Originally Posted by
kmw1954
sawinredneck, Sometimes I think people rush into buying a press and equipment w/o really giving much thought as to what is really needed to get the work done that they need done. Same can be said for fishermen and boats! Kinda like the "I gotta have this!"
I'm one of those that may only load 200 or 300 at a time and not do it again for a month and I know this would be the case when I restarted loading again. As I only shoot pistols, because that is where my interests lay, I knew from before that I didn't want to do this on a single stage press even though I also knew I could easily do this on one. I had it in my mind that a turret press was the way to go and being cheap and on a fixed income I also knew I'd be looking for used equipment. So as it turned out, while watching the auctions and the classifieds on the forums I came across a complete Lee Pro1000 with dies, measure and everything for just over $90.00 shipped to my door. Heck I couldn't even touch a Turret press with dies for money. So I bought it. And I haven't been disappointed or regretful one bit.
Since then I have added another shell plate carrier, 3 shell plates, the small shell feeder, 3 sets of Lee dies and turrets, and two more powder measures, the shell feeder tubes and the collator. Adding it all up including the original press purchase I have about $300.00 invested and can load for 5 different calibers.
So yeah I have Lee stuff and I haven't shed a single tear. So now instead of loading 200/300 of one caliber a month I might be loading 2 or 3 calibers a month.