I don't think that person is who you think it is.
Gents, let's talk Lee Loaders
- Thread starter The Kurgan
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I don't think that person is who you think it is.
Still got one in .30-06. Somewhat vintage in the solid red hinged plastic case. I had a stack of them at one point but once I started buying scales, priming tools etc a press became the natural next step. I sold all but the 06 because it was given to me by my father. They get the job done but with a lot of hammering so make sure you have somewhere to use it where you won't be pissing anyone off.
I have a .303 Br., .44 Mag, .45 colt, .45 acp and am looking for other calibers. Ideally 303 Savage, 30-30.
I do like them as I don't mass reload anything. Few hundred at most at a time. The .303 Br I've never had an issue with (finding projectiles aside), the pistol cartridges I am getting frustrated "popping" the primers when seating them, or not quite seating them enough causing a hang up in a revolver. Because of this, I've looked to the really olde school method of the Lyman 310 tongs. Instead of "wack-a-mole" the Lyman is a squeeze fit of primer, case resizing and seating of the projectile. Dies are hard come by for the Lyman though. However, pounding a cartridge together with a hammer always seemed a bit like asking for trouble?
I do like them as I don't mass reload anything. Few hundred at most at a time. The .303 Br I've never had an issue with (finding projectiles aside), the pistol cartridges I am getting frustrated "popping" the primers when seating them, or not quite seating them enough causing a hang up in a revolver. Because of this, I've looked to the really olde school method of the Lyman 310 tongs. Instead of "wack-a-mole" the Lyman is a squeeze fit of primer, case resizing and seating of the projectile. Dies are hard come by for the Lyman though. However, pounding a cartridge together with a hammer always seemed a bit like asking for trouble?
- Location
- Steel Town
Funny enough, I bought an RCBS hand primimg tool, but prefer the easy tap to seat them with the Lee Loader.
When I was a kid the record thousand yard group was loaded on a Lee loader. As I remember it stood for a long time too. In Richard Lee's book he talked about that, a guy asked him to modify the tool to size a bit less and he cautioned him that it might not work on all brass, but the customer said to let him worry about that. Tool cost 10 bucks in those days.
LordEvilPepper
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Under a rusty barge in BC
I have used them lots for load development at the range... and building ammo while out east on a posting lol (the irony being the ammo that blew up my gun on that adventure was factory, #### i hate federal ammo) i made and shot a ton of .30 carbine out there.
I have also gifted them to guys starting out.
A 5.56 link ammo can, with a lee loader, hammer, small digital scale, lee trimer, cheap set of calipers, 1lb of powder, couple sleeves of primers and some projectiles and you are off to the races and it all fits in the can. Along with your baggy of brass, and some reloading notes.
That used to be about $150 gift...
I can only imagine what it would cost now lol.
I have also gifted them to guys starting out.
A 5.56 link ammo can, with a lee loader, hammer, small digital scale, lee trimer, cheap set of calipers, 1lb of powder, couple sleeves of primers and some projectiles and you are off to the races and it all fits in the can. Along with your baggy of brass, and some reloading notes.
That used to be about $150 gift...
I can only imagine what it would cost now lol.
