Just got a set of 357 Mag Lee Carbide and noticed the new lock rings. When did they change the design?
Just got a set of 357 Mag Lee Carbide and noticed the new lock rings. When did they change the design?
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Early 2020, this link...https://ultimatereloader.com/2020/03...lee-precision/
Most of the tanks are gone and the windows don't rattle anymore. I won't be able to sleep now.
Thanks. I watch Gavin and he is one of my follows. Must have missed that one
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I like the new rings very convenient on a turret or progressive press.
Lee seems to be the industry innovators. There doesn't seem to be anyone with a lineup like Lee.
I like the new rings, just wish I could get the wrench without having to get 3 more rings.
Steve
Its from Lee, it MUST be HORRID!!!
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I use a lot of Lee stuff so I'm not knocking them at all - but personally, I don't like the new lockings - probably because fo the way I load. I use their 4 hole classic turret press - love it and have different turret plates set up for different cartridges (mostly Lee dies) so once the dies are set up on the plate, they stay set up. Here in AZ, I use a single stage press. I bought probably four different Lee die sets in the past few months - all have the new rings. The first thing I do is take 'em off and put on a lock ring so that once the die is set up in the single stage - it's no trick to switch dies out for different operations and when a die is switched out, it is already in adjustment with a lock ring.
new design of lock rings + sales of new wrenches to fit them - so Lee is thinking ahead
I wonder if others will redesign their's at some point - just how many times can you redesign the wheel though
Look's like they will work great with Chan-el-locks just great.
Or better still Vice-Grips!
I must do it different from those here but I have found that I can hand tighten the rings with the O-ring and they don't move.
I Am Descended From Men Who Would Not Be Ruled
Fiat Justitia, Ruat Caelum
There is enough fat in the federal government that if you rendered it you could wash the world
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Ditto.
Lock rings with a lock screw? This is revolutionary!
Trust Lee to innovate.
When will the other makers follow suit?
I need one of these wrenches.....
Oh wait, I have the plastic piece o' crap, I need a REAL wrench, made of metal.
does this mean all my old lee die sets are useless antiques that have to be replaced?
I don’t like the new ones or the old ones........... I replace them with lock rings from Fastenal.
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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 |
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