Got ya Wobbly. I'm learning a little every day.
That's OK, and you're learning. No harm done, and you're not alone. I assume from your description you're referring to the Lee turret series?
In a "traditional" turret, the
static turret hold numerous dies above a single-stage ram. Traditionally, the user does all his sizing on the first die in a batch process. IOW, if there were 50 rounds in the batch, then all 50 would get "sized". Then the turret is
manually progressed to the position holding the second die, and the process is repeated on 50 cases. The safety is enhanced becasue all 50 cases can be visually inspected to have similar powder levels before bullets are seated.
Lee has come up with the idea of a "semi-progressive turret" in which you load one cartridge case and the turret
automatically advances (in full-function mode) offering the 2nd die to the same cartridge case. In this way each cartridge travels under 4 die positions and is completed before leaving the press. The process is quicker than a traditional turret becasue the constant handling of cases is ommited.
It is not a true progressive press because you still pull the op lever 4 times to complete a single cartridge, whereas a real progressive creates a completed round with every single op lever pull.
So with Lee's implementation, the output is higher only becasue handling and arranging the cases 3 separate times is ommited.
Follow that ?
