Lee 1000 auto prime blew up about an hour ago *PICS*

I have a hand priming tool and use federal primers, and often primed without the eye protection :S I've bent and mangled primers but they never went off. I guess I'll have to be more careful....
 
I had to call LEE today and clear up an order.
While talking to the nice lady I mentioned this thread and asked her if there is a blast shield for the 1000.
There is not one available.
 
John Y Cannuck said:
Actually, you do not hit the primer with a hammer and rod, you place the rod inside the case, and the case head inside a completely safe metal priming device. Designed so that you cannot over seat the primer.
I still have my first Lee hand tool, still use it on occasion, never had a mishap of any sort. I've even used it to decap live primers.

Dies, I have four or five brands. No doubt the Lee dies are not quite up to the fit and finish of the more expensive dies, but in many cases they are half the price, and they do work fine, or they have for me.

Send me your useless Lee equipment, I'll pay shipping. :)
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The difference between Lee junk and quality, safe reloading equipment is similar to the difference between driving a Peterbilt and driving a cheap truck are to a truck driver.

I stand by my statement; Lee is JUNK. :stirthepot2:

:D
 
bjhill said:
You will see the light and it will be blue
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Well, been there done that. It was Red (Brand L), Red (Brand H), Blue, Blue, Blue, then Red-L, Red-L, Red-L. I have seen the light as it applies to my needs.

Like Johnny Walker Blue is to JW Red. Way smoother and I love it, but too expensive for my proletarian taste.

I will never knock the Dillons I had despite the little issues which I figured out or would have figured out for sure. I was happy with them, as I'm happy and satisfied with my three "junk" Lee presses as somebody eloquently described them, FYI. No issues with them.

For my Lee presses, 10 and 20 lb bottom pour melting pots, various molds, resizing dies, liquid alox and future purchases et al, I have been and will be patient, have read and will read and follow the instructions, have done and will do my due diligence, restrain my eagerness and enthusiasm.
 
Please send me all your Lee Precision Junk

As has come out in the thread on the Lee Pro1000 press. It is generally regarded that Lee Precision equipment is JUNK!! Therefore, in the spirit of recycling, I will pay shipping on any Lee Junk you wish to get rid of.

Those of you who are using Lee JUNK, pack it up, send me a PM with the shipping amount and I will e-transfer the money. Those of you who are just starting this hobby and have purchased this evil JUNK, DON'T use it, send it to me. I will take all the chances of having things explode, ruin cases, bend primers, get stuck while resizing loaded rounds, etc.

Take the only safe route... ditch your Lee JUNK and buy the better brand stuff!!

(Operators are standing by...)
 
Well played, sir. You shouldn't get all the glory on this one, though. If your garage fills up, I will volunteer to take whatever overflow there is.

And, no, you can't have my Classic Turret Press, it is too busy cranking out ammo for me to flog it like that.

Mark
 
Well you can have your lee pro 1000 i value my sight allot more.As for my dillon SDB many thousands of rounds with all types of primers no squib loads no double charges no primer f$%kups and no endless hours of trying to tweak something to make it work properly that doesn,t.To each his own.
 
bjhill said:
Well you can have your lee pro 1000 i value my sight allot more.As for my dillon SDB many thousands of rounds with all types of primers no squib loads no double charges no primer f$%kups and no endless hours of trying to tweak something to make it work properly that doesn,t.To each his own.
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Isn' the Dillon SQB and the Dillon 550B the ones where

YOU HAVE TO TURN THE SHELLHOLDER BY HAND FOR EACH ROUND?


:stirthepot2:

1. turn shellholder manually
2. load case manually
3. feed bullet manually


:rolleyes:
 
easyrider604 said:
The Lee Safety Primer Feed tool used on the Lee Single Stage and Turret presses is a different design from the priming system on the Pro1000.

The LSPF tool is only used to feed the priming arm/lever (the Lever Priming System as the factory calls it), that is mounted inside the top of the ram, under the shell holder. The priming arm/lever swings out to accept a new primer from the LSPF trigger, which is the part that the operator pushes to release a fresh primer onto the priming bar's cup.

The instruction sheet does not have a specific warning against use of Federal or any brand of primers. It does say to "place no more than 100 primers in tray". FYI, that is a direct quote from the instruction sheet.

Going back to the OP's incident, I can conclude that the explosion occurred while he was trying to seat a primer. That primer detonated and caused a chain reaction that spread to all the primers lined up in the tube and inside the tray, apparently detonated many if not all of them, in the process destroyed the primer feed mechanism completely.

Back to your question: In a Single Stage or Turret, the primer that is being seated is isolated in the cup of the priming arm. The LSPF with the rest of the primers, is a few inches away. IMO, there is little risk of a chain reaction in case a primer detonated while being pressed/seated into a brass case.

Yes there will always be a risk of any primer detonating while seated, but that detonation will be contained in the ram and the brass case. The hot gases will be directed upward. These gases are not likely to hit the LSPF tool and the fresh primers within it. A catastrophic chain reaction is not likely at all....but what do I know?

Conclusion:
1. With regard to the LSPF, Lee does not warn against the use of Federal or any other brand of primer. So Federals should be good to go.
2. Place no more than 100 primers in the primer tray.
3. IMO, best advice is to ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHEN RELOADING, REGARDLESS OF THE BRAND/MAKE/MODEL OF RELOADER AND PRIMERS USED.
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Thanks alot, and yes, I WILL put safety glasses on from now on ! :p
 
scianna54 said:
Isn' the Dillon SQB and the Dillon 550B the ones where

YOU HAVE TO TURN THE SHELLHOLDER BY HAND FOR EACH ROUND?


:stirthepot2:

1. turn shellholder manually
2. load case manually
3. feed bullet manually


:rolleyes:
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You're right! Doing all those things manually is such hard work.....:rolleyes:
 
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