Newbie reloading question on presses

[kharlingca]

Ok so long story short. I have my reloading bench, I have a lee pro 1000 for 9mm. And I have reloaded many rounds (1000’s). I have had to added a couple of quick fix’s to the lee pro that I found here, but since then it has run great. With all the adapters installed on the lee pro (case feeder, bullet feeder some lube) I have no reason to change to the Dillon at this time.

So my question is now I want to reload 9mm and .223/5.56. With my experience as a mechanic I have learned the following “if it isn’t broken don’t fix it, don’t touch it” So with that theory in mind here is my question!

What’s the difference between the lee pro 1000 and loadmaster? If I want to reload .223 should I spend the extra 100 bucks on a loadmaster or should I just stick to the lee pro?
And everyone who is going to ask what I shoot, well mostly target and ipsc. No precision at this time maybe in the future.

Thanks for the help

 

[SandRoad]

I use a Loadmaster for pistol cartridges. The advantage is that it has a 5 hole turret and I can use a Lee Factory Crimp Die (FCD) to crimp and post size the completed round. The pistol FCD has a carbide sizer that makes sure that the finished round will chamber. It also removes most of the "bulge" from cases fired from Glocks.

Since I haven't used a Pro 1000, I can't say if there would be any advantages for 223 if you are just using 3 dies.

 

[curtmg]

I use RCBS, but still, I think I'm pretty much in the same boat. I've loaded a few thousand 45acp, but was always wary of rifle loading. Well I'm half way through my first session of loading and I don't know what I was worried about, if anything rifle is easier. Only difference is you take a little more time weighing powder, and don't have to expand the cases as a separate step. And Lube, don't forget the lube, even though I was only neck sizing, I'd find if I put more than 2 or 3 without lube, it was starting to get pretty sticky. Don't worry about lubing the inside of every case neck, I was doing every 5th round and it seemed to work well.