Lee 50th Anniversary Kit is Great

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My lovely wife got me the Lee 50th Anniversary Kit for Christmas and I am very impressed (yes, with her as well as the product). I've never re-loaded in my life and with the instructions right out of the box and a little reassurance from the internet, I was able to re-load my first batch of 45 Colt cartridges! And I shot them all and I still have my face and fingers!!! But what I was most impressed with is the factory support. I had one of the three bushings that they include in the kit that was stripped so that I could not screw my dies into it. I wondered if I should contact the place that my wife bought the kit from or just call the factory. I decided to just call the factory. I spoke with a woman who was very knowledgable about the product and she took my address and told me the part would be in the mail the next day. She just sent it out, no questions asked. Wow, very impressive. And I just figured that with so much bad service today in the retail word, I'd just give kudos to a company that appears to be doing it right!
 
Well that's nice to hear. Once in a while, Lee has a happy customer:D

Seriously, you got a good wife, bro. Once you get used to the way Lee equipment works, you'll be a loyal customer like some of us CGNners.

You may or may not outgrow your Lee, you may even move up to the great Dillon 1050, whatever happens, that's fine. Enjoy your new hobby.
 
I'm a happy customer too! Broke the handles on my good buddy's 9 mm 6-cavity and emailed Lee the photos, they sent me new handles no charge. Truth be told, RCBS has got great service too.

My dies are all Lee, but my press is an old RCBS rockchucker that's simply bulletproof. And that Lee powdermeasure is just fantastically accurate!
 
I picked up the very same kit in the summer and it's been great. I have no complaints with the equipment so far.

Enjoy the new hobby. IT WILL CONSUME YOU!!!!!!!!!!
 
You're going to need calipers and a better deburring tool. Other than that you've got a fairly decent press. Lee really only makes a couple good presses, that's one of them. The classic cast single stage and the turret are basically the only other presses they make worth using.
 
I bought mine last October. Since then I've moved up to a Hornady LnL AP Progressive but I still use the Lee for all my single stage needs.
I really like the Lee dies for use on the single stage press.
 
I used to have a Lee Pro 1000 and it just was not for me, it turned me right off reloading because it was just too finicky for me but I recently decided to go single stage and got the Lee 50th and it has been fantastic!

I am loving reloading and am turning out some fantastic rounds providing great accuracy and with such a low start up cost who can complain!
 
Very fond of my Lee press also. Just picked up a trickler, and boy does that make things go a lot quicker. Get the scale close, and then add the powder one grain at a time. Real smooth. Enjoy!
 
I have the LEE auto index 4 station turret and its my first press...I load 9mm and .45acp and I enjoy it! Maybe a 1050 one day with bullet feeder! hehe
 
i have one too. good press. all i will ever need unless zombies attack and have to make ammo faster.
reloading 9mm .308 and will get into 223 and others soon.
happy you having fun
 
rooster22 said:
I bought a lee aniversary set. sold everything off but the press.
Bought RCBS to replace all the other tools. Just don't like the lee stuff, my first and last expierence with lee.
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And that's okay. to each his own. Would I buy a Lee kit today?? Not on your life!! Although some people have been happy with the scale and the powder measure, I am not. These two items are, in my opinion, the only junk Lee has made. Would I buy an RCBS kit at $500 instead? Nope. I have a conglomeration of colours on my bench and that suits me. Luckily, I have been able to use stuff before I bought it when I was starting out. But no one had the Lee scale and the measure...kit wasn't sold then and I will agree with anyone who says that they are garbage. I wouldn't even GIVE them to a new reloader! They were trashed and I went back to my Lyman scale and measure.
 
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