How do i put the 308 shell holder onto my lee 4 hole turret press?

[allarile260]

Hello all!
i am extremely new to reloading & boughtva lee 4 hole turret press so I could reload 308 for my m14. I have been having trouble with putting a lee shell holder onto the ram. It wont fit whatsoever & I can't find any online material for it.. help?

 

[allarile260]

 

[tiriaq]

Every shellholder of every make that I have tried will snap into the ram on my Lee Turret.

 

[Spawn-Inc]

Where did you get the shell holder from? I suspect that's the shell holder for the lee auto primer. The proper shell holder has a collar on the bottom, like this.

On a side note, I highly suggest a read through or 2 on the manual for the press.

 

[juanvaldez]

looks to be a prime tool shellholder

 

[tiriaq]

Bingo!

 

[allarile260]

Gobles London. I've read through the manual multiple times, I guess I just bought the wrong type of shellholder? Gahh, I feel so stupid.

 

[OldDude]

The "help" at your LGS should know the difference.....

 

[jethunter]

Lee dies usually come with the correct shellholder.

 

[mr.e moose]

What you have is a shell holder for a Lee case trimmer.Notice the knurling around the outside and the threaded socket at the bottom. A auto prime shell holder will be flat and smooth on the outside with a hole just larger than the primer.You need a shell holder that is like the one Spawn-Inc has illustrated.

 

[Skinny 1950]

I think you will also find that the auto indexing will have to be disabled by removing the indexing shaft due to the length of the rounds, I have to do this to use my 4 hole turret press when re-loading 30-30.

 

[Colin]

yes take the rod out for 308, 303, etc, can stay in for .223. Buy a couple of extra disc, I use one just for decapping and sizing as I use my .308 mainly in a semi-auto. Never neck size for a semi-auto, always fullsize your brass. For a bolt action, necksizing is fine.

 

[dan belisle]

See if you can find someone locally to walk you through this. Failing that, check you tube for how to videos. - dan

 

[Camaroguy]

See if you can find someone locally to walk you through this. Failing that, check you tube for how to videos. - dan

Or read the ABCs of reloading. Using that, and the hornady 2nd edition load manual, I managed to successfully start reloading. (i've since updated my manual)

 

[zuke]

When I first got into reloading I bought both type of shell holder's from LEE.
The green box and the red box.
I've never had to buy another one, and I've helped out plenty of guy's on a weekend that misplaced their's.

 

[thump_rrr]

What you have is a shell holder for a Lee case trimmer.Notice the knurling around the outside and the threaded socket at the bottom. A auto prime shell holder will be flat and smooth on the outside with a hole just larger than the primer.You need a shell holder that is like the one Spawn-Inc has illustrated.

Bingo the first correct answer as to what you actually have.