Lee Pro 1000

[HEAVY METAL 1]

I have one and like it. For the powder handling on the press I use the lever with the adjustable charge bar. Very accurate powder drops and sure returns w/o worrying about chain breakage.
This fellow has a good website about the Pro 1000: http://www.sanfranciscoliberalwithagun.com/default.html

One more thing...if you handload for 30-06 or like calibers with the same casehead size you can use the 45 ACP shellplate with the large primer chute and you can prime that rifle brass as blazingly fast as you so desire.
Edit: For this to work one must not have a shell holder head in place. Fill the primer tray and attach to its chute and away you go.

 

[LiveLife]

I have made a breakthrough!!! Primers are seating now

I was not pushing the lever ... in addition I had a problem with the case sensor ... I finally got it working now ... It sure feels great to know it's working and to load my own live rounds. Yoooohoooo!!!

Good to hear.

I love happy endings.

 

[Tilos]

Hi Guy's,
I got the 1000 about 3 months ago, in 38/357. Had to do the calibre change to 38Super, no Problems...But I still cannot get the damn thing to function correctly! I have read that I need to polish the primer tube, split it to give the primers more room, adjust the timing of the shell plate, spray lube on the ramp so the cases slide down, Polish the loading slide so the cases load correctly.... I did not buy a second hand press. I paid $600AU for a brand new press. Why should I have to 'tweek' the damn thing to make it work right? When you purchase a new car you don't have to get a wheel alignment, or service the engine before you can drive it, do you?? I purchased My first Lee 30 years ago, if anything they have gotten worse. I now have purchased a Dillon Square Deal, which I couldn't get before because there was none around, and am replacing the Lee. I'm not selling it, Instead I'm going to run over it with my Excavator and throw the piece of junk in the bin. My two Cent's! Yes, I know this is not in the spirit of the website but sometimes you need to rant.

Great 1st post right there...says a lot
Welcome
I hope you stick around and contribute more than just this.

Edit:
I often thought that IF Lee spent an extra 20-30 minutes "tuning" a completed press, before shipping, it would lead to better performing equipment and fewer costumer service calls.
But the cost of labor for that "tune" would probably double the price of the press...
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[Vrod1023]

Great 1st post right there...says a lot
Welcome
I hope you stick around and contribute more than just this.

Edit:
I often thought that IF Lee spent an extra 20-30 minutes "tuning" a completed press, before shipping, it would lead to better performing equipment and fewer costumer service calls.
But the cost of labor for that "tune" would probably double the price of the press...
.

.

Yeah good point. Or at least their instructions could be more detailed. I believe this to be a finicky press and something I just have to get used to. But two things trump all the problems...patience and sticking with it.

 

[kmw1954]

For loading pistols I find it a breeze! Don't need 16 stations and all sorts of add-ons to load simple 9mm, 380, 38Spl or 45acp. Just a press and 3 dies. Put in an empty and a loaded one comes out. I also prime on this press and at one time I primed just over 2k pcs before I had a priming fault and that was caused by operator error. I took a case out to check powder charge and got out of sequence.

Once again, this has to be the simplest machine on the market. Besides die adjustment there is only 1 screw to adjust in the whole press.

 

[RangeWeGo]

After several attempts and adjustment, my Pro1000 has been working great in all aspects. Just recently I got the idea from this clip here and mounted a scope camera over the powder. it is much better now to verify that powder level is correct, specially on the longer cases.

 

[LiveLife]

mounted a scope camera over the powder ... to verify that powder level is correct

While using a camera to verify that case has a powder charge is a good idea (I use a small inspection mirror), you shouldn't be getting that much low-to-high variations in powder charge as .1 gr variance would translate to several granules of powder which you couldn't tell from just looking into the case.

For me, checking powder charge in case is to verify a powder charge was dropped to prevent squib round. To actually verify weight of powder charge, I use a scale that's been verified with check weights.

And the press in the video really needs to be mounted so it is solid without any movement/deflection for more consistent press operation and priming.