Chris
09-14-2009, 05:22 PM
So after some talk the last few weeks and months I decided to order one of these to compliment my Dillon press.
The key with these Lee presses are the price factors. They are cheap!
I decided to pick one of these up to leave my Dillon for rifle specific cartridges. Mainly 338 Lapua and 308.
I purchased a 223 Remington kit and will most likely buy a 45 ACP kit. I know this sounds like a little much but at the price point its actually more cost effective to purchase the press then buy the needed dies and accessories from dillon not to mention the time factor to set-up the machine from pistol to rifle cartridges. As anyone that reloads will tell you. Put some pistol powder in a rifle cartridge and hang on or vice-versa. This way I will have presses mounted and specifically set up to deal with my favorite and most used rounds.
Within the next few weeks I have the shop finished and will start giving play by play reviews on the presses, powders, accsories and different loads.
What I hope to accomplish here is to get more of you involved in this portion of the hobby. I am lucky enough to have a Dad who has been reloading top notch ammo for more than 20 years and has a great load list and passed through a ton of the mistakes made. Hopefully this will keep me from making some of the mistakes that plague new reloaders.
Anyway to get back on track
Heres a vid of it in action, not very informative but a good peek at the action of the press
YouTube - Lee Pro 1000 Reloading Press (10 rounds) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kWXyxOEbZ0)
From midway the press kits can be purchased for 159.99 and are sold as caliber specific kits pretty much ready to go. Some accesories needed of course, scale, primer, powders, cases, etc.
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p225/chrisbean109/leepress.jpg
Just add a bullet and load a cartridge with each pull of the lever - all other operations are automatic. For added safety, primers and powder are fed only if a case is present. For fine adjustments or for experimenting, an alternate loading sequence allows for loading only one case at a time. Makes learning easy for the first time user. Made with steel, cast aluminum and polymer.
The Pro 1000 features a 3-1/2" ram stroke, 3 stations, auto indexing and the ability to accept all standard 7/8 x 14 thread dies and standard shellholders.
Kit Includes:
Caliber specific die set
Pistol Calibers include Carbide 3-Die sets, while the Rifle Calibers include Pacesetter 2-Die sets.
Pro Auto-Disk Powder Measure with 4 disks
Pro 1000 Primer attachment
Case Feeder attachment with tubes
Shell plate
Extra turrets and shell plate carriers available (sold separately). All Lee products come with a 2-year warranty.
The key with these Lee presses are the price factors. They are cheap!
I decided to pick one of these up to leave my Dillon for rifle specific cartridges. Mainly 338 Lapua and 308.
I purchased a 223 Remington kit and will most likely buy a 45 ACP kit. I know this sounds like a little much but at the price point its actually more cost effective to purchase the press then buy the needed dies and accessories from dillon not to mention the time factor to set-up the machine from pistol to rifle cartridges. As anyone that reloads will tell you. Put some pistol powder in a rifle cartridge and hang on or vice-versa. This way I will have presses mounted and specifically set up to deal with my favorite and most used rounds.
Within the next few weeks I have the shop finished and will start giving play by play reviews on the presses, powders, accsories and different loads.
What I hope to accomplish here is to get more of you involved in this portion of the hobby. I am lucky enough to have a Dad who has been reloading top notch ammo for more than 20 years and has a great load list and passed through a ton of the mistakes made. Hopefully this will keep me from making some of the mistakes that plague new reloaders.
Anyway to get back on track
Heres a vid of it in action, not very informative but a good peek at the action of the press
YouTube - Lee Pro 1000 Reloading Press (10 rounds) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kWXyxOEbZ0)
From midway the press kits can be purchased for 159.99 and are sold as caliber specific kits pretty much ready to go. Some accesories needed of course, scale, primer, powders, cases, etc.
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p225/chrisbean109/leepress.jpg
Just add a bullet and load a cartridge with each pull of the lever - all other operations are automatic. For added safety, primers and powder are fed only if a case is present. For fine adjustments or for experimenting, an alternate loading sequence allows for loading only one case at a time. Makes learning easy for the first time user. Made with steel, cast aluminum and polymer.
The Pro 1000 features a 3-1/2" ram stroke, 3 stations, auto indexing and the ability to accept all standard 7/8 x 14 thread dies and standard shellholders.
Kit Includes:
Caliber specific die set
Pistol Calibers include Carbide 3-Die sets, while the Rifle Calibers include Pacesetter 2-Die sets.
Pro Auto-Disk Powder Measure with 4 disks
Pro 1000 Primer attachment
Case Feeder attachment with tubes
Shell plate
Extra turrets and shell plate carriers available (sold separately). All Lee products come with a 2-year warranty.