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Anyone in New Brunswick have a entry level reloading kit to sell? I don't need fast, just reliable. I want to reload 9 mm only.
 
I don't understand this at all and I have been considering the same in 9mm.
A Lee 1000 comes complete and is advertised as ready to go. Why are they unreliable ??

It also seems that lots of people own them and then tell everone not to buy one because they are finiky or have other problems, yet you don't see many people getting rid of them ?? What is wrong with these things ?

If people don't like them then why are they not selling them used cheap :)
 
FWIW, I have 3 Lee 1000 presses (9mm, .357 and .45 ACP). They've more than paid for themselves within the first year of owning them. For the price I paid for the three presses I would've only had a press in one calibre if I had bought another brand. Are they reliable? Yes and no. They definitely do the job but seem to require more maintenance and 'tweaking' than other presses. The Lee 1000's were my inroads for reloading pistol calibres. They do what I want them to do and are relatively 'easy' to keep running but I will admit that there were days I just wanted to 'bin' them and buy a Dillon.......but I haven't, yet. ;)
 
Lee is a very good entry level progressive.

I have been seriously considering one even though I already have a dillon..... It's cheaper to buy the whole setup (lee 1000) than a conversion set-up for a new calibre for my dillon.

I have posted this before, but I will say it again.
A fellow I shoot with from time to time, has 8 Lee 1000s (yes that is right 8) set up on his bench.

He figgures once you have it all set-up and ready to go there is no point in changing out dies and adjusting powder systems for the $200 a new 1000 is worth (especially considering you have to buy a set of dies, shell holder etc. and that will run you to $100 pretty quick).

He is one of those guys that when he talks you listen, when it comes to pistols & revolvers.... He's owned it/shot it, He's tried almost everything when it comes to reloading systems etc. According to another club member..... He actually sold 2 dillons to get the extra room on the bench for the 8 lees!

Just my $.02
YMMV
Cheers!
 
I have two of them. The only issue I encounter is the primer feed, once in a while I get a primer stuck in the turret Need to make sure it stays clean and full. It is true they take some tweeking but at the end of the day they do the job. If you have the money spend it on a better system but I have to say I have pumped out thousands of rounds so they do work, but be prepared to deal with problems once in a while.
 
i got one i hate. maybe, because it was it was one of earliest ones, maybe i didn't use it enough to get proficient at using it. mine was 223, primer feed was trash power feed trash. i left it set up and every couple of years I would try to load a batch with it I finally chucked under my bench I have a lee regular turret press it has served me well but that 1000 no like. just my opinion
 
griffed said:
Anyone in New Brunswick have a entry level reloading kit to sell? I don't need fast, just reliable. I want to reload 9 mm only.
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Had a Lee Pro1000 20 years ago. Learning curve was painfully slow, and high maintenance. More than paid for itself though, and made my transition to the 550B a breeze.

I strongly suggest the Lee Classic Cast Turret instead, and get the 4-die set which includes the factory crimp die. Four pulls to finish a round but the better way to go vs. Pro1000.
 
easyrider604 said:
Had a Lee Pro1000 20 years ago. Learning curve was painfully slow, and high maintenance. More than paid for itself though, and made my transition to the 550B a breeze.

I strongly suggest the Lee Classic Cast Turret instead, and get the 4-die set which includes the factory crimp die. Four pulls to finish a round but the better way to go vs. Pro1000.
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They are a bit trouble some to setup and get working well but tweek it a bit and the lee pro 1000 gives 4 loaded bullets for 4 pulls of the handle while the turret give 1 loaded bullet for 4 pulls of the handel...

If you enjoy pretending your at a slot machine then the auto turret is the way to go.

Dont forget the lee pro 1000 is an entry level press... Its not meant to be the best press in the world its afordable and does what its suposed to most of the time.
 
You can check them out on my site... depending on caliber between $220 and $240... tell your buddy to email me well work something out if he is going to buy all three I have them all in stock.
 
Would be cool to have a progressive with die plates set up for 9mm; .38 Super; .38 Spl; .357 Mag; .40 S&W; 10mm; & .45ACP. The other stuff I have I can handle with a single stage.

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I don't use this press to prime my cases. I hand prime. I first use the press and pretty high speed (with the case feeding tubes and colater) to churn out resized-primer pulled cases. Then I hand prime them all. Then I remove the resizing die and install the other two dies and make rounds.

I don't trust the primer deally in the back of the press. Too sketchy.
 
For 9mm I've had very few problems, with 45 you have to watch the primer station, and the case feed (45 cases can drop forward at the end of a tube). The primer issue seems to be just with large primers which bridge in the tray and don't 'stack' into the ramp properly. If I had the cash for a Dillon 1050, I'd have one, since I don't I'll put up with Lee's foibles for now (and still shoot 10x more than guys buying factory, and for about a third of the price)
 
Is this the same system that cabelas has on for $159? And this kit has EVERYTHING that I need to get started? I was going to save up for a LNL but if this thing does what I think it does then I will buy one of these and give it a try. It seems like a cheap way to get into reloading. Here is the web link to what I think is being talked about

http://ww w.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat602007-cat20728-cat20847&id=0003093211015a&navCount=1&podId=0003093&parentId=cat20847&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=9IS&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat601233
 
If you plan on loading 2 or more calibers, LNL may be a much better choice as it allows for very quick caliber changes, very easy and reliable to use... and won't take much space on reloading bench (as opposed to 2-3 presses).
 
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