Lock-N-Load AP Progressive Press

The Hornady Lock-N-Load AP is the progressive that undercuts Dillon on price while delivering the headline progressive features. Five stations auto-index, prime, and eject a finished round on each handle stroke, so a fully fed press produces a completed cartridge per pull and reaches about 500 rounds per hour. The signature feature is the Lock-N-Load bushing system: each die screws into a bushing that locks into the press with a quarter turn, so you swap a single die in seconds without disturbing the others or pulling a whole toolhead. The case-activated powder drop only meters a charge when a case is present, which prevents the spilled-powder messes that plague some progressives. It is the right first progressive for a high-volume pistol shooter who does not want to pay Dillon money.