While the company has acquired several other firearms accessory companies in the past couple of decades, its core business remains reloading presses, dies, bullet moulds, scales, reloading manuals and sights. New for 2019, Lyman is offering an impressive eight-station reloading press known as the Brass-Smith All-American 8 Turret Press that replaces the T-Mag II press. Upon examining a prototype, I was impressed and immediately placed an order.
In evaluating an All-American 8 production version, I have been especially pleased with its features and overall quality. For example, the heavy duty frame is constructed of cast iron, as are the turrets. The ram is one-inch steel and is hollow to allow spent primers to travel through the center of the ram, then through an ejection port and into a primer catcher. Naturally, the leverage system is a double-compound design, which makes sizing cases, even large cases, easy. The handle measures approximately 15 inches long and features a round handle for comfort. The handle is also easily changed to either right or left hand operation, which along with the open front design results in a true ambidextrous press.
The ram fits very snuggly into the presses’ body, which results in virtually no movement, and ram alignment with each of the eight “stations” is excellent. The press opening is large and easily accommodates large (or long) cartridges such as .500 Nitro and .375 H&H. The press opening from the top of the ram to the bottom of the turret is just a tad under 5 inches, making it the largest press of its kind currently available in the U.S. It is finished in Lyman orange powder coat, resulting in a tough, durable, oil resistant finish that cleans up easily.
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OEHLER's New System 89 Chronograph
Measuring Bullet Performance Downrange
The Problem with Low Pressure Loads
Bullets & Brass
Measurements for Rifle Handloading
Handy Techniques for Accurate Ammunition
THE BRASS RING
In Range
Semi-custom Bullet Moulds
Mike's Shoot in' Shack
REVISITING THE 6.5 -06 A-SQUARE
Loading New Bullets and Powders
Cimarron Stainless Frontier .45 Colt
From the Hip
9x18mm Makarov
Cartridge Board
Alliant 20/28
Propellant Profiles
.224 Clark
Wildcat Cartridges