Best starter equipment

[jfh]

Wolfe, you have to quit farting around with that .30-06, and get back to a real handgun cartridge--e.g., the .45ACP.

You are right, of course, about the Lee instructions for the measure. A google here, in this forum, on a term like "Lee measure" or "autodisk" ought to get you to some troubleshooting info.

So, you aren't trying to run 700X in the measure(s), are you?

Jim H.

 

[wolfe]

I am not load .30-06 I am loading 9mm and I think I might go with .45 acp next.

I saw a couple of pieces on Youtube that helped..

I have not had any problem running 700x in the measure.. Measured every 10 cartridges with no more than .01 variance.

Reason I load 700x is that is what I load shotshells with and I buy it in 4 lb bottles.
Shot 20+ rounds the other day and things felt good..

 

[howlnmad]

Get the Lee progressive press and if you don't like the way it performs I'll PM you my address.

 

[wolfe]

I got the classic turret. Easy, easy easy to use..

I lke having one cartridge every 4 pulls...

 

[wolfe]

Have not shot alot of the reloads yet but with the ones I have shot I have had NO issues at all. Just like using 700x because that is what I load shotshells with and loading handgun cartridges then just seems like it is free because it is like 4:1 .

Someone mentioned a case gauge? How do they work exactly?

 

[eptreyg]

I noticed the lee classic turret does .223 Rem as well - would y'all recommend it for a complete novice who wants to start on rifle rounds?

 

[Walkalong]

would y'all recommend it for a complete novice who wants to start on rifle rounds?

Sure, as long as that novice has good attention to detail and follows diections well.

 

[Walkalong]

Someone mentioned a case gauge? How do they work exactly?

You drop your sized brass or loaded round in them and they check critical dimensions by how they fit, or don't fit, the gauge.

 

[atakawow]

I wish I had a mentor to steer me away from the Lee anniversary kit. I didn't know any better and made the purchase. It works, no doubt about it, but I ended up replacing half of the stuff it came with.

The press is good and is still running strong. The Lee safety Prime works really well for me. I've heard horror stories about them but mine has been going well, not perfect, but more than good enough.

I cannot say the same for the Lee scale and the Lee perfect powder measure. Again, they both work, just not well enough. The Lee scale takes ages to balance, very difficult to adjust and read, and often times it would not move at all. The perfect powder measure is a piece of junk. It dispenses powder, but it is very very inaccurate. Basically it would not dispense the amount of powder set, I had to release the gauge to twice the amount listed just to get half the amount of powder. It's like a cat and mouse game. But once I figured out the right charge, it was good.

Yea, If I knew better, I would have purchased the items separately.

ATK