Set Up On Lee Classic Turret Press
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frankenstein406
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youtube shows everything you need, just double check instructions to.
Mohave-Tec
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Just make sure you put it on a level bench that is rock solid. Take it a set at a time after that. Reloading is hugely rewarding.
Lost Sheep
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There are only two presses in its class.
The Lee Deluxe Turret Press
The Lee Classic Turret Press (much superior to the Deluxe)
These are the only auto-indexing turrets currently made in the world.
Mine came out of the box and right onto my bench and was perfect from the first round (of course, I had to set up and adjust the dies, which was no more difficult than on any other press).
The Pro powder measure is easier than the standard model because the hopper mounting screws are more robust. Standard has little screws running into a plastic housing. The Pro model has thumbscrews on studs molded into a plastic housing, which also holds about twice as much powder and has an on-off feature.
Getting exactly the powder drop you want can be problematic, as the auto-disk's disks are not easily adjusted. You can enlarge the cavities (be sure to mark those as modified). The adjustable charge bar only goes up to so much capacity. Still, it is a good system.
If you have any doubts about the powder measure system, you can always stick Lee's $4 funnel in the powder charging die (it is made just the right size to fit) and not lose too much convenience. Then you can use any powder measure and transfer the measured charge by hand.
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Play around with the length of the handle. It can make a huge difference.
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trixter
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Setting up the resizing and de-priming die, if you use the Lee Safety Prime, is a little tricky. A lot of folks set this die up as the instructions say (to the 'T'), however I have found that if you screw the die in a little further so that the Safety Prime Arm works perfectly then lock it there, everything will go as planned. Then each primer will place easily into the cup and not flip out as you release it. That drove me crazy for a while, till I read on some forum how to do it. Try it you will like it.
Springfield0612
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Lee does not over engineer their designs. Not a lot of little parts or precise things that can get messed up and jam up (Not including Pro1000 or Loadmaster). They believe in keep it simple, make it work, make it affordable. You will have no major issues the the Lee Turret press, get it and never look back!
joecil
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Besides you can add a Lyman or Lee Perfect Powder Measure bench system to the top of the thing using http://store.gun-guides.com/Perfect-Adapters-_c_12.html the adapter they make. I use the Lee PPM instead of the Lee Pro powder measure for my 45-70 since it handles stick powders better. For my pistol rounds I use the Lee Pro Measure which is as good as any other system out there. I've even modified mine to use 3 disks to get closer measurements with some powders.
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Compared to adjusting the valves on a desmodromic Ducati motorbike valve setup, it's pretty easy.
Lost Sheep
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Compared to adjusting the valves on a desmodromic Ducati motorbike valve setup, ANYTHING's pretty easy.
And this from a guy who taught himself to balance dual SU carbs from a book and with a rubber hose and managed to get is MG 1500 to idle smoothly at 300 rpm.
Just braggin'.
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To OP. One thing I noticed after several years of using the CCTP, you can break the turrets. I'm not sure how it happened exactly, but I was FL sizing 308 cases when I noticed that my headspace measurements were starting to wander... and I looked and there was quite a gap between the bottom of the sizing die and the top of the shell holder. Without really thinking about why it was that way, I went ahead on and threaded the die in again until it met the shellholder. Next case in busted the turret right off.
I don't know how or why, only pointing out that maybe, for bottleneck cases, the turrets might not be strong enough for FL sizing? I mean I had used that turret for many years, so maybe it was just a stress failure or something.
FWIW, I only use it for pistol cases now, and have relegated my bottleneck loading to a single stage press.
I don't know how or why, only pointing out that maybe, for bottleneck cases, the turrets might not be strong enough for FL sizing? I mean I had used that turret for many years, so maybe it was just a stress failure or something.
FWIW, I only use it for pistol cases now, and have relegated my bottleneck loading to a single stage press.
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