Are all Lee pro 1000's this difficult to deal with, or is it just mine?

[LiveLife]

I dont have snowmobiles anymore, sold my vette, sold my harley and consentrate on shooting. I want to do it on the best equiptment i possibly can. I chuckle at some who will buy a lee press to save some money

I would not consider spending money on the Lee Classic Turret press done to "save money" but deliberate choice purchase to load rifle cartridges with the convenience of swapping dies preset on turrets.

I still do enjoy our Corvette Z06 and quads but not because they are more "economical' means of recreation but our preferred choice of recreation as just the amount of gas to trailer the quads to our favorite dunes is around $150-200 round trip.

Lloyd, I am happy for your Dillon presses but realize that there are others who are just as happy with their Hornady, RCBS, Redding, Lyman, C-H and even Lee presses. For many of us, it is not about having the "best" press but having the choices that allow us to enjoy our hobby/passion regardless whether we make six figure income or five figure income.

Just FYI, I have spent around $50,000 the past 19 years on reloading components alone so the cost of a single progressive press is a small factor. I reload on three Pro 1000 presses by choice and not as a necessity.

 

[Lloyd Smale]

bds im a bit jealous of your z06. There a heck of a machine. My buddys had two and his last was bought new last year and is a rocket! Ive owned 3 a 92lt1 a 96lt4 grand sport and a 99 ls1. they surely werent z06s but i did have fun for a few years with them.

Firemoose the fire was totaly my fault i left one of my casting pots unattened with a bit to much lead in it melting and it over ran onto the bench and caught it on fire and took out everything. I had 5 square deals and a 550 and did contact dillon and they very generously offered to send me either a 550 or a square deal for free. i took the 550 and still have it. Being that it was my fault and not theres and that they just took my word for it without question id have to say you just dont find a better company then that.

 

[Fire_Moose]

Well at least they replaced one of em! Sorry to hear about the blaze.

Sent from my CZ85 Combat

 

[RealGun]

If I already know how to run the less than elite press, I would rather have a new gun than a press change.