Lee Precision Loadmaster Progressive Reloading Station FEEDBACK WANTED

[Benchm@rk]

I am looking for feedback on upgrading to the Loadmaster machine. I know there are others that are better, but I already own all the dies from there Turret Press kit. Any known issues that I should know? Thanks.

 

[LiveLife]

Load-Master has been discontinued by Lee Precision and replaced by Six Pack Pro/Pro 6000 kit - https://leeprecision.com/reloading-presses/progressive-presses/load-master-reloading-press/

April 27, 2022

After 30 years of production, the Load-Master Progressive Press is going to legacy status. All of the Load-Master specific parts (shell plates, primer feed, etc.) will continue to be produced.
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I know there are others that are better, but I already own all the dies from there Turret Press kit.

Yes, the SPP/Pro 6000.

 

[jmorris]

You will know about all of the issues with the loadmaster, once you get one running great but that would be a book to write. It probably would have been a more popular press had Lee made the manual more like their competition. For example the Loadmaster manual is 10 pages, the Dillon 750 is 74 pages. If loadmaster operators were armed with another 64 pages of information on how to get it to run and keep it going, I wager it would have had much more success.

Videos are better than printed words sometimes though and can be found, once you come across a problem or have specific questions.

They can be made to work quite well but I think require more knowledge to do so than pretty much every other brand of progressive.

Priming and indexing are probably the two areas people have the most problems with them.

FWIW Lee dies can be used in other press brands that also use 7/8-14 dies, that’s pretty much every progressive that’s not a Dillon square deal.

 

[CQB45ACP]

You will know about all of the issues with the loadmaster, once you get one running great but that would be a book to write. It probably would have been a more popular press had Lee made the manual more like their competition. For example the Loadmaster manual is 10 pages, the Dillon 750 is 74 pages. If loadmaster operators were armed with another 64 pages of information on how to get it to run and keep it going, I wager it would have had much more success.

Videos are better than printed words sometimes though and can be found, once you come across a problem or have specific questions.

They can be made to work quite well but I think require more knowledge to do so than pretty much every other brand of progressive.

Priming and indexing are probably the two areas people have the most problems with them.

FWIW Lee dies can be used in other press brands that also use 7/8-14 dies, that’s pretty much every progressive that’s not a Dillon square deal.

You are correct sir.

In fact, YOU could make the video reading what the Lee manual should be. Call it bedtime w/jmorris I’d watch just for fun.

And then you could make one reading the manuals for my Subaru.

 

[jmorris]

In fact, YOU could make the video reading what the Lee manual should be. Call it bedtime w/jmorris I’d watch just for fun.

It took me awhile to get mine running but it was a “box of parts” press someone else had given up on. I did make a few videos on key parts that seemed ground breaking to me once I figured them out but photobucket is holding them hostage. The only one I have left is the 100 rounds in under 4 minutes one, once I had it figured out and added a few of my own modifications.

 

[GW Staar]

FWIW Lee dies can be used in other press brands that also use 7/8-14 dies, that’s pretty much every progressive that’s not a Dillon square deal.

In remote chance jmorris' statement confuses you,Dillon Square Deal is an old design using proprietary dies. All of Dillon's other models can use Lee dies.

Too bad Lee didn't hire jmorris for a while....maybe they could have saved the design from all the bad reps.

 

[Gillie Dog]

I am looking for feedback on upgrading to the Loadmaster machine. Any known issues that I should know? Thanks.

Like they said, there are/were quite a few issues with the Load Master. All could be over come and I ran, had up to 5 at one time because you could get them from people who could not make them run for nothing/free, Load Masters very successfully for many years BUT they were highly modified/upgraded machines by myself and others ideas which did cure the issues and they were great for me for years. At one time a fellow ran a website which turned out to be a how to fix Load Masters place, which you could. I have two left which might get retired if the new Lee Six Pack Pro 6000 press works out like it appears to be able to at this time.

All that said I recommend looking at the Six Pack Pro 6000, it has only been out for a few weeks, as the reports are positive so far and the cost of the machine is reasonable. There are a couple of threads here discussing it at length.

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/lee-6000-press.905987

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...boxing-and-testing-for-oal-consistency.911743

GD

 

[Mark_Mark]

In remote chance jmorris' statement confuses you,Dillon Square Deal is an old design using proprietary dies. All of Dillon's other models can use Lee dies.

Too bad Lee didn't hire jmorris for a while....maybe they could have saved the design from all the bad reps.

Jmorris R&D … good name!

 

[Benchm@rk]

I bought the Hornady and every accessory they make. We’ll see how much money I wasted, bahabaha!

 

[9mmepiphany]

I bought the Hornady and every accessory they make. We’ll see how much money I wasted, bahabaha!

None...they appeal to different wants and desires.

I have a Hornady LNL AP and recently got a Pro-6k...they complement each other