Lee Classic Loader Kit for .30-06?

[243winxb]

Care to elaborate any on that?

Nope, it would be a waste of more time ty

 

[scrat]

dosent have anything good to say. As you have heard before in the past if you do not have anything good to say then dont say it at all. When your budget is tight. Space limited or just want a different way to load. The lee loader is the way to go. Its not a waiste of money. In fact if you know any thing about economics you would know its the greatest item to saving money more so than any press an dies. For someone who is unsure on reloading or for the reasons i mentioned you can get into loading for less than 20.00 and then just have to buy the components. making your cost per round cheaper than any other loading device in the whole entire complete world.

 

[BoilerUP]

Nope, it would be a waste of more time ty

Much like posting TWICE in this thread...

 

[scrat]

its good to see you know nothing about being a waiste of money.
Maybe you should sign off now and go watch the flinstones

 

[Regolith]

Nope, it would be a waste of more time ty

Then excuse us if we don't take your opinion too seriously.

 

[243winxb]

the round gets hard to chamber after a while.

I would go a lot higher and get a bench mounted press and for .30-06 I would get one of the "O" press kits...You will be much happier...

When a primer goes POW and the priming rod is sticking in the ceiling be advised you are not the first

I still remember dreading tapping in the primer and that was over 30 years ago. Just one more tap to get it to be just under flush and Pow! I was a lot happier reloader when I moved up to a single stage. I have seen used single stages in good condition for not much money.

The scoop is plenty precise for general work. It results in a less than max load.

like others i would still recomend either the hand press or a c press

and something to pound with (even a 2X4) is all you need.

What has not been said is this. After a few loadings , the brass needs to be full length resized(FLRS), because after 3 or 4 loadings the round will no longer chamber in the rifle. This happens as people increase the power charge to get near factory velocity, as the lee dippers that comes with the loaders are a very light load in most cases. 2nd because there is NO expander button to size the neck to the correct inside diameter to seat the bullet, some bullet and brass combinations will have to be hit very hard with a big hammer, this will deform the nose of the bullet. Yes, you can make ammo that will go bang. But it will not win any match at 1000 yards.There was a lee kit made that inside neck reamed the neck of the brass making a better brass to bullet fit for a few firings, but that had its problems also , as reamers tend to wonder off center causing brass wall thickness to vary. In the long run, you are much better off to start with a cheap press and die set and build from there. The lee loader pistol has the same bullet fit to brass problem because there is NO expander button. But here again a big hammer works just fine. I would warn you about primers going off. Wear eye protection. The fingers that are holding the primer seating rod as you tap to seat the primer will need protection, unless you dont mind a bleeding finger now and then. Buy the hand primer seater, good investment if you must use a lee loader. A scale is a must. A case trimmer is a must have also. Good luck.

 

[Sunray]

Lee Loaders work just fine. Even though they're slow. However, pitch the scoops and buy a scale(use a plastic mallet). The scoops can vary the charge plus or minus a full grain and for unknown reasons are calibrated in cc's. No loading manual has data in cc's.
The only other thing is that they neck size only. That's ok for brass that was fired in the same rifle, but new brass and any brass used in a semi-auto, lever or pump action must be full length resized. New brass once. Brass used in non-bolt actions, every time.
Never had a primer go bang when seating them in the .243 Lee Loader I started with, long ago. Sunk a few into a wooden chair(1/4" plus) when trying to remove the odd one that got in upside down though(Mind you, it was a long time ago. I may have just been screwing around). The rod went nowhere.

 

[scrat]

I too have never had a primer go off with over probably 5000 primers now. so im not too sure what to look for. In my 30-30 i have the deluxe reloader which comes with a hand primer so there really isnt any more hammer needed for that. Same time what some people make it seem like you need a 10lb hammer to use a lee loader. heck i have used the smallest things to act as a hammer. i used the handle of a screw driver. so it does not take much. Yes the cases are hard to size i thought at first it would be easy. but then i realized i needed lube. So then i started lubing them. Then the problems of having them not size easy were gone. Then i found out i could not use the die as a funnel anymore because the inside had lube in it. So the powder would stick to it. So i used a powder funnel. Yes the scoop is less than max loads. However no one in there right mind starts out a load at max load. Scales do help same time if you got a full set of the lee dippers they work pretty good too. So what the lee loader gives you AGAIN is a set that makes it possible to load for one caliber bullet with all the tools need to give you the same quality ammo as you have been shooting. Now the deluxe model is a heck of a lot better if you can still find it. As the deluxe model comes with case trimmer, chamfer tool, hand primer, neck reemer, The quality of this set is second to none. First rate out of the box. Again i have 1 set for every caliber i shoot. i have never had any problems with them. they work just fine. In fact i have a brand new 30-06 just lying on my shelf hehehehe

 

[The Bushmaster]

I hate it when people quote me for not good reasons. Mine was just a suggestion not a personal opinion...

 

[243winxb]

Keep in mind that the record for the smallest group at 1000yds was held by a shooter using a Lee handloader. The record held for seven years.

WHAT WAS USED WAS A LEE COLLET DIE, Not a Lee Loader.

While competing in a regular sanctioned 1000 Yard Match on July 25th, 1993, Robert Frey established a new 1000 yard world record. We're honored he used the Lee Collet Die to reload his record setting ammunition.

googled it, cache from link on Lee sight. Not sure if this is true, can anyone confirm the infomation?? There is a big difference between a Loader and collet die. Regolith, you will need a Chamfering and Deburring tool, this will help you get the bullet started when seating. Also, a boatail style bullet seats easer than a flat base.