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Pro 1000 Lee for 5.56? |
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Posts: 2030 (11/15/07 07:35 PM) Forum Site Moderator |
I'm getting sick and tired of chnging changing calibers all the time on my RCBS 2000 and was thinking about one of these for only my AR reloading. I once
had a Lee Loadmaster which sucked and I sent it back, but the rest of my experiance with Lee has been good.
Opinions? Lee sells the refurbed, with the dies and everythibg for about 90 bucks. |
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Posts: 1508 (11/29/07 02:45 PM) Veteran member |
I used to have two Pro 1,000's and they worked pretty good for pistol calibers, expecially .38 and .45 ACP. Case feeders worked great in these calibers
but I wasn't happy with the one set up for .223. Seemed I was always spilling powder and jamming it up which required me to take it apart to clean it so
the auto case advance would work. Finally sold both of them and made the switch to Dillon and have never looked back. In a nutshell I say thumbs down for a
Lee 1000's in .223. I will be curious if other agree or have had better luck with their's.
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Posts: 10 (11/25/08 09:37 PM) |
Dillon 550. More expensive, but with a dedicated turret head you can change calibers in less time than it takes to screw in a new die and adjust it. Don't
have a case feeder, works fast enough for me loading one at a time.
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Posts: 4752 (11/28/08 10:06 AM) |
Doc,
I have two Lee 1000's, as you know, one I keep set up for 9mm, once I keep set up for 45 acp. One was purchased in the early 1980's, the other within the last year. The older Lee has had tens and tens of thousands of rounds run through it, and in the last year a part on the handle broke which was a few dollars to replace, with the new part being redesigned so it doesn't happen anymore. In the last week or so, I've had a few days where I've been handloading 1,500 to 3,000 round between the two of them. Most of the negative things I've read online about the Lee 1000 are from user error. A new one with one caliber runs about $150.00 or less, and a refurbished one would be perfectly good, of course, since both of mine are quite "used." I've never loaded .223 in the Lee, only .30 carbine. With the Lee Auto Pro Powder Measure thrower, the consistency is very good. As someone else mentioned, the Dillon 550 is a highly thought of handloader and one I'd look at as well. |
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Posts: 130 (08/22/09 09:49 AM) |
I just staretd using my lee 1000 for .223 and it seems to work well. The only problem I can see is I have to charge twice since the powder measure will not
drop enough powder. I have been using this same press since 1984.
The addition of a controlled primer feeder greatly helps. |
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Highpower |
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Posts: 1141 (08/22/09 11:10 PM) Veteran member |
fiatmom wrote: http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/catalog/browse.cgi?1250996650.2292=/html/catalog/powhan1.html
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He who lives by the sword, should go out and get a really nice sword. |
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