New LEE Products [Archive]

scott0116

07-09-2011, 09:36 PM

Sorry to be sarcastic, but... um...that video has been up for almost 8 months. Have you been off planet?

I emailed Lee a day or two after that video was posted and John Lee replied and said they were hoping to have the products available in 2012.

deltaenterprizes

07-09-2011, 09:51 PM

I have been on this planet, just in my own little world!

angus6

07-09-2011, 10:12 PM

I emailed Lee a day or two after that video was posted and John Lee replied and said they were hoping to have the products available in 2012.

Good that'll give me time to recoop from last months $1450 shot of equipment, I know I'm going to save money some day reloading :bigsmyl2:

jmsj

07-09-2011, 10:19 PM

Has anyone used that case trimmer?

deltaenterprizes

07-10-2011, 03:37 PM

Not available yet

legi0n

07-10-2011, 03:59 PM

oh dang, just when I thought I was set up for good!

Ausglock

07-10-2011, 10:53 PM

I want the bullet puller...

2ndAmendmentNut

07-10-2011, 11:30 PM

That trimmer looked perfect.

JeffinNZ

07-11-2011, 05:20 AM

How on earth does that puller work? That thing is incredible.

mag44uk

07-11-2011, 12:46 PM

How on earth does that puller work? That thing is incredible.

I understand it has a collet that grabs the bullet on the downward stroke which is then ejected by the next cartridge on the upstroke.
It wonder if it will cope with pulling military surplus?

Tony

man.electric

07-11-2011, 01:16 PM

It wonder if it will cope with pulling military surplus?

Tony

If it doesn't at least Lee is good about repairing broken equipment. Even if it was my fault....

Von Gruff

07-11-2011, 06:52 PM

Did anyone else notice the trimmer lifting at an angle to vertical when the ramm was at TDC. Would that trim the case mouth square??
The quick change base looked a bit suspect if heavy sizing was to be done, with more flex than I would like.

Von Gruff.

no34570

07-11-2011, 07:03 PM

Good that'll give me time to recoop from last months $1450 shot of equipment, I know I'm going to save money some day reloading :bigsmyl2:
Hah,you wish,there is always something you can't be without,well at least that is me ;) I'm still waiting to recoup my reloading gear costs,but I love it[smilie=l:

no34570

07-11-2011, 07:08 PM

I can see myself getting the case trimmer & the bullet puller,never ending having all these gadgets,but ya gotta love gadget ;)

375supermag

07-11-2011, 07:15 PM

Good that'll give me time to recoop from last months $1450 shot of equipment, I know I'm going to save money some day reloading :bigsmyl2:

Good luck with that...

I have been reloading for decades and haven't saved a dime.
In fact, sometimes I bought reloading gear for guns in calibers I didn't even own...until I bought the dies. Kinda silly to have a perfectly good set of $30-40 dies and no use for them, so off to the gunshop I go to buy a new $500+ gun that I don't even need.

Whoever said you could save money reloading must have worked in sales at RCBS.

angus6

07-11-2011, 08:52 PM

375supermag I hear you, I've got more in reloading/casting equipment then firearms. Done the build a FAL as I ended up with a case of 7.62 and build another 1911 to use the extra B/T

Wonder if the puller uses different inserts or not

quasi

07-11-2011, 09:58 PM

All 3 of those "inventions" were available in the 1960's according to my old Handloader Digests. I have a case trimmer that is virtually the same as the Lee in the video. It isn't just the Chinese that copy other peoples stuff.

JeffinNZ

07-12-2011, 12:09 AM

I gotta say that Lee show some tremendous initiative in their products. They cop a lot of unfair and unwarranted flak just because they are inexpensive.

DLCTEX

07-12-2011, 09:37 AM

Next we have to figure out mounting a motor on the trimmer.

quasi

07-12-2011, 10:47 AM

Like Dillon does?

dragonrider

07-12-2011, 11:37 AM

Would the trimmer and the puller be caliber specific or do they perhaps use one die body and inserts for different calibers????

UNIQUEDOT

07-12-2011, 01:04 PM

Like Dillon does?

I am sure that if there were a large enough market for that style trimmer and it could be produced affordable that Dillon would have no problem with Lee making a version of it. After all if Dillon didn't use Richard Lee's patents you would be reloading very slowly on those beefy blue expensive machines. Also Dillon, Lee, Lyman, Hornady, Ch, etc all use the Huntington press designs acquired by RCBS... What argument are you trying to prove?

Roundnoser

11-01-2014, 01:24 PM

What ever happened to the bullet puller? Can't find it for sale.

VHoward

11-02-2014, 12:24 AM

They never released it. Vaporware.

r1kk1

11-02-2014, 10:26 AM

I am sure that if there were a large enough market for that style trimmer and it could be produced affordable that Dillon would have no problem with Lee making a version of it. After all if Dillon didn't use Richard Lee's patents you would be reloading very slowly on those beefy blue expensive machines. Also Dillon, Lee, Lyman, Hornady, Ch, etc all use the Huntington press designs acquired by RCBS... What argument are you trying to prove?

I think what quasi was saying is the lack of innovation in tools. Kinda like the Summit is very close to the Wamadet press, the Lee press mounted trimmer very much resembles the Pacific version, etc., etc. I wish there was something new and innovative.

in Richards book he states he and Mike traded patents. I will have to do some patent searches.

take care

r1kk1

UNIQUEDOT

11-02-2014, 12:00 PM

r1kk1

11-02-2014, 12:35 PM

Old thread brought back from the dead! r1kk1 the patents they traded were powder measure and powder thru system for press patent. To be clear Mike traded his press patent for Richards auto disk powder measure/powder through expand patent.

Lol! I hear that UNIQUEDOT! I believe Mike's patents on his press go back to the Star and may be back to Hollywood. I've been doing patent searches this morning. An interesting patent was a lady named Margaret and her press dating around 1935. Pretty cool I think!

take care for now

r1kk1

UNIQUEDOT

11-02-2014, 12:43 PM

I have asked around (no research done) but still don't know what the press patent was. I wonder if it has to do with the pro 1000 or the load master? I figured on it being the load master since it primes on the upstroke like a 1050 and has a single stage frame appearance like a 450 on up to the 650. If you find out please post your findings.

flyingmonkey35

11-02-2014, 01:03 PM

I love the case trimmer

rbertalotto

11-02-2014, 01:18 PM

Has anyone actually seen the Factory Crimp / Seating Die? I can't find it anywhere.

dragon813gt

11-02-2014, 03:55 PM

Has anyone actually seen the Factory Crimp / Seating Die? I can't find it anywhere.

Never released. Pretty cool idea IMO. But looking the size of the die it would not fit on my turrets so it wouldn't save me any time. That bullet puller was pretty slick. I'm guessing it pulls on the down stroke and the one popping out on the upstroke is the previous round. I know it's an old video but if that puller works on cast pistol bullets I want one :)

r1kk1

11-02-2014, 04:21 PM

Has anyone actually seen the Factory Crimp / Seating Die? I can't find it anywhere.

The patent was granted in Feb '09.

"A die that seats and crimps in one operation."

It should be out later.

take care

r1kk1

MT Chambers

11-04-2014, 09:01 PM

I really liked the "zip trim", very robust.

angus6

11-05-2014, 02:17 PM

What ever happened to the bullet puller? Can't find it for sale.

hope it's better then the Forster Superfast Bullet Puller, looks along the same line

dkf

11-05-2014, 02:46 PM

I love the case trimmer

I don't. I bought one and after about 300 cases it won't hold a consistent case length to save its life. Doesn't chamfer worth **** either.

flyingmonkey35

11-06-2014, 07:38 AM

I don't. I bought one and after about 300 cases it won't hold a consistent case length to save its life. Doesn't chamfer worth **** either.
Just out of pure curiosity.

You only went clock wise Right?

If you went counter clockwise you will dull and destroy the blade.

Moonie

11-06-2014, 11:06 AM

I don't. I bought one and after about 300 cases it won't hold a consistent case length to save its life. Doesn't chamfer worth **** either.

I've only used the one for 300BO but as long as you keep the shavings cleaned out I've found it is very consistent and mine chamfers just fine.

dkf

11-06-2014, 02:22 PM

I've only used the one for 300BO but as long as you keep the shavings cleaned out I've found it is very consistent and mine chamfers just fine.

You have better luck than me then. I usually cleaned it every 100 cases. It chamfered better the first few hundred cases and then progressively got worse. I was trimming .223/5.56 cases.

Just out of pure curiosity.

You only went clock wise Right?

If you went counter clockwise you will dull and destroy the blade.

I was turning it the right way the entire time. The 4 little teeth on the cutter stayed sharp but it seemed the deburring blades wanted to do all the cutting. Overall a poorly executed product IMO and I know I am not the only one that had issues with it.