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  1. 09-02-2018, 01:06 PM #1
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    Lee dippers date?

    So, anybody know when Lee began making the red dippers, and went from red to yellow?
    I've a Lee Loader in the old cardboard box with a red dipper, instructions in box dated 1966.
    What about 1963?
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  2. 09-02-2018, 02:17 PM #2
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    I bought a black set new in 1969.
    Within a few years I got a yellow set.
    I guess I missed out on the red set.
    Are they cc's or cubic inches?
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  3. 02-23-2019, 11:12 PM #3
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    Didn't know they made any other color than yellow!
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  4. 02-23-2019, 11:40 PM #4
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    I've got some metal lee dippers...
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  5. 02-24-2019, 12:25 PM #5
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    The black ones were marked with numbers corresponding to grains. I found one to look at. I think the red ones were first, then black, then the yellow cc marked ones. Standard disclaimer I am half right maybe.
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  6. 02-27-2019, 07:59 AM #6
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    Gentlemen,

    The Red and Black Dippers were labeled in Cubic Inches, the Yellow are Cubic Centimeters.
    The Red & Black were manufactured by LEE Custom Engineering Inc.
    The Yellow are manufactured by LEE Precision Inc.
    Look over the link, good reading.
    http://gunlore.awardspace.info/gunknow/LeeTools.htm

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  7. 02-27-2019, 02:48 PM #7
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    Huh, learn something new every day. Thanks for the link
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  8. 03-13-2019, 06:57 AM #8
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    Interesting, thanks for the link
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  9. 03-16-2019, 12:17 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by AntiqueSledMan View Post
    Gentlemen,

    The Red and Black Dippers were labeled in Cubic Inches, the Yellow are Cubic Centimeters.
    The Red & Black were manufactured by LEE Custom Engineering Inc.
    The Yellow are manufactured by LEE Precision Inc.
    Look over the link, good reading.
    http://gunlore.awardspace.info/gunknow/LeeTools.htm

    AntiqueSledMan.
    Thank you for that link.
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  10. 03-16-2019, 12:54 PM #10
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    Thanks for the link.
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  11. 03-16-2019, 02:29 PM #11
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    Great link sled guy! It cleared up some questions I have had for a while and corrected some misinformation I had accumulated. Thanks very much.

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