Need some help from Hornady AP users.

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Hello everyone I just bought my first progressive and have some unanswered questions I bought it over the phone and will be picking it up next week. The sales person I was dealing with didn't know much about it other than what he could reread me from hornadys website. First question might seem silly but I was told I needed hornady die sets is this true? I already have lee three die carb sets for what I will be loading(9&45)on this press. Second aside from the shell plates is there anything else the kit is missing to get going? Any and all help or tips will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Jeff
 
I just got the same press not to long ago, your lee dies will work. and you will need different plates for calibers (pita). Check out Bill Morgan a.k.a. 78highboy on youtube he offers better setup information. Hope this answers your questions and helps.
 
I already had RCBS dies for 9mm when bought my LNL AP so I use those. When I added 45 I tried Hornady dies and like those a bit more, mostly like how the seat die has a sliding inner. When I started using lead bullets needed separate crimp, used Dillon on my LNL. Early January I added Dillon 650 to my bench. Just recently started 40 cal with Dillon dies, like them the most.

Anyway ... In short ... you can use any brand with 7/8 inch thread on LNL.
 
There are many informative threads already started on this forum page. Just search LNL in the search bar on the top left and you will learn about as much as you care to about this press. The only difference between a progressive and a single stage die wise, is that it is preferable to crimp in a seperate operation from seating bullets. ie,

station 1=resizing
station 2=seating primer and expanding
station 3=powder measure
station 4=bullet seating
station 5=bullet crimping

I have never been a fan of the powder cop as I place a bright lightbulb directly above the press to visually look into each case to see that it is charged. If you wish to use a powder cop then you will have to use a hornady part called a ptx expander which will work in conjuction with the powder measure drop system.
 
nevanevan said:
There are many informative threads already started on this forum page. Just search LNL in the search bar on the top left and you will learn about as much as you care to about this press. The only difference between a progressive and a single stage die wise, is that it is preferable to crimp in a seperate operation from seating bullets. ie,
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and set the search date to a year back or more, it's stupidly set for 1 week back i think.

theDuck said:
Another thing you will need is a set of channel lock pliers to help get tight die bushings out and in.
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adjustable wrench would be better, channel locks mess things up.
 
Lee dies that are more than about 10 years old are often too short to work in a LNL. Lee redesigned them to be longer because of the problems they posed with LNL and Breechlock style bushing systems.
 
BattleRife said:
Lee dies that are more than about 10 years old are often too short to work in a LNL. Lee redesigned them to be longer because of the problems they posed with LNL and Breechlock style bushing systems.
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Same issue with my Redding turret press,the Lee dies are right at the limit of the threads when adjusted in the turret.They work but just.
 
-stainless steel tumbler
-one shot cleaner for cleaning the press and dies.
-extra hornady locking rings and bushings
-primer flipper
-extra primer pickup tubes. I have 10 small pistols pickups. i pick them all up ahead of time then i sit down and do 1000.
-case lube
-bullet puller
-scale
-containers for the brass and lead. i use the same style container that the bullets fall into when they are finished, but one size bigger.
-dial calipers
-bullet comparator for the dial calipers is a nice tool
-book for keeping track of how much youve loaded.
-print a bunch of labels that you can write the bullet info on for the bullets you make. tape them to the cases when done.
-lots of powder, lead, primers and brass!!
 
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