...in my dad's basement. It's a Lee. Looks like a 3-hole classic turret press with 9mm dies. Does anyone know anything about this at all? I've been thinking about reloading lately, could I start here and piece missing things together?
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...in my dad's basement. It's a Lee. Looks like a 3-hole classic turret press with 9mm dies. Does anyone know anything about this at all? I've been thinking about reloading lately, could I start here and piece missing things together?
I noticed it wasn't part of the find. I did decide to hand prime though, since I want to learn all I can step by step.There should be a little L shaped primer seater with it. Primes on the down stroke. Like this:
I'm definitely interested in the 4 hole. Yes that 3rd die is the powder drop die for manual charges. I really was hoping something would come up where I could change it, and then you opened the door for me. Thank you very much. This seems like it could be a great start for me. I want to load pistol right now, specifically 9mm before I even try something like .223. How would a 4 hole help me out better than this current set up? Besides everything being out of stock on Lee's website, are there any other vendors that may have these things in stock? And lastly (for this post) can I use other dies from other companies, is this a "universal" size die set up?It looks like you have a sizing die and a seating die. Is that third die a powder drop die for manual charges? If so you'll want to replace that with the newer style which is two parts:
Lee Universal Powder Charging Die:
http://leeprecision.com/universal-charging-die.html
Lee Autodisk Powder Measure:
http://leeprecision.com/auto-disk-powder-measure.html
And I would highly recommend getting the Lee Adjustable Charge Bar:
http://leeprecision.com/adj-charge-bar.html
It will allow you to fine tune, versus having to empty the powder completely and change the charge disk.
You don't need the riser for the powder charge UNLESS you also get the primer feed for those little L's I linked in my first post.
I use the newer 4 hole turret. It's great if you want to reload just a few hundred rounds at a time. You can also buy extra 3 hole disks and have each setup for a different caliber. I have one for .223 and one for .308.
I use factory crimp dies in the fourth spot, but I wouldn't worry about crimping. It's kind of a black magic/voodoo cult thing. I think it improves my rifle rounds accuracy, especially when reloading batches of mixed brass. I don't think it will make any noticeable difference on pistol rounds, but I don't reload pistol yet.
If you're going to hand prime instead get the XR. I just bought one and it's nice. I like the square tray over the RCBS with the round I was using.
We aim to please.
Is there a shell holder on that rig? I couldn't tell from the pics.
I've been in the process of cleaning up the entire press. So far the dies work as intended, sizing deprime, expanding, not sure about the seating one since I've yet to be ready to use this. I've thought about getting a carbide sizing die to change out, thoughts?Yeah that's a shell holder... or was in a former life. Steel wool/scotch brite, some WD40 and it should clean right up.