Lee pro 1000 ,600 per hour ? 9mm

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has anyone here ever been able to pump out 600 rounds an hour out of there lee pro 1000 in 9mm? I had 2 of them years back and was never able to even close to that . What do you guys think?
 
Biggest hold up on the Lee 1000 is the priming system. If you can get it to work flawlessly then you can crank out the ammo for sure. To get 600 per hour you would have to do a lot of prep in pre loading primer trays and getting everything ready. In all honesty it would be more like 300-400 per hour or lower I would guess if you started on the clock prepping and then loading.
 
Best I could ever do was about 350-400 per hour. That was running like clockwork and having everything go perfect.

I usually did 250-300 with older/range brass (feed issues due to mangled/worn rims).
 
With new brass and everything perfectly setup p, yes I think you could. But not with range brass and the average machine. The one thing I like about the Pro 1000 over the Loadmaster is that it primes on the bottom stroke as opposed to the top on the loadmaster.
 
I don't own one now but when I did, the best ever was 350 9mm in an hour.
Where as the dillon XL650, best ever 1 hour time period is 1200!! 45acp no less.
 
I cannot see how you could under normal conditions. I can spit out about 100 in 15 minutes, but then I need to reload the pirmer tray and dump more cases in the the feed system. It has been giving me issues lately; I used to load 100 in 10 minutes, but now if the case does not hit the pirmer pin drop bar (don't know exactly waht it is called) slowly enough, it will misfeed the primer.
 
Ive never come close to 600 per hour. I learned to not run my 1000 as fast as humanly possible so as not to have feeding issues with the primers. I usually run 200 or so rounds per hour thats filling primer tray and case feed tubes as required. I actually prefer loading 45ACP easier to hold .
 
I can do 400 to 600 per hour on a Loadmaster without rushing. As for the primer feed, they work really well if you make sure there isn't any grease or oil on it, and keep it full.

But they do take a lot more tinkering than other presses.

Oh, and for 1200 per hour on a Dillion 650, does that include time to load the primer tubes?
 
The 1200 in a hour for a dillon was all prepped and ready to go. 20 primer tubes full, case feeder topped up, bullet tray full and bags of bullets ready to pour into it when needed. Oh I forgot to mention the better half standing behind me dabbing my sweaty forehead with a slightly damp cloth!!:cheers:
 
If you keep the primer feed full and clean and your brass is sorted properly it is quite possible. Given the habit of crushing the odd primer, a full tray might not be the best in that situation. Other than the plastic parts and primer feed that is not to bad of a press.
 
around 300 is what I get and for the volume of shooting I do, that is fast enough.

a buddy of mine does alot more shooting and has his ticking along around 400 to 500 per hour.

For the money, they are a nice set up.
Jerry
 
tigrr said:
The 1200 in a hour for a dillon was all prepped and ready to go. 20 primer tubes full, case feeder topped up, bullet tray full and bags of bullets ready to pour into it when needed. Oh I forgot to mention the better half standing behind me dabbing my sweaty forehead with a slightly damp cloth!!:cheers:
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I doubt it, I have seen a Dillon 650 working and you cant do that with a manual set up working the machine alone.
 
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