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Posted: 10/7/2011 12:40:59 PM EDT
| I've been reloading for a couple of years now with a single stage press. while it works, its slow going loading plinking rounds for 45acp and 38. While a dillion or LNL would be great I don't have the room or the money for such things. I was looking at the lee auto index 4 hole turret press. On a good day assuming my cases are all sized and primed I can load about 75-100 an hour with the single stage. Would the turret press be worth it time saving wise? As far as changing dies priming and such? Any input would be greatly appreciated especially form those of you with the lee turret press. I was planing on keeping the single stage around for 223 and 30-06. |
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FYI....there was a good price in EE for Redding T7 posted last night.
That said, Lee 4 hole turret is best dual purpose press. If loading a lot of rifle, T7. My tool heads with dies and powder drop ran a little over $100.00 per caliber. Set up with dedicated tool heads, caliber changes take all of 1 minute. With sized, primed brass at my side I could turn 250 cartridges an hour on 4 hole turret. Still use for several calibers. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I'm in the same boat as you. I'm planning to get the Lee turret press (cast), my plan is to do pistol loading with it and any large batches of rifle (plinking rounds), but I'll pre-size on a single stage. Match quality and any hunting rounds will get done on my single stage. Check out some videos on YouTube on reloading with the Lee turrets. It seems that after a quick and easy learning curve that once learned is very easy to develop a rhythm. |
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I thought we just did this thread?
I wouldn't give you 10 cents for the lee progressive gear or their plastic powder measure and scale. Their turret press and their dies are good to go and a great value The actual loading part with a turet press is no faster than a single stage , the time saveings is all in the set up, especially if you get extra turret plates and just swap out the plate that has the dies all set up |
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The LEE Classic Turret is a hybrid that advances the turret head automatically and it's pretty darn fast if you trust the powder measure. A conventional turret press is just a single stage press that holds all the dies with them all adjusted. Each operation should be completed before moving on to the next. You'll hate the productivity if you turn the head for each step. |
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I really like my Lee classic cast 4 hole turret press, I load 45, 460 rowland, 10mm, and 9mm on it.
I have different tool heads set up as others have mentioned and at the cost of 12 bucks for the tool head and around 40 to 50 for the dies I don't think you can beat it. I average about 150 rounds a hour with size, deprime, prime at station 1 powder, flare at station 2 seat bullet at 3 and crimp at 4 I really think its the best for the buck out there, but that's just me. |
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The LEE Classic Turret is a hybrid that advances the turret head automatically and it's pretty darn fast if you trust the powder measure. A conventional turret press is just a single stage press that holds all the dies with them all adjusted. Each operation should be completed before moving on to the next. You'll hate the productivity if you turn the head for each step. OP I use the powder bar in mine instead of the auto disk and it holds to .1 - + a grain using powders like Power Pistol and AA# 5,7,9 |
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It's human we all experience the same things and report varying experiences. That said this was my only press for ever !
I developed a streamlined process rotating tool head manually. Sometimes it was set up progressive, but rarely. Will put this on thread to do list. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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The LEE Classic Turret is a hybrid that advances the turret head automatically and it's pretty darn fast if you trust the powder measure. A conventional turret press is just a single stage press that holds all the dies with them all adjusted. Each operation should be completed before moving on to the next. You'll hate the productivity if you turn the head for each step. AeroE is correct about the staging process similar to a single stage, but then again he's usually right about most things.  A turret is just much faster and convenient to have everything "nearly" correct and in one place w/out changing dies.
I have an RCBS w/ turret heads loaded w/ similar calibers (.30-06/.22.250, .223/6.8 SPC, .357/.44 Mag. etc.) and it makes life easier/pretty easy to run batches. Not nearly efficient as a real progressive but sure keeps set-up times to a minimum once you confirm re-sizing/get COAL set for your particular caliber/projectile. Once you confirm measurements, you can pump out quite a few rounds/hr. I'd also say it's nearly as "meaty" as a RockChucker/never really had any issues. B2 FWIW, I do have a Lee Load-Master I picked up $50 cheap from a rancher friend. It was a bit of a PITA to set up, easy to break some of the "timing" mechanisms (i.e. lamp chain) but works great after I decided I'd only load .45ACP range rounds/quit messing around. I wouldn't recommend it for general high-cap/multiple-caliber use, especially for B-N rifle cases but it works very well for something as straight forward as a straight wall .45. |
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I thought we just did this thread? I wouldn't give you 10 cents for the lee progressive gear or their plastic powder measure and scale. Their turret press and their dies are good to go and a great value The actual loading part with a turet press is no faster than a single stage , the time saveings is all in the set up, especially if you get extra turret plates and just swap out the plate that has the dies all set up Ok- I guess everyone else is talking about some other lee turret that I am not familar with |
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