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SO I decided to just start a new thread for this.
I have a Lee classic turret press that is about 10 months old. I have loaded about 1500 rounds of 44 special on it. (Based on the fact that I just tonight opened my third 500 rd box of projectiles.)
Quite a while ago, the turret became misaligned. For some time now, I have had to finish indexing the turret a fraction of an inch with my left hand after operating the ram to turn the turret most of the way around to the next station. It just stopped making it all the way to the detent on its own.
Now (tonight) it has stopped rotating completely. I can still index the turret completely by hand (manually), but moving the handle has no effect on rotating the turret. (Sometimes, if I move the handle very slowly up and down, it will turn the turret.)
It took over an hour to load 30 rounds.
Additionally, it seems like the primer tray will no longer stay mounted on the track. The track is separating, and the tray falls off.
I am pretty miffed by this. I know I didn't buy top of the line (probably bottom of the line), but I bought what I could afford at the time.
So at this point, I'm looking for the cheap, easy, quick fix (I need 300 rounds loaded by tomorrow.), or should I just upgrade?
The other serious thought I'm having, and just discussed it with the girlfriend a few moments ago, is to just top competing/shooting/reloading for a while. I'm spending a lot of money on this right now, and if I have to start buying tons of commercial/store bought ammo, or a new press, I may just call it quits for a while. (Or. I could just double down. Alaska PFD checks, $1600 this year, come out on Thursday lol.)
I have a Lee classic turret press that is about 10 months old. I have loaded about 1500 rounds of 44 special on it. (Based on the fact that I just tonight opened my third 500 rd box of projectiles.)
Quite a while ago, the turret became misaligned. For some time now, I have had to finish indexing the turret a fraction of an inch with my left hand after operating the ram to turn the turret most of the way around to the next station. It just stopped making it all the way to the detent on its own.
Now (tonight) it has stopped rotating completely. I can still index the turret completely by hand (manually), but moving the handle has no effect on rotating the turret. (Sometimes, if I move the handle very slowly up and down, it will turn the turret.)
It took over an hour to load 30 rounds.
Additionally, it seems like the primer tray will no longer stay mounted on the track. The track is separating, and the tray falls off.
I am pretty miffed by this. I know I didn't buy top of the line (probably bottom of the line), but I bought what I could afford at the time.
So at this point, I'm looking for the cheap, easy, quick fix (I need 300 rounds loaded by tomorrow.), or should I just upgrade?
The other serious thought I'm having, and just discussed it with the girlfriend a few moments ago, is to just top competing/shooting/reloading for a while. I'm spending a lot of money on this right now, and if I have to start buying tons of commercial/store bought ammo, or a new press, I may just call it quits for a while. (Or. I could just double down. Alaska PFD checks, $1600 this year, come out on Thursday lol.)