[losoj30@yahoo.com]

i have heard of people mounting the lee hand press to a piece of plywood and them to the wall. Has anyone heard of this?

[losoj30@yahoo.com]

and how is this done correctly?

[jr81452]

sounds like a waste of time to me :confused: if you want to mount a press spend the $20 on a lee reloader c type press. heck midway has the press and modern reloading 2 for around $26. but i would think that if you where so inclined you could put four 1/4" bolts through the back plate on the die side.

[BigJakeJ1s]

I have a lee hand press that I started out with, then relegated it to depriming when I got a Huntington Compac hand press. Much better! I also put a 4" hardwood disk on the bottom of it so it would stand up on its own when I needed both hands for something else. Works really well, and kind of the best of both worlds (hand held and bench mounted)

I now have a forster coax press mounted to a rolling cart that I absolutely love!

Andy

[losoj30@yahoo.com]

good idea! mounting it upright. its what I have just trying to make the best of it.

[DaveInFloweryBranchGA]

There's such a thing as frugal and those that are, myself included have to watch themselves or they'll slip over the edge and become cheap. This is an intervention before the Frugality Police come to get you. Save up a little money and buy a Lee o-frame aluminum press. Then you'll have the best of both worlds and be better off reloading wise.

[NailGun]

losoj30, The Lee hand press has its place. While watching TV, it can occupy space in your hands. You might as well be resizing brass as you sit there, as resizing does not take much attention. (provided you have already inspected your cases prior to sitting down.)

I love my Lee hand press, it works great. I have even taken it to the bar and resized brass there! (got that idea right out of Richard Lee's book :evil: ) I also use it for neck sizing .223's and crimping 9mm and .38 spl. You get a really good "feel" with a hand press.

As Dave said, get yourself an "O" frame press too. They are better suited for bench mounting, and you won't be fumbling with powder filled cases in your lap. :D
Good luck and happy reloading!
NailGun

[lee n. field]

i have heard of people mounting the lee hand press to a piece of plywood and them to the wall. Has anyone heard of this?

Spent primers accumulate in a trap in the ram. Every once in a while, you need to pop the shell holder off and dump out the trap. Kind-a hard to do that if your press is fixed to the wall.

[BigJakeJ1s]

Note: I put the hardwood disk on the bottom of my Huntington Compac hand press, not the Lee. It was simple to mount it to the compac; it would not be nearly as easy on the Lee hand press.

Andy

[go_bang]

i have heard of people mounting the lee hand press to a piece of plywood and them to the wall. Has anyone heard of this?

Eh? What on earth for? A Lee C-frame press is cheap enough and easier to mount.

The Lee Hand Press is nice, though. I just finished my first six rounds of .357 Mag at the kitchen table with one. The only step that I found awkward was powder charging. Trying to set the funnel in the expanding die on a hand press is for the birds. It's easier to powder charge the cases off-press.

[FieroCDSP]

I just ordered one from Midway to take on a trip to WV this weekend. We've been needing to do some load workups for a PA-63, and figured this would be nice to have. Shoot a few, go inside to warm up and load.

[SLM]

The Lee Hand Press is nice, though. I just finished my first six rounds of .357 Mag at the kitchen table with one. The only step that I found awkward was powder charging. Trying to set the funnel in the expanding die on a hand press is for the birds. It's easier to powder charge the cases off-press. The Lee hand press is the only press I have. Get yourself some loading blocks. Mine are Lyman's and hold 50 rounds. I have two and should have ordered 4. That way you can move rounds from one to the other after you charge them so you don't get them confused. MUCH easier to use blocks!