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I've been reloading since the early 60's and my choice of turrets is Lee's 4 hole Turret. The best thing about the Lee is you can change calibers of ammo that you're reloading in less than 15 seconds and not have to use a single tool to do it. Extra turrets can be bought for $8.95 at midwayusa.com and you can keep all your other dies mounted and adjusted on the extra turrets so you don't have to keep adjusting them every time you use them. I also found several Lee Auto Powder Measures listed on E-bay that I bought in one lot and I keep them mounted on the dies on the extra turret plates so I don't even have to adjust powder drops from the last time I used a set of dies.
I agree with people that say Dillon is the best but in my opinion that only holds true if you're reloading a ton of ammo. In my case I don't shoot a lot of ammo but I do shoot a lot of different calibers and the Lee 4 Hole Turret can't be beat for speed of changing from one caliber to another.
One other thing I don't use the disk in the Lee Auto Powder Measures I use the Lee Adjustable Charge Bar so I don't have to keep removing the hopper and make adjustments to the powder drops. With the adjustable charge bar you only have to turn the large brass thumb screw to make the adjustments. For larger calibers that use more powder than the charge bar will adjust to I split the amount and double charge by pulling the lever on my press twice.
The Lee 1000 3-stage is guaranteed to provide you with entertainment for years to come. Myself and a couple of friends (one is a Mechanical Engineer) occasionally will run the Lee 1000 and see if we can load 10 rounds without a squib. So far, no one has made it. That is with .38 dies. One good thing that came out of the Lee 1000 is that two of us have quit smoking. That thing throws so much powder around that it was dangerous to have a cigarette lit in the same room. The Mechanical Engineer spent two months trying to get the primer feeder to work ; no way Jose! By using it as a single stage press, it does OK. Using my Lee 1000 as a progressive press is just flat dangerous! Just one man's experiences. BTW - considering the wasted primers, wasted powder, and the occasional crushed brass, I now have .45 ACP reloads down to about 20-cents each in progressive mode.
Thanks for all the input on this thread. Did some reloading years ago and now I want to get back into it and was considering the Lee 4 hole turret press. Looks like a go for me!
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I agree with people that say Dillon is the best but in my opinion that only holds true if you're reloading a ton of ammo. In my case I don't shoot a lot of ammo but I do shoot a lot of different calibers and the Lee 4 Hole Turret can't be beat for speed of changing from one caliber to another.
One other thing I don't use the disk in the Lee Auto Powder Measures I use the Lee Adjustable Charge Bar so I don't have to keep removing the hopper and make adjustments to the powder drops. With the adjustable charge bar you only have to turn the large brass thumb screw to make the adjustments. For larger calibers that use more powder than the charge bar will adjust to I split the amount and double charge by pulling the lever on my press twice.
Here's some video's on Lee's web site if anyone is interested in watching these presses in action. http://leeprecision.com/html/HelpVideos/video.html
Anyway that's my story and it works for me.
Smitty
I think most of us are talking about the Lee classic reloader.Are you on the same page as we are?[:)][:)][:)]
You have the most reliable, best engineered turret press available.