Lee turrret press.

Worth every penny IMO. Going from a single stage to a turret will speed up your process dramatically.

But just to make things clear, most, including myself, use the CLASSIC CAST turret press, not the one you are referring to. Here is a link.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/785993/lee-classic-4-hole-turret-press-deluxe-kit

Here in about 8 hours, you will have 40 replies telling you to buy a lee classic cast turret press so just go ahead and order it now. Check out titanreloading.com you should be able to get the press only for ~$100. I'd get the safety prime system, spare turrets, powder measure of choice... fsreloading.com used to be good but I dont think I will order with them. Back in Feb, they had absolutely terrible order fill rate, and poor customer service at best. Word went around that they sold. supposedly to pay the bill they owed to their web designer???(website was always a mess to navigate)

The CLASSIC (cast) Turret press

http://www.titanreloading.com/lee-classic-cast-turret-press?search=LEE CLASSIC CAST TURRET PRESS

But you will need to add a powder measure extra turrets, priming system etc

You can get the "kit" but probably do not need some the extra "stuff) junk,(scale)

http://www.titanreloading.com/kits/lee-classic-cast-turret-press-kit

I'm a fan of the classic cast turret as well. It's going for $116 on Amazon now. I would recommend the Auto drum powder measure to go with it.

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I have the deluxe turret, and it isnt as nice as the classic cast. But it works great, i would recommend either of them, but given a choice go with the classic cast.

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adcoch1 said:

I have the deluxe turret, and it isnt as nice as the classic cast. But it works great, i would recommend either of them, but given a choice go with the classic cast.

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Agreed. I started out with the cheaper delux turret not knowing it was a "cheap press". It served me well for tens of thousands of reloads. Last year I had a few extra bucks laying around and upgraded to the classic. It is well worth the extra $30. It has a more sturdy linkage system, A much much better system for spent primer collection and the primer arm cannot fall out of the classic cast ram when it gets dirty like the cheaper one used to do.

Jim- As for the extras in the kit, the scale works and is pretty accurate but is a pain in the butt to use. The manual? would be handy to have at your cabin if you dont feel like bringing one from home with you. The safety prime system is not needed but is very nice to use if you like to prime on press. The lee chamfer/deburr tool is junk IMO but may come in handy to have around if you don't usually have a need for one.

Yeah, there isn't much "deluxe" about the deluxe turret. I prime off press so it doesn't bother me that much, but spent primers go everywhere!

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As the other have said, buy the Classic not the Deluxe Lee Turret press. I have been using one for over 10 years now. I still use my Rockchucker at times but mostly the Lee.

If you want the Classic Kit try Kempfs Gun Shop. Prices are good and so is the service.
https://kempfgunshop.com/Kempf_Kit_w/_Lee_Classic_Turret_Press_-90064Kit-6575.html

On the right you choose the dies you want and I recommend you upgrade to the Auto Drum measure for only $4.95

The best feature of the Lee over the others is the Auto-index feature. Plus a simple removal of the rod turns the press into a single stage with other dies available at a turn.

I've had mine for 8ish years and it is still going strong. The Classic turret is a solid investment that you won't regret.

Adcoch1,
You have to have the press primer arm installed when depriming to prevent them from going everywhere--it blocks the slot in the ram and forces the primers downward. Guess it is designed to prime when you deprime or something like that. I prefer to prime off press too.

One thing about the lee turrets, the turret heads are cheap enough (about $10 on special deals) that I use one turret per caliber loaded. Just leave the dies set up on a press head and it makes it quick to change calibers without having to do much to set the dies.

Redding and RCBS are a bit too high per press head to do that very much.

I, too, hand prime and decap before cleaning cases.
Solved the "primers everywhere" issue by using a bunch of correctly sized o-rings to cover the slot in the ram.

Here's another post encouraging you. I've loaded many, many thousands of rounds (got to be in the tens of thousands) on my Lee Classic Turret. They're so reliable, so easy to run, so flexible/easy to change calibers on, and so cheap that it seems kind of crazy to me not to have one.

Lee safety scale is accurate but sort of hard to read. If you get used to it, it's just fine and is consistent. You can set your desired weight on the slider (?) with a little lock button so it does not need to be constantly adjusted. Makes checking charges simple. I use mine to set up my AutoDrum powder throws and then just to confirm drops from time to time. For loading handgun, it works extremely well. I can see that it might be a little trickier loading rifle (I don't).

I like my classic turret it turns out great ammo and save a good deal of time,
I added the lee auto drum powder measure instead of the auto disk, tried both
and prefer the auto drum works great with the classic turret never had any
regrets with this set up

jim in Anchorage said:

Reefinmike, why do you think the lee scale is a pain in the butt to use?

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It's a bit finnicky, small and sensitive. It works if you need to verify your powder throws before you start loading but I wouldn't want to sit down and weigh out a hundred charges on that scale, I'd go nuts. I like electronic scales.

After 40 years of using a rockchucker, I am ready to use a turrent press. The lee almost seems TOO cheap, $130 at midway. Any one have any experience with one?

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Did the same a couple years back. Bought the Lee Classic Turret. Just couldn't warm up to it. Found myself more and more going back to the Rockchucker. Finally unmounted the Lee 'cause it was just in the way. Something about the rock-solidness of the RC, (no pun intended), and the turret didn't really save me much time from my old batch method, anyway. I know lots of people love the Lee. Too old a dog, I guess.

Midway may be cheaper when you factor i the shipping to Anchorage. Midway is a 10 dollar surcharge, Titan was close to 50 dollar shipping.? It was about 14 bucks higher at Midway but you are still ahead afer the shipping charges.

The primer everywhere isnt really an issue for me since i can just sweep up, but if i was loading inside it would be a pain.

Powder drum vs Auto disk:
I have the auto disks on my 300blk dies and on my 44 mag dies with a doubledisk kit. They work great for the price, but one of them took some hand filing to make it seal up good. H110 is really fine and likes to leak everywhere. The powder drum is great with courser powders, and works for stick powder very well, but leaked H110 like a sieve. I use the drum on a stand for rifle charges.

The lee scale is, as others have mentioned, great for checking a fixed load dropped from a powder measure, but a pain to work up to a charge without a trickler...

And the turret disks? Well, that is the whole reason to buy the lee in the first place, if you ask me. I have 8 different die sets ready to go at any time, plus an extra turret for a universal decapper and a charge die. They are awesome.!

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At a cost of about $125.00 just buy the thing and tell everyone that they need one also.

jim in Anchorage said:

Thanks Rule3 and Reefinmike for the tip on titanreloading. They look a lot cheaper then midway. I will need the kit as this is going out to the hunting cabin(where I do most of my shooting) and my home set up will stay there. Think the.add on's (scale,etc) are worth any thing quality wise?

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Even though the scale is fairly accurate it is a PITA to use. I tossed it in the trash. It is a a $5 item.So that is pretty useless (to me) The manual is well the LEE manual, it's OK, the little trim tool, I never used it.

You do need the primer system if you prime on the press. (which is what makes the turret worthwhile)

I believe that a scale is the most important tool in reloading,

The Auto Disc powder system works well but they now have the Lee Auto Drum which is even better, You can adjust to the exact powder charge you want, With the discs you settle on what they drop which is usually good enough. Used it for years on many calibers, Say you want 5 grains, well one disc may be 4.8 and the other 5.2 or something so no big deal, (depends on the powder a lot also)

http://www.realguns.com/archives/122.htm

http://www.guns.com/review/lee-classic-turret-press-kit/

JIm, I think you'll find a whole bunch of us here with not just experience, but positive experience, with he LCT. That's what convinced me to get my own 1 1/2 years ago. Sure, you will find a few threads here and there of someone who had a bad experience with LCT, but overwhelmingly, the consensus is very positive. The occasional problems people have with it are most often caused by user error or failure to follow the (Lee's notorious poorly written) instructions. There is some flex in the press that you will get used to after a 'rock solid' press. Your will adjust your dies to account for the inherent flex.

I use the LCT purely for pistol cartridges and it keeps them well-fed without spending entire nights loading for a morning shoot. My rifle rounds are built on a SS, batch style. I have put the Lee auto-drum measure on all 3 of my turrets (soon to be 4). I like it. It gives me reliably accurate throws with a variety of powders.

Good luck