If you can't **** off the front porch with the big dogs don't go out the back sideways. In other words quit jacking around in the minor leagues and get a Dillion. There is not a better press nor a better warranty. When you are in a hole the first thing to do is stop digging. Sell all of the Lee stuff and go blue. I am 100% certain this is the right thing to do.Okay, I give up and I don't want to hear, "I told you so!" I need a press with greater capacity than I'm able to achieve with my Lee turret press. I absolutely love the press, but I reload, stock, and shoot a pretty large quantity of 9mm, .38, .357, .40, and .45. So, I need a time-saver.
Because I currently have so much equipment for the Lee press, I'm wondering if I should purchase the Lee 1000 and if I could use the dies I currently own? This would be the only reason I would go with the Lee progressive press. If not, it looks like I'll basically be starting from from scratch with dies and everything else, unless my equipment can be used with other manufacturers. If that's the case, would you guys recommend selling off my entire set-up or just keeping it?
Lastly, if I do go with a new manufacturer, should I go blue or green?
Westside is not allowed to take part in the poll!
I like Hornady because that's what I have. I do enjoy the quick change bushings. I can go from loading 308's to having a couple hundred loaded 45's in an hour.
You may bot know the answer to this, but does the Dillon require a more difficult process to change bushings to load different calibers?
i make 500 or better with my Lee Pro 1000 just saying and i've go over 15k reloads in just 9mm. When you figure it out, Theres just NO way to justify the cost of anything else. just saying.
It takes me forever to make rounds on my lee classic turret, but now that my sister bought her kimber and her boyfriend and my mom looking at 45 acps...I'm going to have a hell of a time keeping up with reloading. Those of you with non-progressive setups, how are you guys able to quickly AND accurately throw charges into the cases? What slows me down the most is getting the charge just right.
I'm loading with 4.5gr of titegroup.
I'm guessing you don't have a powder measure? That would be my first suggestion. You can bench mount it, but most can be installed right into your powder through belling die to drop the powder directly into the case. Alternatively you could buy an electronic powder measure that would have the next powder charge already dispensed for you when you are ready for it. And this may be heresy to some on here, but if I am working somewhere in the middle or to the low side of the range of powder charges for my cartridge (and I almost always am, I shoot powder puff rounds for Steel) then I don't sweat a .1gr over or under charge. If you find yourself dumping and remeasuring charges a lot, allowing yourself a TOUCH of leeway might help your throughput. BE MORE CAREFUL AS YOU APPROACH MAX CHARGE THOUGH!