I really like my new LCT, but Lee's instructions are awful!

I finally got to the point in my handloading room project that I could set up my new LCT. Setting up the press was pretty straight forward, but I misplaced the instructions somehow moving the stuff from the house to the garage, so I had to wing it. Lee, of course, doesn't have instructions for the LCT online.

So, I got the press set up and decided to give the Safety Prime system a try. Well, guess what, the instructions included with the Safety Prime don't have information for setting up the system on the LCT. They have Lee's Single Stage press and the other turret, but not the LCT. So, I go to the website to watch the video I remember being there. Of course despite the other turret press videos using a LCT, the safety prime installation video is with a regular turret press. That is no help, so I wing it. I got it right eventually, after first experiencing all the primers I tried to feed falling on the floor and some other problems. Lee says that the stippling on the inside of the primer try insure that all the primers end up facing the right way when they feed. Lee is dreaming about that, I'd say half to two thirds of the primers I got to feed were upside down. I think I've got it sorted out now, but it was a lot more trouble than it should have been.

I just got an Auto Disk Pro in the mail from Midway, having decided it was cheaper to get one rather than try to convert one of my Uniflows to work well on the LCT. I hope Lee's directions for the measure are better than the others I have seen so far, but I'm not holding my breath.

I suppose Lee has to save money somewhere to offer the prices they do, and it looks like its on paying someone to write instructions and keep the website up to date.

I understand how the Safety Prime is supposed to work in theory, I just don't find that it works in practice as well as they claim. I have the instructions for the safety prime, just not the press. The safety prime instructions fail to mention the existence of the LCT, let alone explain how to install it. The LCT has been around for better than 3 years, it should be covered on the website and in the instructions for the safety prime.

Thanks for the help folks. I think the problem with the Safety Prime was mostly just me getting frustrated with it since the instructions were not available for the press I have. It was quite a PITA to get set up, but I think its good to go now.

I'm not new to handloading, I've been doing it for 15 years, but this is my first time with Lee equipment. I've used both RCBS and Dillon in the past (and still RCBS) and the instructions for both were much better.

Rusty, thanks for the offer, I'll let you know if I need help. Provided I can get it set to throw 3.5 grains of Trail Boss effectively, I'll probably never mess with the setting again.

I am very impressed with the quality of the LCT, and once I got it rolling I can see it being a much faster system than what I have been using. I give the press very high marks.