Lee Deluxe APP

[MJD23]

Hi everyone, I am considering buying the App to process 5.56/223 brass. I would like to decap and resize, so what else would I need ? I have the dies. I will get the breech lock bushings because it looks like I need those. Is the case feeder and coalator a good idea? Any thing else?
Thanks for any input and suggestions.
Mark

 

[MJD23]

I have my order at Midway ready to go, free shipping. I did some more research yesterday so I think I have what I need plus I watched Johnny's Reloading Bench last night on YouTube which was very helpful. Enjoy the weekend.
Mark

 

[tightgroup tiger]

I don't know if the case collators/feeders work that well on .556/.223 cases. But they sure save a lot of time if you can get them to work.
I have them on all my Lee presses.
Did you get the new one with the primer system or the old one without.
If it has the primer system, let us know how well it works please.

 

[starnbar]

MJ kid, get what ever you want what works for you is all you need to know there are loaders on here that will give you advice on good parts to have but what they load may not be what you load. The old adage (if it looks crazy but it works it's not crazy) get my drift? Good luck.

 

[GW Staar]

MJ kid, get what ever you want what works for you is all you need to know there are loaders on here that will give you advice on good parts to have but what they load may not be what you load. The old adage (if it looks crazy but it works it's not crazy) get my drift? Good luck.

Speaking about "if it looks crazy but it works it's not crazy," I made two 3d printed parts and added them to Lee's shaker and it works for both .223 and .308.......



Later I 3d printed electric collators, but this certainly works......neither caliber ever go in upside down.
Best thing I ever did reloading-wise was to take jmorris's advice and buy the printer.

 

[MJD23]

GW that looks like it works well! Now why didn't Lee think of that? Seems like a simple enough modification to their tray. Some day I may have to get a 3d printer but I have so much to do and learn already! Thank you for the video.
Mark

 

[GW Staar]

GW that looks like it works well! Now why didn't Lee think of that? Seems like a simple enough modification to their tray. Some day I may have to get a 3d printer but I have so much to do and learn already! Thank you for the video.
Mark

You're welcome......and Lee is welcome to it also......or they could just make a motorized collator for it, like I eventually did.

I made a conventional one for my Pro Chucker 7 complete with a clutch, but works on all of my presses. (motor at half speed here in the initial test),

Then successfully tested, just for kicks, a large pistol case collator with .223 rifle cases. Was curious to see if this pistol plate/collatoer would work for rifle. It did fine over my APP, except for the first one fed that was flung across the room because it hung on rough spot on the less than perfect caliber embossing on the base.

 

[MJD23]

Just an update on my APP.
I received my package from Midway last weekend and set everything up on Monday. It wasn't much to do and it went well. I set it up for 223 and used the 4 tube feeder and coalater.
I had 2 or 3 stuck cases on my first run through and I believe it is because I was lubing with Hornady One-shot so I switched to the home made lanolin spray plus I rolled several cases on the rcbs lube pad. If the cases are lubed well it doesn't give me a problem. Out of maybe 600-700 cases I had a few stoppages due to double feeds or the case head getting stuck in the shell holder.
All in all for the price It cuts down on the time I spend resizing and decapping and I'm satisfied with it. I'm not a high volume reloader so I just deal with the coalater and drop them in by hand.