Sweet! To anyone who needs a bulge buster kit make sure you have (or order) the appropriate Lee Factory Crimp Die to use with it.
I opted for the Hornady Quick Change Kit with a 2nd plate. Really saves on workbench space.For the price of the APP now, believe purchasing a second would be in order. The time savings is huge.
how much was that kit?I opted for the Hornady Quick Change Kit with a 2nd plate. Really saves on workbench space.
Like $68 for the kit at Natchez and $20 each for additional plates.how much was that kit?
My wife does the eye roll a lot. But all the kids are long gone, houses are paid off.for my cheap butt…. too expensive
I ordered the upgraded handle from midway last night.
I processed 2-4k cases with the factory handle. I got a light coat of wax on my handle from resizing, it helpsI ordered it with the APP. That handle that comes with it looks a little sketchy.
I probably could have saved $30.00 by just taking or braking the plastic handle off the steel levers and turning the angled side around and making a wooden roller for between the two halves.
It looks like that's all Lee did.
Using the case collator and the 4 tube setup makes filling the tubes a breeze.
Changing over to new calibers is an absolute chore requiring height adjustment of the tubes and possible adjustment with the clamping arms. .
2 hours, if your new to the APP press and not good at or don’t read instructions (me)How time consuming is it to change calibers? This would be a concern to me as I usually only deprime about a 100 brass at a time.
I didn’t even know that was made. Got the inline fab kits myself.I opted for the Hornady Quick Change Kit with a 2nd plate. Really saves on workbench space.
I probably could have saved $30.00 by just taking or braking the plastic handle off the steel levers and turning the angled side around and making a wooden roller for between the two halves.
It looks like that's all Lee did.
i fabricate everything with a Saw-All and a drill press!I didn’t even know that was made. Got the inline fab kits myself.
beware, that’s NOT what Lee did. (I tried exactly what you said and it doesn’t work.) on the end of each of those arms on one side is a spacer block that’s part of the arm. It’s impossible to reverse one (or both) of the arms sadly and still get it to work.
I use a Lee Universal depriming die so it's just a matter of raising/lowering the tube and swapping risers. Takes me about five minutes to go from .45Colt to 9mm and that includes chasing the cat away from the pretty red shiny pieces.How time consuming is it to change calibers? This would be a concern to me as I usually only deprime about a 100 brass at a time.
It's $69.95 at Midwayusa, I just ordered one. I already have the case feeder for it, from my old pro 1000. I'll check out the options later, I want this for de-priming.
I use a Lee Universal depriming die so it's just a matter of raising/lowering the tube and swapping risers. Takes me about five minutes to go from .45Colt to 9mm and that includes chasing the cat away from the pretty red shiny pieces.
I was originally really into the APP and I still like it, but I would just as soon get a Lee Auto Breech Lock progressive. Most of what I'm looking to do on the APP is size and flare and set the cases aside for later and the ABL Progressive can do that and still be a progressive.For the price of the APP now, believe purchasing a second would be in order. The time savings is huge.
How time consuming is it to change calibers? This would be a concern to me as I usually only deprime about a 100 brass at a time.
As Mark said with time you can get faster, but to do 100 pieces at a time you would likely get it done just as quickly if you decapped on a single stage. Now, if you were doing 500 or 1000, that's where you'd blaze thru it in no time and where the time it takes to change calibers is worth it.2 hours, if your new to the APP press and not good at or don’t read instructions (me)
10 minutes, once you do it a few times
I was originally really into the APP and I still like it, but I would just as soon get a Lee Auto Breech Lock progressive. Most of what I'm looking to do on the APP is size and flare and set the cases aside for later and the ABL Progressive can do that and still be a progressive.
What the APP needs is a faster, easier way to adjust the height of the case tube, something like a cam lock would do fine. For the plastic case feeder, that can be easily replaced with one already set for cases of various sizes and heights, but Lee wants $10 for that and $15 for a set of the risers that attach to it. I can accept the $10 for the feeder, that's assembled by people, but $15 for the risers is outrageous, should be $5 or less.
That would be APP only. The APP slides the bullet over the sizing ring and punches it through. Because the ABLP is a more or less traditional progressive, there is no way to feed the bullet or place to punch it to.Can you resize bullets on the Lee Breech Lock progressive? Or is that an APP only type of deal?
Thanks, makes sense.That would be APP only. The APP slides the bullet over the sizing ring and punches it through. Because the ABLP is a more or less traditional progressive, there is no way to feed the bullet or place to punch it to.
That's good to know, thank you.beware, that’s NOT what Lee did. (I tried exactly what you said and it doesn’t work.) on the end of each of those arms on one side is a spacer block that’s part of the arm. It’s impossible to reverse one (or both) of the arms sadly and still get it to work.