Deciding which LEE press to buy

Terrward said:
Lee works just fine. You don’t need to spend thousands on team blue or team red.

I scored a lee pro 1000 in 9mm this spring on Amazon for $300. Loaded about 3000 so far, works extremely well after you dial it in.
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I have two. Got them both for under $200 used. One is set up with large primers for .45 acp, the other one, small for .38 and 9mm. Unless you are going to reload a lot of ammo, a single stage press is less trouble. If you are changing between calibers, then you might want to do what I did and buy more than one.

For rifle I have a single stage Rock Chucker; should have bought one years ago; I set it up with a Lee quick change bushing system, and it is almost as fast as my old Lyman Turret when changing from die to die. I use a lee perfect prime bench primer for rifle.
 
Chumlee Bumsnag said:
I use an RCBS Rockchucker single stage, powder measure, scale, but use all Lee dies. I like the 4 die sets with the neck sizing collets. 1/2 Lee fan-boy
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Me too. I use the Lee Perfect Powder Measure for my rifle reloading. Looks, feels cheap; cheap price, but works the absolute best for rifle powder than any of my other high priced measures. I use the auto disks that came with the Pro1000s for pistol, they work fine for that application.

I also use lee collet dies. Simple and as good as it gets for CF rifle.
 
Bassmaster said:
I'm a frugal reloader and as cheap as they come...I have a Lee turret press, with a half dozen pre-set turrets and a Lee classic single stage. Most of my dies are Lee as well as my molds, and I have no complaints...yes, Lee fanboy
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Same here, I have some Hornady dies for 222, bugger constantly sticks well lubed cases when sizing and the setup to get the proper shoulder set back is a pain in the butt, went out and bought a Lee set.

I have no problem loading a few thousand 9mm on the single stage, it just takes a bit more time and doing things in stages. Size a pile of cases, prime a pile of cases then drop powder and seat bullet in a pile of cases followed by the factory crimp on a pile of cases.
 
I just picked up a mint Lee Loader kit. It works well! I enjoy the pace, and actually not much slower than a single stage press. Definitely a hunting cartridge affair, and not ideal for high volume. :)
 
Fox said:
Same here, I have some Hornady dies for 222, bugger constantly sticks well lubed cases when sizing and the setup to get the proper shoulder set back is a pain in the butt, went out and bought a Lee set.

I have no problem loading a few thousand 9mm on the single stage, it just takes a bit more time and doing things in stages. Size a pile of cases, prime a pile of cases then drop powder and seat bullet in a pile of cases followed by the factory crimp on a pile of cases.
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Yup...reloading therapy;)
 
ColinVk said:
I bought the Lee Pro 4000 but now looking at the LEE Load Master I’m wondering if I made the wrong choice, I like the full automation of the load master especially not having to manually add the primer and I think there’s an add on that automatically adds the bullet but I’m not sure plus it’s got the 5th hole which I’ve heard can come in handy. I guess I’m asking if anyone knows anything about the two presses or has them can you give me some advice if I made the right choice or should I exchange them

If it helps I’ll be reloading a wide variety of pistol and rifle ammunition
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The Green one with 4 letters....aka RCBS.
You will not regret it.
Rob
 
The guy has already stated that he wants to go with LEE because of the price point, and he's looking for people with experience with Lee presses. Why do all you idiots think he wants to hear about how every other brand that's not LEE is better over and over again? CGN sometimes (All the time) man...
 
Chumlee Bumsnag said:
Cause we're cool that way...
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Cool like

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The Kurgan said:
I just picked up a mint Lee Loader kit. It works well! I enjoy the pace, and actually not much slower than a single stage press. Definitely a hunting cartridge affair, and not ideal for high volume. :)
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I started reloading with a Lee Loader. 12 years old at SIR with my loader, a box of 150gr Interlocks, and a pound of W760 for my dad's .30-06. Those loads worked just fine (a bit slow) killed deer and lots of paper. Eventually I added a scale to spice them up a bit. That lasted me for a good 7-8 years before I bought a "proper" kit, but I still have it. With good brass and a separate scale for measuring out the charges the Lee Loader works great.

And the .410 version is practically a collector's item.

I generally stick with RCBS stuff (with Hornady lock rings on RCBS dies) but all my Lee stuff is eh-okay.
 
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