Lee Breach lock Quick Change Bushings....I’m in love.

After all the mayhem clears up. And when your ready. Upgrade to lee classic cast turret. Then you can set your dies in turrets. And have them ready to go. Very convenient. My single stage press's. I have set up for their own use's.

I think I saw that midway had some in stock.

CoalCrackerAl said:

After all the mayhem clears up. And when your ready. Upgrade to lee classic cast turret. Then you can set your dies in turrets. And have them ready to go. Very convenient. My single stage press's. I have set up for their own use's.

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I have a Lee Classic iron press setup with the Hornady LNL bushings. I love the setup. The bushings certainly seem accurate enough for my usage which at this time is mostly handgun. I do small batches and I change dies a whole lot. And I have the powder measure on a bushing too. When I get back to my 6mm this summer I may do a comparison of COAL between thread mounted and bushing mounted dies just to be sure. But since I bottom the ram shell holder on the die I expect find no difference.

I was actually considering a turret press before I got the bushings as a trial. Now I do not want a turret at all. I spent the extra change on better seating dies and then on new expanding dies.

@daniel craig I had the old style Lee single stage and got the Breechlock press after giving my old one to my son-in-law. I love the Breechlock set up. I bought all the bushings for all of my dies. I especially like the Allen head locking bushings, especially for the newer Lee dies with the knurled tensioning nuts instead of standard nuts.

I use the LNL bushings on my Rock Chucker. They're pretty good.

Bill M. said:

I have a Lee Classic iron press setup with the Hornady LNL bushings. I love the setup.

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Pat Riot said:

@daniel craig I had the old style Lee single stage and got the Breechlock press after giving my old one to my son-in-law. I love the Breechlock set up. I bought all the bushings for all of my dies. I especially like the Allen head locking bushings, especially for the newer Lee dies with the knurled tensioning nuts instead of standard nuts.

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I wish I could find some of the Lee breech lock bushings with the Allen head lock ring. The spline drive bushings with the flathead screwdriver lock ring gets gouged and stripped too easily.

daniel craig said:

Is wonderful eh comrade?

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Comrade? That’s pretty funny. Yes, I like the system very much.

One thing I have noticed to be conscientious of what position the Breechlock is in when adjusting your dies. For some odd reason I set mine up to lock at the location of the Allen head lock screw. For example if you lock the seating die at another position you may find the cartridge length to be off by up to .015”.

Here’s a photo of what I mean.


If I remove the die from this position and turn 90 degrees my cartridge overall length may be a bit longer. Not a biggie, just be aware of it.

I like the breech lock ,too. Works great.

Pat Riot said:

Comrade? That’s pretty funny. Yes, I like the system very much.

One thing I have noticed to be conscientious of what position the Breechlock is in when adjusting your dies. For some odd reason I set mine up to lock at the location of the Allen head lock screw. For example if you lock the seating die at another position you may find the cartridge length to be off by up to .015”.

Here’s a photo of what I mean.
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If I remove the die from this position and turn 90 degrees my cartridge overall length may be a bit longer. Not a biggie, just be aware of it.

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I press the little spring-loaded button down with my thumbnail and screw the bushing in all the way when changing dies. All of mine bottom out with it indexed exactly like your photo, just past the screw head. So long as it locks in this position every time, the die settings stay consistent.

WeekendReloader said:

I like the breech lock ,too. Works great.



I press the little spring-loaded button down with my thumbnail and screw the bushing in all the way when changing dies. All of mine bottom out with it indexed exactly like your photo, just past the screw head. So long as it locks in this position every time, the die settings stay consistent.

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I don’t think I explained myself well enough.
What I have found is if I locked the die in place with the button at the other positions the cartridge length is slightly different than if I lock it in place at the Allen head. Reason being is at the other positions I tighten the die / breechlock by hand but the locking button is still depressed, not locked. If I back off the tension to allow the button to pop up then the cartridge length is .010-.015” longer.
The simple fix is just to readjust the die and not use the Allen head area as the locking position. Since I have my left hand in a brace from an accident and surgery I will have to wait to reset my dies. So for now I just make sure I lock my dies in at the allen head.

Which one? The "new" spline version or the original ones??

These

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1012825974

Or these?? I have a boat load of these.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1012849384

daniel craig said:

Someday when I have a place to mount it.

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I've reloaded thousands of rounds - rifle and handgun - on my barstool bench.

When I got the Lee APP I also bought a four-pack of the breech-lok adapters so I can switch easy between the universal decapping die and my Lee bullet resizing dies. I actually prefer the old threaded style dies. The breech-loks can be fussy and I change my die settings pretty often.

GeoDudeFlorida said:

I've reloaded thousands of rounds - rifle and handgun - on my barstool bench.

When I got the Lee APP I also bought a four-pack of the breech-lok adapters so I can switch easy between the universal decapping die and my Lee bullet resizing dies. I actually prefer the old threaded style dies. The breech-loks can be fussy and I change my die settings pretty often.

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this is one if the funny things I’ve ever seen

I have the Lee app press. I use it for mass de-capping. I have a little RCBS too like yours. It's dedicated for flaring cases for cast boolets in rifle loads. And sometimes other utility work.

I have both type of Lee bushings, I got rid of sll my Hornadys, I like the Lee bushings better.
Dave

I bought a set and they work great I I used the colors red, white, blue so I know which dies to use first, second, third

If you think they are neat, you’ll really like the Co-ax, quick change, no bushing required.

daniel craig said:

It’s really nice to have them on this hand press because I don’t have to keep screwing in and out different tools like a bullet seating die and the decapping die. It’s literally a drop in with a slight twist and it’s amazing!

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Yep, I've loaded thousands of rounds on the Challenger press with the breech lock dies. It's nice setting them up once and then just being able to twist/lock the bushing in place and be ready to go. I've since moved my pistol rounds to a lee turret press, but still use the breech lock for my rifle rounds.