Too_Pure
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How much harder would it make it to use a non Lee powder meassure? That is, to dispense and pour from a Lyman #55 or something like that. Seems like it could be pretty negligible, and still a hell of a lot faster than single stage.
Sure, you could mount a 55 in place of the Auto Disk if you wanted to. I think it would need an adapter, but those are easy to come by. But I have a Lyman 55 and there's no way that it would work as good as my Pro Auto Disk does for pistol loading. That setup is really nice with the Lee Classic turret working with the Auto Disk.How much harder would it make it to use a non Lee powder meassure? That is, to dispense and pour from a Lyman #55 or something like that. Seems like it could be pretty negligible, and still a hell of a lot faster than single stage.
I started with Lee equipment and have been happy with everything. I did add the Redding Turret press so that I can leave my 45acp and my 30-06 dies in place and never have to adjust them. I mostly load .357, .44, .454, 30-6 and .458winmag. I use a variety of powders and have never had a problem with the Lee perfect powder measure or any Lee equipment and have never had a problem with my Redding Turret press. I give all of them a thumbs up. Oh, and I use some RCBS dies and love them too.
The riser is to raise the Autodisk powder measure up enough that it does not hit the Lee Safety Prime device (specifically the primer flipper tray). Some people use two. The swivel adapter is a big help, too. It will let you put the center of gravity of the AutoDisk over the center of rotation of the turret.Snuffy - Excellent post. Thanks for the pics. What is the need/advantage of the riser die? I'm contemplating getting a Pro Disc Measure for loading 40 S&W but I use my Classic Turret for just about everything, including large caliber rifle.
It is fairly easy to ream out a too-small hole to make just the right size powder drop. Spare disks are easy to come by. Just be sure to modiify mark the modified disk/hole.snuffy said:This system just plain works! I usually accept whatever the fixed discs will give me,
I may be dreaming, but isn't the swivel adapter part of the pro auto disk?
I believe Snuffy is correct. That's why I now have 2 swivel adapters. I wanted to make sure I got it and it turned out to be included in the Pro model. You might want to think about buying 2 risers though. I just use one of them, but sometimes the powder measure still hits the primer tray if I don't have the measure pointing in the perfect orientation.