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The best points are as follows:
1. Simple as heck to work on. Just compare a mec 9000 just once and you'll know what I mean. The 366 is like a model A Ford, very straight foreword, highly functional.
2. It makes beautiful shells.
3. It's fast. Not the fastest but very fast compared with non-progressives
4. Hornady service is top notch. Life-time waranty
5. Easy to keep clean (a key point in progressives)
6. Bullet-proof. You will not, cannot wear one out.
7. Parts are available, and fairly cheap.
Down side:
1. Changing bushingings is a bit of a hassle.
2. The primer system is good but not without it's quirks.
3. Gauge changes are not as easy as could be imagined.
4. Hull drop out the back works best if the press is mounted on legs and or a hole is bored in the bench top for the finished shells to drop through.
5. You cannot easioly remove a hull in sequence, you must rotate all of the hulls through to get at the bad one.
6. The powder/shot cut offs are manual. You can easily drop shot and or powder when there is no hull under the drop station.
I have three 366s, one is old enough to not have the swing-out wad guide not the rear ejection. They all work great. I'd love to have one in 16 GA too.
1. Simple as heck to work on. Just compare a mec 9000 just once and you'll know what I mean. The 366 is like a model A Ford, very straight foreword, highly functional.
2. It makes beautiful shells.
3. It's fast. Not the fastest but very fast compared with non-progressives
4. Hornady service is top notch. Life-time waranty
5. Easy to keep clean (a key point in progressives)
6. Bullet-proof. You will not, cannot wear one out.
7. Parts are available, and fairly cheap.
Down side:
1. Changing bushingings is a bit of a hassle.
2. The primer system is good but not without it's quirks.
3. Gauge changes are not as easy as could be imagined.
4. Hull drop out the back works best if the press is mounted on legs and or a hole is bored in the bench top for the finished shells to drop through.
5. You cannot easioly remove a hull in sequence, you must rotate all of the hulls through to get at the bad one.
6. The powder/shot cut offs are manual. You can easily drop shot and or powder when there is no hull under the drop station.
I have three 366s, one is old enough to not have the swing-out wad guide not the rear ejection. They all work great. I'd love to have one in 16 GA too.