Pro 1000 owners

[TES]

How many rounds do you get outta yours per hour?

I mean a real sit down hour not 15 minutes multiplied by 4.

[bnelson06]

As many as I can.

Really depends on problems that arise and weather you pre prime brass etc. seems that the priming step is the one that messes up the most often.

[Westwindmike]

I never got very many between primer system failures. I had to get rid of mine.

[TES]

hmmm i just had (4) 500 rnd hours today......must have a gem.

BTW mike is your last name Coleman?

[Westwindmike]

No, not Coleman.

[TES]

Had a buddy named Mike that flew jets and lived in TN.

[Jr.]

Can get around 400 on a good hour but generally with the primer feed issues I sit at around 200 had my wife load some .357 the other day she did pretty good out of 50 rounds she only had one without a primer and only ran the case feed tubes out twice. For a first run I think that's pretty good

[dragonrider]

I inspect each and every round as it goes through the press, as a result I might get 100 to 125 per hour and I am happy with that. I have two permanently set up for 380 and 9mm.

[TES]

I inspect each and every round as it goes through the press, as a result I might get 100 to 125 per hour and I am happy with that. I have two permanently set up for 380 and 9mm.


So do I. Hmm

[44Vaquero]

I have hit as high as 450 per hour, but realistically 350 to 400 is about my average on my Lee Automator (Piggy-back Pro-1000).


9730497305

The key to producing copious amounts of ammo on a Pro-1000 is they like to be bolted down to a solid/steady bench and always run the handle stop to stop. While keeping an eye on the primers (I refill @ about 1/3 full). Once you have the shell plate timed correctly it's pretty easy to crank out the rounds.

[seagiant]

I have hit as high as 450 per hour, but realistically 350 to 400 is about my average on my Lee Automator (Piggy-back Pro-1000).


9730497305





The key to producing copious amounts of ammo on a Pro-1000 is they like to be bolted down to a solid/steady bench and always run the handle stop to stop. While keeping an eye on the primers (I refill @ about 1/3 full). Once you have the shell plate timed correctly it's pretty easy to crank out the rounds.

Hi 44,
Jeez, I love that Automator! Looks real clean and efficient! Oh yea I have one of those older bench mount powder measures too! Maybe I should pick up an Automater myself! Does LEE have any more???

[44Vaquero]

Seagiant;

I put a call into my contact @ Lee and as luck would have it she is no longer with the company. Of course no one else has any idea what in hell I am talking about!! Long and short of the story they are looking into this request and will get back to me. LOL

PM sent with ordering instructions to you.

[seagiant]

Hi 44,
Thanks for the help! I'll put a call in when I get home. Yea,it's tough loosing a good contact. She had probably been there so long,she knew where all the dead bodies were buried!!!

[Mike Kerr]

Seagiant,

I don't think she looks like that.

[OuchHot!]

I should have gone into structural engineering. She is a perfect test bed for foundation garments.

[seagiant]

Seagiant,

I don't think she looks like that.

Hi,
Maybe in the 60's she did!!! What goes around comes around![smilie=1:[smilie=1:[smilie=1: (or maybe you have to be a sailor!)

[beex215]

i usually get around 300 or so per hour at my casual rate. one time i only needed 1 hundred and got that out in 8 minutes. you do need it to be mounted very firmly to get a very fast rate of production. if anything the bulllet placement is the most lengthy part of the process.

[TES]

i usually get around 300 or so per hour at my casual rate. one time i only needed 1 hundred and got that out in 8 minutes. you do need it to be mounted very firmly to get a very fast rate of production. if anything the bulllet placement is the most lengthy part of the process.

or when this happens...jeeze

97465

Shell plate pulled through the carrier!

9mm is apparently a little hard on the casting!

[44Vaquero]

Tes,

One rule for running any progressive is if it does not feel right "STOP!" And find out why? Do not pull/push on the handle harder!

I would also like to point out that paying attention to what you are doing is a must! Please note: The next case ready to go in the case feeder/slide is upside down!!

[220]

Average about 400 per hour taking it easy, have seen close to 600 when I have really pushed it but 400 is comfortable.
If I'm having issues with it I don't even try to sort them on the run, stop reloading pull it down clean make sure the index timing is spot on primer feed clean etc and then start again. Might take half hour but at the end of it I know I can comfortably pump out 400 per hour until it decided it wants leaning again in another 2000 or so rounds.
For comparison LNL-AP tops out at a bit over 300 per hour without a case feeder.

[freebullet]

I bought a pro1000 from a member here the beginning of December. I never did receive it or a refund yet. So this thread is depressing to me.

[375supermag]

I bought a pro1000 from a member here the beginning of December. I never did receive it or a refund yet. So this thread is depressing to me.

If my experience with a Lee 1000 is any measure, you are better off without it.
My Lee 1000 has been sitting in a box for years...it will not properly feed primers and dumps inaccurate powder charges.
I gave up on it....went back to single stage reloading.

Maybe when I am retired in a few years, I will invest the time to completely tear it down and try to make it work.
Then again, I have this distinct impression that the only way to make it work is to save the mounting bolts to use to mount a Dillon to my bench.

[TES]

Tes,

One rule for running any progressive is if it does not feel right "STOP!" And find out why? Do not pull/push on the handle harder!

I would also like to point out that paying attention to what you are doing is a must! Please note: The next case ready to go in the case feeder/slide is upside down!!

That machine is about 10000 rounds old. The constant pressures while re sizing the 9mm cases is what finally did it in. The upside down case is a result of the part breaking and me moving it out of the way.

[44Vaquero]

Tes,

I am still curious about the carrier failure, 10,000 rounds is still not really a tremendous amount of production. My presses are approaching 100K+ and I have never seen a catastrophic like yours. What does the carbide in the sizing die look like? Are there any signs of galling? I doubt the pressure of resizing 9 mm resulted in the failure, trying to remove the stuck case tore the carrier apart.

Did you open a service ticket with Lee? I wonder if they would replace the carrier for you?

I have noticed .44 Mags is sometimes hard to extract and now use lube about every 5th case otherwise the carrier progressively works its way off the ram.

[TES]

Started a ticket. We'll see what they do. If I oil the sizing die every 400 or so it is a smooth operation. If I don't it gets sticky. The case's are smooth no scratching from a galled die. There a a lot of glocked cases and those are a hard pull. I figured enough of those sticky cases and the casting will fail.

[fryboy]

the poor thing wasnt designed for swaging ( ie; glocked cases ) they made and sell the grx-tool and the case sizers for just such reasons - alot of things will fail when abused
i always lightly lube my cases - it makes the whole process much much easier and smoother , doesnt take much , as a added thought dirty cases actually run thru carbide sizers better , for some reason they arent as sticky as clean cases ( please dont ask me the theory behind it but it's there ) since i clean my cases i give them a lil lube ( very light spray of hornady one shot - it doesnt take much )