Started out on Lee equipment ? When ?

[Electrod47]

Lee Load-All 2 each .38 Special and .22 Hornet back in 1977 at age 30 . Today I have 9 Lee Press's of various configurations for the 14 calibers I currently load, most press's are kept set up, dedicated to a certain function or caliber. It's so handy that way. If it weren't for Lee's pricing that some ridicule as some evidence of cheapo, I never would have got into reloading to the degree I have. I am sure Dillon can spew out a 1000 rds an hour. I'v always savored the process of reloading as therapy from a busy world.

[Rich/WIS]

DIdn't start with Lee tools in 71, but added a Challenger press in 91 and the little C press in 92 as a priming station for my Lee Auto Prime II. In 74 started casting with Lee molds and a Saeco and then a Lyman pot. Switched over to the Lee 20# 7-8 years ago. All my pistol molds are Lee 6 cavity and if I ever start on another pistol caliber would choose Lee without hesitation.

[mikeatl]

2013, Load Master

[Goldstar225]

1978, Whack-a-mole in 38/357.

[catmandu]

1982, 3 hole turrent with powder dippers. I just fount the wood box the press came in.

Paul in WNY

[farmer66]

In 1962 with a 20 gauge Lee Loader. Got it for my 14th birthday and still have it. I was so happy I accidently dropped the bag of #8 shot on the hardwood floor. Spent some hours trying to get it all. I remember some going down the heating ductwork for a long time.

[oley55]

1982, 3 hole turrent with powder dippers. I just fount the wood box the press came in.

Paul in WNY

the 3 holes with wood box are listed at crazy high prices on evilbay. I still have the Lee color brochure from when I bought just the press $63.98. At the time I couldn't justify the additional $30 for the combination box/press mount.

[fixit]

Middle seventies.....22 hornet, 20 gauge shotgun.

[fgd135]

My first Lee product was a Lee Loader (cardboard box) in "7.62 Russian", i.e., 7.62x54r., in 1990. I still have it.

[Slahp]

I started in 1978 with a Lee Load All 12 gauge used it 6 months and switched to a MEC JR and never looked back. It did a decent job though.

[jlm223]

Started in 2008, Lee C press, I have upgraded since then.

[sparky45]

Started with a Lee Pro 1000. Since then I've gone through every press Lee makes with the exception of shotshell presses. Presently don't have a single Lee but I have a Redding T-7 and two RCBS Rock Chuckers. I started in 1976.

[468]

Lee Load All…12ga…1975

[GhostHawk]

I've used some Lee equipment off and on for decades. But in 2014 I got a hefty check from mom and dad. Early inheritance they called it.

So I used some to buy some guns, tools, etc. I did not go all Lee, opinions varied on hand priming tools. But everyone who had a RCBS Universal hand priming tool loved it. Many had 2 so they did not have to change parts. I agree it rocks.

My primary press however is a Lee hand press. Although I have others that is the one that gets used the most.

Dies are all Lee.

Molds are all Lee except for a couple of buckshot molds and an old lyman .45 round ball.
Slowly changing all my 2 cavity molds that get used for 6 cav's.

Are they perfect? No, not always. For the price I don't expect them to be.

[Firelock66]

1991, Lee Challenger and 38spl/357mag dies

[Otony]

Lee Loader in 12ga, 1972, my junior year of high school. It drove my mom crazy what with all the pounding, lol!

I don’t have it anymore, but I was gifted a Redding powder scale at the same time and to this day I am still using it! I have the original box and manual too!

I do have a Lee Loader in .30-30 that is like new in the box, and also a Mequon Loader in .44 Special in similar condition in the box.

My first press was an RCBS, probably a Junior, but I moved it down the road for a Pacific 07, just before Hornady bought them out. Now I’m muddling through life with a Redding Ultramag that has been around a good 30 years, plus an older Redding C-press. But I occasionally muse over getting one of the Lee cast iron presses just “because.

I imagine about 40% of my dies are from Lee, along with Redding, C-H, Lyman, RCBS, Pacific (love Durachrome dies),and Hornady. One of my Pacific sets is branded Thompson-Center!

[openbook]

Started a few years ago with a Lee Hand Press, die set, and Lee Ram Prime.

[cr390gt]

Late 80s with a whack a mole in 30-30


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[1hole]

....I’m muddling through life with a Redding Ultramag that has been around a good 30 years, plus an older Redding C-press. But I occasionally muse over getting one of the Lee cast iron presses just “because.

I admire your tastes. IMHO, Redding's Ultramag is THE "strongest" reloading press currently available. Lee's Classic Cast is second. Both are stronger/stiffer than my old green RC2.

Iron C presses are MUCH stronger than most people seem to believe.

[Mikedominick]

1979, loading with the whack a mole for my new to me Colt Python