Lee pro 1000
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I have 2 Lee 1000's, they run good and for the price you cant beat them. Biggest worry is that there is no powder check, if you shoot autoloader not a big deal but if you shoot wheel gun you have a problem if you are shooting fast. I had a primer in a new bottle of powder that was dumped into the powder hopper and inadvertently would give me squib loads, took me a while to figure that one out. It would run great and then all of a sudden squib loads. Scared the hell out of me, I am very meticulous when it comes to reloading and how on earth a primer was in a new bottle of powder I will never know. The priming system has its problems and I finally decided to use the machines differently since the near tragedy 3 years ago.
1. I install only the deprimer/sizing die in station 1, leave the other two stations empty and run thru all my brass just priming/sizing them and nothing else. The machine just cooks when all you are doing is priming. I bought an extra primer try for the son to keep full and his job is to fill the tubes. No spilled powder in the shell plate from a missed primer.
2. I bought the older style powder measure with the big spring on the side and installed it into station 1 with the flare die. Station 2 I leave blank and I have set up a mirror and light system so that when a charged case is up in the second stag I can clearly see the powder in the case.
3 Station 3 is as normal seat/crimp.
I would like to buy a Hornady L-N-L or a Dillon 650 because you can have a powder check die system and a factory crimp die also but the price of reloading components now and the amount that I would have to spend on all the conversion kits for the various calibers that I reload for it would take me about 9 years to pay off the difference just to break even with the amount of shooting I do now. Hard to justify, if one comes along that is cheap then I might go for it but not in any hurry.
1. I install only the deprimer/sizing die in station 1, leave the other two stations empty and run thru all my brass just priming/sizing them and nothing else. The machine just cooks when all you are doing is priming. I bought an extra primer try for the son to keep full and his job is to fill the tubes. No spilled powder in the shell plate from a missed primer.
2. I bought the older style powder measure with the big spring on the side and installed it into station 1 with the flare die. Station 2 I leave blank and I have set up a mirror and light system so that when a charged case is up in the second stag I can clearly see the powder in the case.
3 Station 3 is as normal seat/crimp.
I would like to buy a Hornady L-N-L or a Dillon 650 because you can have a powder check die system and a factory crimp die also but the price of reloading components now and the amount that I would have to spend on all the conversion kits for the various calibers that I reload for it would take me about 9 years to pay off the difference just to break even with the amount of shooting I do now. Hard to justify, if one comes along that is cheap then I might go for it but not in any hurry.
i've got 3( that's right 3) of them :9mm , 45acp and 223- the only caveat is the primer system and you of course have to lube your cases with the 223- had that set-up since 1990 and for auto pistol, you really don't need anymore than 3 stations- 4 for revolvers, as there's an extra factory crimp die you need to use
Or a Lee for $230... which includes dies...
All a matter of how much you want to spend and how fast you want to reload.
You can reload quite successfully with under $50 of equipment. (Single stage, Used Lee dies)
ok. the turret is a slower but better choice in your situation- or you can use a seperate single stage for the factory crimp die-only the turret and the loadmaster have the 4th hole for that die, and yes, it's entirely worth it- it "guarentees " that every round is going to fit in every chamber which is especailly important in a revolver-i've got the loadmaster in 44 for specifically that reason-
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Having used the Lee it is money well spent IMO, I wouldn't pay anything for a lee, and if it was free I'd sell it. All opinion however and we all know what they say about opinions.
I ordered mine thought Factory Sales which happens to be just down the road from the Lee factory. I got the Lee LoadMaster in 9mm, a spare turret for another cal., another shell holder and it cost me under $250 US shipped to a PO box in the states (bought mine when the dollar was par
). It's a little more now and we also have "the Obama" anti gun anything to deal with so getting it out of the US my need a export permit now, not sure though.
The warranty with Lee is awesome!!! I emailed them about a piece in the primer system being messed up the they never even asked for a receipt or nothing, just sent me the part I needed. Buy a Lee, it's worth the cash...
). It's a little more now and we also have "the Obama" anti gun anything to deal with so getting it out of the US my need a export permit now, not sure though.The warranty with Lee is awesome!!! I emailed them about a piece in the primer system being messed up the they never even asked for a receipt or nothing, just sent me the part I needed. Buy a Lee, it's worth the cash...
