Hamish
11-14-2013, 01:43 PM
Years ago when I first got set up to load 45acp I learned the hard way about die height, while trying to get the crimp right. (I would imagine that the force I imparted to this press (a few times,,,) would roughly correlate to sizing 50BMG without lube.) What it took to break this thing like I did was way beyond all expectation.
So, this thing has been moved here and there for a few years, alway's meaning to send it back to Lee. Lo and behold, I run across a post about warranty claims with a picture in an email. Take a pic. and wham bam, Lee tells me new press body on the way.
I have had a Redding powder drop waiting on a stand to be made for at least a year, and I'm standing there with the broken Lee base in my hand and I look at the powder drop,,,,,,,,,,.
So,,,I took a hacksaw to the lower half of the threads to have enough room to attach the down tube and,,viola!
Not much of a special project, but I like to save stuff from the recycle, and any time in the big boy room has been far too little lately.
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So, this thing has been moved here and there for a few years, alway's meaning to send it back to Lee. Lo and behold, I run across a post about warranty claims with a picture in an email. Take a pic. and wham bam, Lee tells me new press body on the way.
I have had a Redding powder drop waiting on a stand to be made for at least a year, and I'm standing there with the broken Lee base in my hand and I look at the powder drop,,,,,,,,,,.
So,,,I took a hacksaw to the lower half of the threads to have enough room to attach the down tube and,,viola!
Not much of a special project, but I like to save stuff from the recycle, and any time in the big boy room has been far too little lately.
87452