Received my LnL AP yesterday afternoon.
I had went to the hardware store a couple of hours previously to get the 5/16" bolts, nuts, and washers it called for in the instructions downloaded from the internet. Also, as stated in the Hornady videos.
When I opened the box and removed the press body I saw that it was not going to use 5/16" bolts. A 1/2" drill bit passed easily through the holes on the press.
Back to the hardware store for 1/2" stuff.
I mounted it on a bench top which is made from 2 3/4" thick laminated maple (a piece of shuffleboard). Since I was drilling 1/2" holes I had to stop and recharge my drill battery before I finished.
Followed the installation and setup instructions OK till I noticed that the primer feed cam was just kind of dangling. Found an addendum to the instructions concerning some new parts that hold the bottom of the cam. Apparently it had come loose in packing. Greased it where needed and everything seemed to work smoothly.
This morning I changed the large primer parts for small primer and installed my Lee dies and Pro auto disk powder measure for 38 Super. The Lee dies adjusted OK, but as some had mentioned, they are about as far into the bushings as they will go. I had not purchased any of the Hornady locking die rings as they are quite expensive and I wanted to try without them. Die setup was not any different than normal. I was using an adjustable charge bar in the PAD and it would not drop any powder. Investigation showed that after I got the proper flare in my case, the ACB hole was covered up in the bottom of the powder measure. I switched to a disk hole that threw the next lower charge weight and it worked OK.
Started single loading some cartridges to get the hang of it. My biggest problem was that I was waiting for the turret to turn, like my LCT.
It never did.
Ended up loading a batch of 50 rounds. I had three that I missed the primer, and, of course, had a lot of loose powder. Seems I was failing to set a bullet sometimes and that got me out of sequence for setting the primer. Also, being used to the LCT, I was kind of expecting to only seat a primer on the back stroke every four lever pulls.
Cleaned up, inspected my rounds, and took a break for a few minutes, then loaded another 50 rounds. Much smoother that time, but right at the end I missed some primers again. This time I ran out of primers and was not enough used to the feel that I could tell the difference.
I had more loose powder today than I have had in two and a half years with my LCT.
The press operated very smoothly. The only friction I felt was from the expanding/flaring/powder drop die when the case came off of it.
I was very pleased with the ability to easily see the powder level in the case. I am used to looking at this on my LTC and, for the time being, would rather use the visual powder check than the powder cop, etc. Still a little fumble fingered at removing and reinserting a case to weigh the powder.
I am only using four dies right now. I skipped number two and put the powder measure in three, to put any spilled powder further away from the primer system. However, none of my loose powder was from the powder measure.
All in all a very nice press. I will have a learning curve, but I did on my LCT also. Crushed several cases because of short stroking and not following the correct procedures. Now that one is almost second nature to operate, and I am sure the LnL will soon be.
Appreciate all the info you all provided.