Finally got some time to get the Lee mounted on a 2x6 for a portable reloader and with a clamp it works very good. I started with the bushings indicated for Promo (Red Dot) to get a 1oz load and found out that to get 19gr of powder I needed to go up one bushing size from 155 to 163. Comes in just under 19gr by a few 1/10ths and varies a little but close enough.
Bushing for the shot delivers right at 1oz. I am using new primed Fiocchi hulls and found the crimping to be pretty easy. When seating the wad, which I couldn't find in the manual or data on Ballistic Products for but which seem to work fine for this, I do notice some flakes of powder coming around the wad. Not many and I can watch them jump to the wad from static while seating. Tried an over card to make up a little room instead of one over the powder and it seems ok. Using a little less pressure on seating the wad seems to cure this for the most part.
I find the 6pt crimp better than the 8pt. Powder, shot, wad etc all pretty tight with just a couple of the shot jiggling. The crimp came out decent with only a very small uncrimped hole in the center. Far smaller than a pellet to no problem with that. One of the reasons I tried the overcard just in case but it's not needed.
Shot a couple of the rounds through my pump and they shot/cycled fine. Hulls look good and ready for a reload.
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