Lee Loader Prices : WOW ^ :(
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earlthegoat2
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Eh, that isn’t so bad compared to everything else out there.
I bought my .303 British Loader new in 2009 for 31.99.
I bought my .303 British Loader new in 2009 for 31.99.
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@Mark_Mark , are you loading ammunition or collecting tools? 
I do a little of both it seems. Along with over analyzing every little bit of data I can get.
I do a little of both it seems. Along with over analyzing every little bit of data I can get.
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I am a big fan of measuring tools!@Mark_Mark , are you loading ammunition or collecting tools?
I do a little of both it seems. Along with over analyzing every little bit of data I can get.
I’m hoping to have a nice shelve of Lee Loaders and dies! Why not!
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Lee loaders don't loose their value too.
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and fast! I can bang out a 9mm in under a minute! Great for Lifetime Channel Drama series Weekend!
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I like the Lee loaders better for rifles… something I can load a few and actually feel like I accomplished something. Don’t really get the appeal for handguns unless you’re in barebones survival mode and just need to load up a handful for pest control or whatnot.
.45Coltguy
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Still have my Lee Loader for 30-30 I bought in 1980? $17.99 from Big 5 Sporting Goods. Keeping it. BTW, mine is in a red and black cardboard type box.
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earlthegoat2
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I’ve bought a few vintage ones off eBay in the past.
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I have kits with black, red and yellow dippers, in a variety of calibers and gauges. They're stupid easy to use and fast once you get the hang of it. If I go to the range to try out a new load and decide after 12-18 rounds I found it, I'll break out the loader for that caliber and just do what I shot in the new load. Decap, clean with a Shooter's Choice, Hoppe's and a swab, resize, charge, seat, crimp (or not). Done. If I don't have a loader kit, then I use the hand press. Same process.
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Lee is made here in America, China has their own issues right now, soon, made in China is going to stay in China
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Correct our .gov here spends more money than they take directly from us so they take from business too, if they want to continue to be in business, they have to transfer the increase in operating costs onto the consumer. A better way to think of it might be as just another tax on the people, because it is just transferred down to us when we buy the products.
It’s not magic, or greed, pretty simple math really.
Many businesses have increased prices because their employees came to them needing more money to buy the same things they always need. The stuff they make together as a team has to sell for that much more to keep all else equal.
It’s not magic, or greed, pretty simple math really.
Many businesses have increased prices because their employees came to them needing more money to buy the same things they always need. The stuff they make together as a team has to sell for that much more to keep all else equal.
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I have one for 28 gauge,
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I have 1 set in .44Mag, red, plastic box and yellow dipper. Paid $8 for it. Loaded about 20 rounds, decided it was better to save up and buy a Rock Chucker.
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GBExpat
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Did I hear Lee Loader?
How I got my 1968 start in this hobby. My maternal grandfather gifted me a BringBack K98k that Uncle Someone brought back for him from the ETO.
Photo taken only a few years ago.
How I got my 1968 start in this hobby. My maternal grandfather gifted me a BringBack K98k that Uncle Someone brought back for him from the ETO.
Photo taken only a few years ago.
deadeye dick
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I have mine since 1964 12 gauge paper hulls. $15.00 If i remember corectly i could knock out a box of 25 in a half hour.
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that’s a rare Loader I would love in my collection
$15 in 1964 is like $150 today
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$7? SOLD!Did I hear Lee Loader?
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How I got my 1968 start in this hobby. My maternal grandfather gifted me a BringBack K98k that Uncle Someone brought back for him from the ETO.
Photo taken only a few years ago.
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$8 SOLD! lol
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well dang $137 .. I better stop complaining$137.28
... and $6.95 in 1968 = $56.66 now.
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Think I bought my Lee Loader in .243 around 1966. So old its got a metal dipper with a wood handle.
For pistol, I've got a set of the Lyman? tong tools in .38 Special and .45 ACP. Think I bought those in the 1970's. I actually used the .38 set just for grins about five years ago.
The Lee hand press is a pretty good tool to take to the range for load development where a regular press is too bulky.
Got some original Herter's dies also.
For pistol, I've got a set of the Lyman? tong tools in .38 Special and .45 ACP. Think I bought those in the 1970's. I actually used the .38 set just for grins about five years ago.
The Lee hand press is a pretty good tool to take to the range for load development where a regular press is too bulky.
Got some original Herter's dies also.
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Like I said in another thread:
Everybody wants to pay 1968 prices.
Nobody wants to make a 1968 paycheck.
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