This portable reloading press is a great tool to take to the range.   I use this hand press press with a Redding precision seating die to develop handloads at the range.   If you resize, reprime, and prepare your cases at home, you can use this tool at the range to get a lot more load testing done very quickly - by trying different bullets, powders and seating depths. There's very little to gain by making a large quantity of ammo at home, then taking it to the range to find that it all performs poorly.

      After you are sure that your rifle is setup properly, it is easy to fire a few rounds and know if your handload has potential or if you need to adjust the load.   This is an inexpensive tool that I recommend for shooters who want to accomplish more successful load testing at the range.

      Unfortunately, the quality of this press is not impressive by any means.   The ram and linkage is steel, but the frame is dead soft aluminum.   The press leverage is minimal and the ram has a loose rickety fit.   Hovever, that's not a problem if you use it strictly for seating bullets.   Consistent bullet seating with this press is no problem.   Seating depth can easily be kept within .0005" with this portable press.   On my press, I had to file the top surface so that the die lock ring could seat sqaurely on a flat surface.   Altogether it's a very handy tool that I use quite often.