I like mine. The only complaint I have is the primer feed mechanism is a little finicky. Other than that, it's great for 45 reloading. I like the ability to manually index, and it certainly beats a single stage press.
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I like mine. The only complaint I have is the primer feed mechanism is a little finicky. Other than that, it's great for 45 reloading. I like the ability to manually index, and it certainly beats a single stage press.
I love mine. I load everything from .380 acp to 45/70 on it without a hitch.
BEST reloading purchase I've made so far.
Now you guys have done it! You talked this press up so much I had to buy one to try out. Although it doesn't seem that rugged out of the box with the aluminum shell plates and plastic indexing parts, it does seem to do a good job. Quicker and easier to use than my Lyman, and the auto indexing is a nice feature. I do wish they'd have made the diameter of the shell plates a little larger as you cannot use two Hornady New Dimension dies side by side without replacing the lock rings with round ones. The tight spacing also makes adjusting the Lee FCD die a chore.
All in all, a good press and a better value.
BD
I like the lee 4 holer. It's a good machine, and works well for short runs. I've loaded many thousands of rounds on mine. The plastic indexer is starting to get a bit warn and I have to watch to make sure it fully turns to the next stage (maybe 1 in 100), but other then that she is still running strong.
The majority of my loading on this maching has been small rifle rounds in quantities of less then 100. I think i have permenant toolheads in 9mm, .45acp, .38 spc, .44 mag, 22 hornet, .223, .222, .221, .25-222 and a few extra that i can always throw dies into.
The lee powder measure is far from perfect (ever tried using h110? leaks a bit), but is still a good buy for the money. Takes maybe 20 seconds to switch to a new caliber as I leave the measures intact. I've thought about setting it up for some .22 swaging, but I'm afraid that it will damage the press.
Evenentually i would like to have 2 full progressives set up and running, but I'll keep the lee for odd jobs and short runs. Good machine for the money, deff would buy again.
if you have the lee turret not the clasic,make a little piece of aluminum sheet and clip it to the right side of base and it will drop the primers in to base.how you get them out is your problem.:coffee:[smilie=1::Fire:
Remove a little off the tops of the parts that have the screw holes in them. Try to keep everything square. I had an Autodisk that I Put the Pro conversion on that leaked AA#7 like a seive!:mrgreen:
if you get the ajustable lee and replace the disc set up it will stop the leaking
The Lee Pro Auto Disc Powder measure (not the upgrade, but the FULL version) has a polymer wiper that seems to greatly reduce the leakage (at least in the three that I have). I MUCH prefer the Pro version and am happy to pay the higher price for the REAL advantages (shut off valve, polymer wiper, and easy changing of the discs, etc).
YMMV
Dale53
"I've thought about setting it up for some .22 swaging, but I'm afraid that it will damage the press."
I think it's safe to say that NO turret press is a good choice for bullet swaging. And not a lot of single stages!
Mine works great for swaging .224 jacketed bullets, I did 500 on it about a month ago.
Well some just need to see how good a WARRANTY really is lol.
Lee So good customer how did you sheer the lugs off of the press. Customer all I was doing is sizing some .380 auto brass and it just came apart. Lee Hmmmmmmm .380 brass you say. lol.
Another tip for Classic Turret users:
I have found, for small pistol or small rifle priming when using the Safety Prime tool, the large pistol priming arm works better.
Small primers balk less frequently when fed from the Safety Prime hopper into the large primer arm's seating cavity. The seating works the same with either priming arm. The extra diameter of the large primer arm cavity doesn't seem to matter. The primer goes smoothly into the pocket.
It would seem that using the LP arm would seat the primer flush instead if .002 below face as it should. At least that's what I've read should be done for proper seating. I'll have to give it a try. I was having occasional problem getting the small primers to go into the primer arm until I adjusted the Safety Prime to what appeared slightly off center and problems went away. Also I accidently tried to seat a large primer with the small primer arm and swaged the primer holding sleeve down some. It was a pain to get it opened back up.
I am considering the Lee classic turret. Is there any easy way to disconnect the auto rotation of the turret if you want to use it as a single stage (like for push through sizers)?
I'm sorry to say that mine disconnected itself after after 300 rounds loaded. The little plastic part that indexes the turrent distorted to the point that it no longer will catch on the twisted op rod.
My other complaint is that on my press the shell holder is not held square to the end of the ram. The case has a noticeable tilt toward the opening in the shell holder.
BD
You can easily disconnect the operating rod by removing the turret and just lifting the op rod out the top. Be sure to line it up with the plastic indexer when when re-installing.
The little plastic cams cost nearly nothing and are easily replaceable. Everyone should get 4-5 extras and keep them on hand. They do not fail often but it will nearly always be an inconvenient time to fail (Murphy's law ALWAYS prevails:mrgreen:).
Dale53
The rod in the center of the turret head will just simply slide out after you remove the turret head. But why. If you do not move the arm all the way to the bottom of the stroke so that it will move to the next die you can use it as a single stage.
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