I have a Dillon square deal in 9mm that I was thinking of getting maybe a .38/357 conversion for, but a conversion on Dillon's site is 75 bucks and it's a royal pain to switch once you have the thing set up for a load, let alone a caliber. I like Lee stuff, friend has the Pro 1000 and likes it, but he doesn't load all that much on it. Midway has it for $120, so for a few bucks more I can have another machine. In addition, most of my pistol die sets are Lee because I like the powder through die set up with the disk powder measure I use on my Lyman turret set up.
I'm wondering what opinions are out there on this cheap Lee press and I'm also wondering if I can use the dies I have for it with just a shell plate change. I'm also thinking Lee sells die carriers so once you get 'em set up, you just change the carrier out and there's nothing to adjust, is this right? It sure sounds a LOT easier than the Dillon for cartridge conversion. And, I use the auto prime with a cheap Lee C press to prime and really like that priming system, but wonder if it works as well on the progressive?
I know Dillon is a good company, but I shoot different loads and switch around a lot. The Dillion is a royal pain to change loads with. I'm thinking if I got a caliber conversion, it'd just be for .38/.357 and I'd continue to load .380 and .45 colt/ACP on the turret press. 9mm and .38/.357 are my most fired calibers. I might should have gotten a Lee in the first place. I guess if I bought a Lee and liked it that much, I could always sell/ebay the Dillon to recoup some money. But, I'd probably keep it. It's a good machine other than the caliber changing thing.
I'm wondering what opinions are out there on this cheap Lee press and I'm also wondering if I can use the dies I have for it with just a shell plate change. I'm also thinking Lee sells die carriers so once you get 'em set up, you just change the carrier out and there's nothing to adjust, is this right? It sure sounds a LOT easier than the Dillon for cartridge conversion. And, I use the auto prime with a cheap Lee C press to prime and really like that priming system, but wonder if it works as well on the progressive?
I know Dillon is a good company, but I shoot different loads and switch around a lot. The Dillion is a royal pain to change loads with. I'm thinking if I got a caliber conversion, it'd just be for .38/.357 and I'd continue to load .380 and .45 colt/ACP on the turret press. 9mm and .38/.357 are my most fired calibers. I might should have gotten a Lee in the first place. I guess if I bought a Lee and liked it that much, I could always sell/ebay the Dillon to recoup some money. But, I'd probably keep it. It's a good machine other than the caliber changing thing.