Miserable Lee die boxes, I need a screwdriver to open them

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I just sanded/scraped the tabs flush w/ the side.

- Closes fine
- Stays closed fine
- Opens fine

(I save the rocket science stuff for the reloading part)
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Now this is a good post for those of us who have nothing else to do but bitch a little and not figure out how to do something different. It does give me a lift for the humor.
 
push through bullet sizer.
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Speaking of useless pieces of Shat that roll off the Lee assembly line.... And I own more than one of them. Never more of a thumb-crusher was such a device as this ever made.

Don't get me wrong, I can open a lee die box with a welder and crowbar just like anyone else- But those Rock Chucker Bullet Swage die boxes are considerably better made.

After throwing my latest .308 FL sizing die from lee out the window into the trash can, I've swore off them dies for good. Thats half of $20 I'll never get back. It sized all of 8 pieces of brass before the dang thing crumpled in on itself :/

Don't get me wrong- I love my red single stage press- and will never be rid of it. I love all of the brass cutting sizers and shellholders, too- but I've owned and dismissed more bummer lee die sets than I think I currently actually own. They must be asleep at the lathe down there.
 
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Lee Dies and Boxs

:neener: I can't believe what I'm hearing. If you think that Lee Dies are a piece of crap then why do you buy them.I find that they are not as good as some other dies but then again I know that when I buy them. As far as the box's are concerned I use a small flat tip screwdriver and slip it under the lid and it pop's right off.I rotate the lid 180 degrees and place it back on. When I am through I turn the lid around and snap it back on and the dies are secured.
 
winchester1886 said:
:neener: I can't believe what I'm hearing. If you think that Lee Dies are a piece of crap then why do you buy them.
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I never said that the dies themselves were poor, just the extras that come with the dies.

When I stopped buying Lee dies in the 90s, it cost me as much to buy lock rings that I preferred and a better die box as it did to buy another manufacturer's die set.

Add in out of stock and shipping woes, the headaches of using Lee dies were not worth it to me.

I believe the price difference between die sets is a bit greater these days so my argument is not as valid today as it was before except for the aggravation of ordering two additional items if i were to order a Lee die set.

Besides, I really like Redding dies these days so I am willing to pay a premium anyway.

My preference and i do not expect everyone to agree.
 
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Your think the average age of the members here is about 12 if all you read was this thread. Complaining about a box design. Complaining about lock rings. Complaining about push through sizers. All pretty pathetic , IMO. And most of it because it has Lee's name on it. I have no doubt that if Dillon put out a box like Lee's and said it was better than their old design everyone would be praising it.

If you don't like something, don't use it. There are plenty of tool brands that I won't buy. But I don't waste my time complaining about them online. Instead I waste my time making fun of people complaining about "product x" online :laugh:


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I agree with member "kelbro". The color of the box hurts my eyes, also. Why can't they change if to something more soothing?
 
I was just drinking some milk and thought of this thread/realized that perhaps/hopefully/someday I'll grow me some herculean fingernails. almost out of milk though, noted upon the fridge
 
Boy, a lot of angst going on out there now, I feel it seeping through the screen. Maybe a combo of cabin fever, Washington politics and dwindling supplies (the small screwdriver or pocket knife trick seems to work ok for me, dont have more than one or two Lee die sets/boxes though). Take more vitamins to strengthen those nails.
 
This thread is hilarious!!

However, having rheumatoid arthritis and not getting any younger, I do despise getting those red boxes open, or anycontainer for that matter. That's why God invented children!
 
Can't say that I've ever had a problem with the Lee boxes. They pop right open for me.

If you really have problems, I'd put them on in the "non-locking" fashion and just stack them up.
 
I am amazed, AMAZED I say, that anyone can say a bad word about Lee with out being banned for life here! Sure the boxes are a pain to open, the Lee presses are often junk, and some of the other stuff they sell is junk as well (and some is really great too, I have owned or used practically everything they sell at one time or another, so I am speaking from personal experience about that) and they don't stand behind their two year warranty at all, but I see no reason to bash Lee here, especially their die boxes just because they can't be opened!
 
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I agree with member "kelbro". The color of the box hurts my eyes, also. Why can't they change if to something more soothing?
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Lee Red is the only color that will allow you to summon the required amount of force. A color like pink or powder blue would keep you from being able to pick up a rock heavy enough to open the case.
 
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