Endowment Life Member NRA, Life Member TSRA, Member WACA, NRA Whittington Center, BBHC
Smokeless powder is a passing fad! -Steve Garbe
I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it. -Woodrow F. Call, Lonesome Dove
Some of my favorite recipes start out with a handful of depleted counterbalance devices.
That may be true but there's a possibility of false economy if you're buying a tool that eventually has to be replaced with the same or a more expensive tool. Some Lee tools fall into that category, most do not. There's also the possibility that a noob may lose interest or load/cast very little and a tool that wouldn't hold up for a hardcore user would fill the need for an attractive price. As I mentioned before there are some Lee tools that don't work for me but they work just fine for almost everybody else, apparently.
Without a doubt Richard Lee has brought many innovative tools and more than a few new people into this reloading/casting game. I can afford any reloading tool I want, quite often it's a Lee so there's more to it than a great price, IMHO.
Endowment Life Member NRA, Life Member TSRA, Member WACA, NRA Whittington Center, BBHC
Smokeless powder is a passing fad! -Steve Garbe
I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it. -Woodrow F. Call, Lonesome Dove
Some of my favorite recipes start out with a handful of depleted counterbalance devices.
There are some things that Lee does well enough for me to use. Examples are: Classic Cast press (used for .50BMG loading), some of their dies (25-20WCF, .50BMG - odd thread size but better tolerances than RCBS), original Auto Prime hand primer. Some facets of Lee's designs are questionable, but I find that true for most reloading tool companies. I started reloading with the original Lee (whack-a-mole) Loader, then quickly moved up to a CoAx press that I still use. A lot of Lee stuff is such that it will keep the average bubba in ammo without breaking the bank.
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." A. Brilliant
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |