press to seat the bullets. It use to take me a day and a half to reload 600 rounds. Now...I can do it all in about 2 hours. That is prep, resize, powder and seating. If i add in annealing, its about another 40 mins and trimming adds more.

[@shaneclark5596]

600 in 15 minutes? Shit. I can only prep 1000 5.56 in an hour. You must really be working that handle. Sometimes I wish the machine was ambidextrous so I could switch sides.

[@tobiastorsi]

I recommend the Dillon 750 with dedicated heads for each caliber and leave the dies set up. I dont seat with that press, but caseprep is crazy fast. 200 cases from setup till cleaned up in less than 30min easy.

[@alexclarke373]

Yes that’s what I have, great for high volume shooting

[@fcrum]

Sir, there is no comparison between these two presses, the 750 is for volume, the zero is for precision, I can promise you not one BR shooter is reloading with a 750.

[@franspieterse3744]

Top 5 waste of money items in your loading room next?

[@alexduke5402]

O I use the Frankford arsenal intelidropper. It's a good unit got the money. I'll recycle the first 5 charges I've found the first 2 occasionally inconsistent. I have to turn off the AC in the reloading building when I'm doing powder because the air moving by the fan messes up the scale. I've also heard really good things about the rcbs charge master my buddy uses that one.

[@bille.334]

Its one thing if it saves time or if it improves performance. I have found that most things do not make enough of a difference in real world testing to warrant the increased cost or time. If you like numbers and the best of the best just to nerd out on, by all means go for it. But there are guys using rock chuckers, mechanical and torch annealers, hand primers and hand trimmers still winning matches on the regular.

[@fcrum]

If you are talking local matches I'm sure you are correct, on the national level, can you name one competitor?

[@bille.334]

@@fcrum I'm talking PRS. Not F Class and bench shooting sports.

[@gordonchristensen1174]

I use a large counter-top oven on my reloading bench. Handy for drying brass and curing Cerakote!

[@Bisley1]

I‘ve been drying all of my brass in the oven at 50*C / 122*F and it only takes about 25 minutes - I hope it’s not an issue health wise. Haven’t noticed anything with the brass. I use a seperate tray for brass that isn’t used for food.

[@LanceLyman]

!!!!!! Lets see more about the auto trickler!

[@phild8095]

A tip for doing good, but cheap for starting out reloading, for cleaning brass Rather than get a wet tumbler with steel pins I bought the steel pins only. I would decap the brass. I then used an empty plastic peanut butter jar, put in the pins, 100 rifle brass or 200 pistol brass, hot water, laundry detergent and citric acid. Put the lid on and shake for a minute, let sit for a minute repeat until the water has cooled off, about an hour. strain into a colander lined with a T-shirt. Rinse, shake the pins out of the brass into the colander. Put the brass on a towel on top of the clothes drier. Let the brass sit there while doing a week's worth of laundry for two people. It was cheap and effective. After the first round of equipment was paid off I purchased a brass tumbler and my wife now lets me use the food dehydrator.

[@jayvanleeuwen7713]

Those are all on my list! The pooping part is true. 🤣

[@ForceRecon112]

not a top 5, just my favorites Area 419 zero press mitotoyo calipers SAC comparator set primal rights primer seater giraud trimmer Auto trickler v4 AMP Mk2 and not needed but i like numbers, sinclair concentrity gauge What are your go to brands for FL sizing dies and seating dies? I've become very partial to my SAC sizing and seating dies

[@perchowski3021]

Just ordered the V4 a few months ago so have a few more months before it will arrive but got the scale. Trying to cut back on time I spend reloading as well. I found that my FA intellidropper varied by ±.07, so as much as .14 variation. If I let my Intellidropper warm up for 3-4hrs. Prior to reloading, the margin of error drops to ±.04 but still almost a .1 grain variance.

[@freekshow0011]

I wouldn't hold your breath, i put my preorder in on a v4 april of 2021 and haven't heard anything

[@cavediver74]

I would like a video on the autotrickler. I had been considering buying another lowish end auto charge dispenser set a bit below my desired charge and a high end scientific scale then manually trickling the last little bit myself to speed my precision loading as my current dispenser lacks the precision in the scale I would like but also often meters more than desired etc. I am always either removing excess powder from the platen or adding more etc. Takes forever. I was unaware of this product and it may not be much more in cost that what I was looking out for high end scale and auto dispenser.

[@DanielBoone337]

I don't care what it is guns, reloading gear, shooting gear or hunting gear there's always that next thing you're 100% correct on that!! LOL I tinker with the competition thing PRS and 3 gun and love shooting long range along with hunting so that means I shoot several thousand rounds a year especially in handguns and AR's so anything that saves some time is worth every penny because I like shooting much more then reloading. Definitely a pretty cool list I've tried the AMP press and it's freakin sweet and is the next thing on my buy list. Great video as always keepem coming brother!!!

[@churchkp]

Good choices sir. I too have all those tools, except the food dehydrator. Still using the wife’s oven.

[@marvinlongino3300]

Great Video as always.... Have a great day... Regards from Germany

[@rvrski1]

Run a V3 and a V4, both are excellent.

[@TheDwchan]

What was your reason to go with a turret reloading versus a progressive one ? Wouldn’t it make load time faster ?

[@hsharma3933]

Since nobody else answered, I’ll try (as someone who owns two dillon presses (650 and 750), rcbs single stage and a turret. Progressive uses a shellplate that can hold multiple cases. Problem is, the shellplate tilts. If you want consistency, this is one of the main reasons why the single stage(and turret) is king. Turret is just a single stage with an indexing head On the dillon, the shellplate floats a bit. As in it gets pushed up during the upstroke and goes back down during the downstroke. You can clamp it down but that involves drilling and tapping the die heads. It works but you’re still left with the shellplate problem. It’s one of those problems that you’ll only realize after using it, so I hope this helps you.

[@scaler1179]

What's your opinion of the RT1500 Dillon trimmer? I've used it for years, and it is super fast and consistent. I am curious if you've tried it.

[@shirolee]

Would love a dedicated video on the auto trickler! Thank you

[@januswestraat2104]

My auto trickler works wonders, I am however still on version one your brass annealer and for drying, I use the wife's hair dryer... Would love an amp anealing machine.

[@Just_Samson]

Fly the flag 🏴‍☠️

[@juantovar4861]

Awesome video, thank you.

[@pstewart5443]

It's simple, as cost goes up, quality, consistency, and often time savings occur. If you're new to the sport, buy factory ammo and get the basics down. After a year or two, when you know you're gonna stick with it, then buy a tool like the AutoTrickler which will save you lots of time. Save up. As you get better, you'll need another super secret squirrel tool. Clean brass really makes no difference. Bryan Litz and Erik Cortina have tested that theory to the hilt.

[@wardo17]

I have purchased most of the things you mentioned and I'm sure I won't regret doing so. Have you looked into Primal Rights CPS (Competition Primer Seater and their Prime Where Package that measures primer seating depth within 1/10,000 using their Digital Guage?

[@IMPACTSHOOTING]

Ive got that too, on the wall behind me. Actually needed to list that in the video, mistake on my part 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@freekshow0011]

The cps is literally on the wall behind the guy the entire video lol

[@TheOptimi5t]

@@IMPACTSHOOTING Is the Primal Rights CPS worth the price tag? I've had pretty great success with the Perfect Seat Hand Primer from Frankford Arsenal. The depth adjustment seems super consistent and easy to use/setup. 200+ pieces are tough on the hands though.

[@IMPACTSHOOTING]

@@TheOptimi5t cps is LEGIT!!! Especially when loading volume!

[@TheOptimi5t]

@@IMPACTSHOOTING Nice!! Looks like I will have to add it to the lineup. And here I thought my dream reloading setup was complete...

[@DanielReyes-hz1qk]

Piet, I didn't know you were a wet tumbler! Do you still wet tumble? If so I wanted to ask how you deal with the friction between the squeaky clean neck and the brass of the bullet. Do you dry lube bullets? Mandrel expand with dry lube? If you could tell me your method, reasoning and results I would appreciate it!

[@LedGuitar1218]

When can we buy the ACC Elite?

[@stephenalibozek1058]

Great job looking forward to more 👍👍

[@Lucysdad66]

My 3 most expensive tools are all under 300 dollars and they are my scale,micrometer, and press..

[@a.j.failor5890]

Air fryer works fantastic to dry brass

[@harveylin3548]

I've heard the Forster products co-ax press is the best as far as reloading goes, that turret press is more of a Gucci press I guess?

[@punjabisole23]

Please do a dedicated video on the auto trickier. Thanks bud from canada

[@neelsmuller3716]

Oh yes; I would love to have all those toys……. I hunt mostly……. A lot actually here on our farm in South AfricA, I got a semi custom rifle, a 7 mm Mauser ( 7x57mm), custom barrel on a CZ model 557 action, I shoot Norma cases, CCI 200 primers, I reload on a Single stage LEE press, Lee dies, Anneal with a gas burner, use a mandrel on my case necks, jump of bullets is 2 mm to lands, 139 gr Hornady SST bullets at 2878 fps, Nightforce SHV scope, I get a raged 1 hole at 100 m with 3 shots, shot a few times long range gongs on the farm, furtherest was 1300 m, I use Strelock pro, waterline was about 2 inches but wind was about 18 inches. I reload with a lot of attention on my work…… guess I am just lucky to have a good rifle and don’t need to load as much as you at any one time, but love to have all those nice reloading gear Pietman. Keep those videos coming , luv the content!!!! Working now on on loads on my 577/450 Martini Henry with paper rapped lead bullets…….luv this old thing …… from 1878

[@adampennington8954]

There's not a man alive that can shoot the difference between a ZERO and a CoAx. For $1300, I just don't see the need. Die changes are even easier with the CoAx. Dillon 550C for volume 9mm, .223/5.56. Forster CoAx for precision rounds, powder weighed on AT v3, of course.

[@nicoli9329]

Hey Pete, cool concept video but you missed one item. The primer press by Primal Rights its awesome I love it 😀 See you next time

[@Allen338LM]

Yeah I reload with a spoon and beam scales

[@ronniebaker3036]

How do I figure the price on web site to us ?

[@Dam_Sounds]

Hi Piet. Great video soos altyd. Wat is jou opinie oor die Forster Co-Ax press? Is die akuraatheid op die Area419 press beter genoeg om te upgrade?

[@robertjackson1407]

Thank you 😊

[@ianschultz9383]

Link for clean brass Piet?

[@joelsmith6050]

+1 on the Autotrickler

[@lilsnoop6035]

Now you need the CPS Primal Rights Priming Tool to add to this list!

[@IMPACTSHOOTING]

Its on the wall behind me, should have been in the list though

[@elanscott2336]

Any new on the stock x

[@FK-2all]

Hi Piet,,,dankie, baie gooie video,,,💪👍🇦🇺

[@tomnguyen7412]

Area419 press Autotrickler v4 AMP Mark4 Giraud case trimmer Labradar

[@agententropy5577]

I dunk my wet brass in ethyl alcohol (camp stove fuel). Dries in a few minutes and never any water spots.

[@CorwinBos]

Autotrickler - Absolutely a great piece of gear. Gets rid of excuses. I own one and immediately seen my ES and SD drop. To the kernel in 10 seconds still blows my mind. AMP - Annealing is a great thing to do, but is far from an exact science with way too many variables that even the AMP cant account for. I still do it the caveman way with an Annealeez. Guys have been and still do it this way and still win. Im not saying the AMP is not worth having, I just dont see the point in spending that much money for something that may or may not actually make a difference. Extreme Tumbler - Great piece of gear, but can be built if you are handy. I built my own because I do batches of 1000s of pieces of brass. FA Brass Drier - Nope, too slow, not enough capacity. The oven at 200 degree is the fastest if you need it now and wont hurt your brass. Overnight with a fan blowing on it, good enough. I do big batches, plan ahead and just air dry it. Henderson trimmer - Pricey but nice gear. Giraud is an excellent alternative. Even a drill mounted unit like a WFT2 will give good results quickly but is harder on your hands. I own the Giraud and WFT2. Zero Press - Cool yes, pricey yes, worth it, juries still out there. There are a bunch of really good presses out there, all proven to load excellent ammo. A little movement is actually not a bad thing and is proven to help make more concentric ammo. When you have guys winning loading on an old Rock Chucker or an automated 750, I think its more the prep and the shooter than the press. I use a Mec mostly now, which is rigid, zero slop, and is dead simple. One thing you missed? LabRadar. I consider this a needed tool.

[@bones6173]

It's people like this can still get it done and right

[@bluegunshooter9823]

I would also like to have the autotrickler, but only in version 2 - but unfortunately - the company blocks their sales themselves - because they always only offer the latest (best) version.... so I don't!

[@agententropy5577]

Not a super expensive tool, but the Redding instant indicator with a mitutoyo 0.00001" gauge is amazing (ok, the gauge was $$$). Far quicker and much more precise than caliper comparators.

[@dhooter]

My wife and kids say oh you’re cooking bullets again lol. No that would be unwise to put bullets in the oven

[@billrea66]

I take 2 days to do 100 rounds . I'm happy.

[@garypostell5268]

Awww I’m not sure you know what budget really is! For us Country Boys

[@9HoleReviews]

First

[@IMPACTSHOOTING]

I see you!

[@gerhardscholtz222]

Can you make a video please how we can practice for hunting on a shooting range

[@TheIncredibleMrG777]

🤣🤣🤣 I just finished pooping as you said it!🤣🤣🤣

[@IMPACTSHOOTING]

HHahahahhaa 💩

[@marctrossbach6560]

Yup, there's always the "next thing " truth!

[@HustlingIdeas833]

Hey Piet what’s the news, met jou gewere wat die polisie het

[@JL11100]

Daars n video opdad hoor ek!

[@John-uo1qf]

Very helpful. Just add primers. :)

[@dobrzpe]

and somehow you glossed over the Primal Rights competition primer seater (~$675) sitting on the shelf in the background... but the ~$50 case dryer made the list?!? LOL! okay....

[@user-TJ365]

Brass in a pillowcase on the shoe rack in the clothes dryer for me.

[@JL11100]

Lief jou videos buddy! 📹 Ek, soos al die anders bra's wat jou stuff kyk, se vrouens gaan ons moer as ons dit koop! 😂😂😂

[@juliusjames5577]

Understanding wife….. priceless.

[@shanesmith6815]

I dry my brass in the wife's air fryer.

[@LedGuitar1218]

Prometheus?

[@georgelza]

OHH Love the line "It's sucking the life out your bank account" Wife already asked me so how much is all of this going to cost... wink wink.

[@450ktm520]

Dam I forgot I was shitting. Stood up after the video and dropped a nug

[@seancalton728]

I was pooping

[@bones6173]

Just use Chinese amo just saying lol

[@bernardmichel4935]

Trop de baratin, pensez-vous que certains ne parlent pas votre patoi ,?bon 80 %c'est notre top model qui baraguine😂😂😂

[@accessaryman]

the best part of reloading is keeping is doing it yourself, every step is awesome , lol you got sore hands that part of it, millennials , until you understand, it is what it is, youll just become more lazy ,

[@Millertime118]

You lost me at wet tumbling. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@zeljkosruk5749]

Bla, bla bla

[@timothystander4892]

Lets pray that the more indecent plakkers are nit subscribed to your channel and target you for your stuff.