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Hello all, I recently purchased a Lyman all American 4-hole turret press. I have noticed the turret does not lock into position. I'm thinking about using it as a dedicated 45 ACP press which is a good thing as it came with the #2 shellholder, a design specific to this press.
They are worth owning if you like turret presses.They were made with two types of turrets.One was made to take a shotshell reloading die in one position.An adapter was furnished with a 7/8-14 thread so the press could be used for normal reloading on all four stations.This adapter is missing on many of the presses and is not available from Lyman.Most of the presses have turrets with 7/8-14 ...
If your Lyman All American takes the special J-type shell holders that screw in ... you can get an adapter from CH4D that will allow the use of regular snap in shell holders . Mine came with the J-shell holders for 38/357 magnum and 30-06 and no others but the adapter let me use all the snap-in shell holders I have .
Well hush my mouth! I didn’t realize that Lyman was calling the new Turret press the All American. From earlier press releases I just thought it was the Brass Smith. Turns out, Brass Smith is the new LINE of reloading gear. Thanks CamoWamo! Just goes to show how valuable pictures are to every thread. Old School All American Redding T-7
This press is built like a tank. A little cleaning up and some oil and it works very smoothly. I'd like to give it a try but it has none of the parts needed to use regular shell holders or a bushing to use the 4th hole in the turret. I see that Lyman still sells the shell holder adapter but can't seem to find the bushing ? Any tips ?
All-American was a marketing name for Lyman's new line of 7/8x14 dies to fit their two new models of reloading press's, the Comet single stage and the turret press. Both presse were referred to as All-American in Lyman literature. Lacking a more definitive name the turret press quickly became the All-American.
I don't have any experience with the Lyman presses. My two turret presses for metallic cartridges are the Redding T-7 and the Ponsness-Warren 200. The test of a turret press is how much the turret flexes at the top of the stroke when it's at it's heaviest work load.
I own both the Lyman All-American turret (on my home bench) and the Spar-T (mounted in Der Schuetzenwagen for handloading at the range). The 6-station Spar-T draws its name from the single-stage Spartan press, which was modified to create the turret installation.
Hi guys, Just wanted your opinion which is better among these two turret presses - Redding T7 or Lyman All American. I plan to load pistol (40SW, 45 colt, 454 casull, 500 SW) and rifle (308 win, 300 win mag, 45-70, 44 marlin). Which has better leverage, ram support and priming system ? Which press produces more accurate 308 win?
The number for each case size seems to be the same for Lyman's newer type of shell-holders, meaning that, for instance, a #3 type J accepts the same case head as a current-production Lyman #3. Just make sure you KNOW what case size you need before bidding on a shell-holder.