Lee Pro 1000. Anybody have one and what do you think of it?

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What cstone said! I use one for loading .40 as well. The priming is "iffy", sometimes works fine, other times it's not worth the hassle. I've found that a very solid mounts help quite a bit. If you can get the priming issues out of the way, then it's not too bad. However, it's not even close to loading on a 550 or 650!

I'd suggest the Classic Cast Turret as well. More handle pulls, but much better reliability and reusable as a SS press, plus caliber conversions are a no-brainer with multiple/extra turrets!

Hoser is right.

Read this if you must: http://dfuse.us/loading.html

I sold my Lee Pro1000s and have a 650XL. BTW, the Lee Loadmaster is even worse than the Pro1000.

I'd let him buy the conversion and use my press.

The conversion stuff is on its way!

Thanks Again

I love the Dillon guys who are always saying " just save up for a year or two, don't load any ammo and it will be awesome". If one has a Champagne budget then they can afford Champagne, but if all I have is a beer budget then that's what I can afford. I'm not going to give up shooting for time just so I can someday make some ammo. Plus, once you figure in all the costs of a Dillon your price per round isn't all that great for the first several thousand rounds.
Is the Dillon nice? Yes it is. Would I like one? Yes. Can my Lee crank out 100+ rounds an hour? Yes. Is it finicky sometimes yes.

I personally do not shoot enough to warrant a Dillon. IF I were shooting 500 or more rounds a week, then I would get a Dillon, and the cost would be justified. However I dont get that sort of free time, and so the cost is to me, not worth it. I did a fair amount of soul-searching because I really wanted a Dillon setup, but to be honest the value just was not there. Yeah the Lee can be tempermental, BUT I have never seen a progressive press that did not need proper setup and maintenance. Yeah the Lee press needs a drop of oil or two here and there once in a while to run right, and the priming system can be a little touchy, but mine runs great. No issues with the priming system, the powder charging works perfectly and consistently, and I can pop out about 200 or so rounds an hour taking my time, more if I am in a hurry.
I also recently picked up a Lee Classic Turret press and now that I have it setup I really like it. Setup with the Autodisc powder measure it runs great with no issues. I do not use it for prming however, I use a hand primer, only because I have not bought the primer system setup for the turret press. Otherwise it runs great.

I have had several Lee Challenger O-frame presses, and IMHO this is the best value out there. You can pick up the "Anniversary kit" for under $150 bucks and start reloading the day you get it with a set of dies. Its not hard to load a 100 rounds or so an hour and make great ammunition. I still use a single stage press for developing loads when only a dozen or so rounds at a time are being loaded up.

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Originally Posted by dwalker460

I personally do not shoot enough to warrant a Dillon. IF I were shooting 500 or more rounds a week, then I would get a Dillon, and the cost would be justified. However I dont get that sort of free time, and so the cost is to me, not worth it. I did a fair amount of soul-searching because I really wanted a Dillon setup, but to be honest the value just was not there. Yeah the Lee can be tempermental, BUT I have never seen a progressive press that did not need proper setup and maintenance. Yeah the Lee press needs a drop of oil or two here and there once in a while to run right, and the priming system can be a little touchy, but mine runs great. No issues with the priming system, the powder charging works perfectly and consistently, and I can pop out about 200 or so rounds an hour taking my time, more if I am in a hurry.
I also recently picked up a Lee Classic Turret press and now that I have it setup I really like it. Setup with the Autodisc powder measure it runs great with no issues. I do not use it for prming however, I use a hand primer, only because I have not bought the primer system setup for the turret press. Otherwise it runs great.

I have had several Lee Challenger O-frame presses, and IMHO this is the best value out there. You can pick up the "Anniversary kit" for under $150 bucks and start reloading the day you get it with a set of dies. Its not hard to load a 100 rounds or so an hour and make great ammunition. I still use a single stage press for developing loads when only a dozen or so rounds at a time are being loaded up.

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I like my Lee Classic turret set up and if ya look you can buy the kit for around $200. http://www.titanreloading.com/lee-cl...rret-press-kit I have mine set up like Walkers but I do use the priming system.

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I think the LCT is the most under-rated press out there!

the Dillon presses are expensive, but for me the value is in the time it saves me. I would run out of loaded ammo really quickly if I could only make 1 or 2 hundred rounds per hour. If I can get an hour or so per week to reload I am lucky. I can go out to the garage for 30mins and crank out 300rds pretty easy, with out one hiccup.

I would like to actually try out one of the Lee pro 1000's sometime, so if anyone in the springs has one I would love to drop by and check it out.

My pro 1000 pops out 300 in an hour if I am in a hurry and organized, 250 or so in an hour otherwise. I dont have any "hiccups". The classic turret press will pop out about 200 an hour if organized and in a hurry. Honestly when I am reloading I am not in a huge hurry. In fact, Im pretty lazy. I will dump brass in the tumbler one day, come back a day or so later and run off a cpl hundred rounds, but it is very rare that I would sit and load 1K or so at a time, although I should take a Saturday and make that happen.