Lee Pro 1000 Review
This is my first foray into reloading. After much dithering, I bought a Lee Pro 100 with dies, carriers and turrets for .45 ACP, 9mm and .38 special/.357 magnum. I've loaded .45 and 9 mm.
Instructions for a first time user are poor. Setting it up is a bunch of playing around to guess how the thing works. Videos on the Lee sight are helpful. I found them more helpful after fiddling with the press a while. Looks like they could take a few days and write better instructions.
Operation: The press, once set up properly operates well. The only problem I've had is getting the empty casing to move without binding the press and stay in the shell plat after sizing/decapping. This is very likely an issue with the way I've mounted it to my bench. Other than that, the press seems to work very nicely after some practice.
I set the press up this morning for first time reloading 9mm. It took about an hour to change out the carrier, set and adjust 9mm dies in the turret and load 50 rounds. Some time was spent attempting to get just under 5.5 grains of Unique to load. First few rounds were removed and the powder weighed.
Powder charging: The powder measure has disks that will deliver volumetric amounts of powder. I've found that the chart results in a lighter load (lower volume) than described. If you want to be close to the recommended load, go one size larger.
Overall: The more I play with the Pro 1000, the more I like it.
Instructions for a first time user are poor. Setting it up is a bunch of playing around to guess how the thing works. Videos on the Lee sight are helpful. I found them more helpful after fiddling with the press a while. Looks like they could take a few days and write better instructions.
Operation: The press, once set up properly operates well. The only problem I've had is getting the empty casing to move without binding the press and stay in the shell plat after sizing/decapping. This is very likely an issue with the way I've mounted it to my bench. Other than that, the press seems to work very nicely after some practice.
I set the press up this morning for first time reloading 9mm. It took about an hour to change out the carrier, set and adjust 9mm dies in the turret and load 50 rounds. Some time was spent attempting to get just under 5.5 grains of Unique to load. First few rounds were removed and the powder weighed.
Powder charging: The powder measure has disks that will deliver volumetric amounts of powder. I've found that the chart results in a lighter load (lower volume) than described. If you want to be close to the recommended load, go one size larger.
Overall: The more I play with the Pro 1000, the more I like it.
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