Reloading gear

[Jimi Jah]

Lee dies are good and they will fix stuck dies for free.

 

[chiroken007]

Are there any progressive machines anyone would NOT suggest?

 

[AR15barrels]

Are there any progressive machines anyone would NOT suggest?

I do not suggest Lee equipment unless the price difference between Lee and a Dillon press is what would preclude you from being able to reload at all.
If it's purely a financial problem, simply get an RCBS single stage press and dies and stick with that instead of a Lee progressive press and dies.
You will spend less money but more time loading but you will end up with better ammo for it.

 

[james350]

Don’t be afraid of Lee Dies . they work good.

 

[mindwreck]

Lee dies are good. cheap and they work. can't complain. Lot of the new dies are coming pretty much all the dies from any manufacture have been fine for me. They all just have different designs depending on the goal of the ammo, but as far as work, they all work. i have lymans, lees, rcbs, hornady, redding, dillon, mighty armory, widden. All at different price points.

love the simple Lee presses, single stage, turrets, APPs decent. They still have a place alongside my dillons. They are great for the price with solid, simple mechanisms so not a lot to go wrong. hate the lee progressive presses. They try and do too much with too little. case feed design has been jank and continues to be jank. And they love that leaning tower of pisa case feed system all supported by one 1/4" bolt floating in space with no supports.

 

[Gromann]

Honestly of the Dies I've used I really do like the new micrometer Lee seating dies. Between RCBS Matchmaster Duos and Lee sets I think I've gone past redding on the whole. The surface finish in the last Redding set I had was worse than my lee sets so that soured them all for me.

 

[H. Bowman]

Are there any progressive machines anyone would NOT suggest?

I had the old Lee Pro 1000 or whatever it was called and loaded a whole lot of 40 S&W on it. For the price, it was fine but they're finicky. I'd very much suggest saving up and going with the Hornady, RCBS, or Dillon progressive if you're going to load a lot. I went Dillon 650 for my progressive and haven't had a single complaint. I still have RCBS turret and several RCBS and Lee single stage presses I use as well but progressive, I recommend skipping the Lee unless money is REAL tight.

 

[BIGOX]

Not a fan of Lee Presses with exception of the Lee classic cast but I do use some dies with no complaints. I plan to use the micro seater stem soon. Everyone like the Lee factory crimp dies. For the price of a Lee its hard to beat when starting off or on a budget but if I want quality i go rcbs, Dillon or Redding

 

[chiroken007]

Can I get some pointers on bullet puller system. I’d like to use a press instead of inertia puller. Most likely calibers we will be dealing with are 9mm, .380, .223, .308, 30-30. I have not ventured into the 44,45,10mm ….yet…to spare my bank account from a new addiction…

 

[BIGOX]

Can I get some pointers on bullet puller system. I’d like to use a press instead of inertia puller. Most likely calibers we will be dealing with are 9mm, .380, .223, .308, 30-30. I have not ventured into the 44,45,10mm ….yet…to spare my bank account from a new addiction…

I like the Hornady bullet puller cam lock style but I also used an rcbs bullet puller. The Hornady is easier to damage projectiles or case but is a little faster and easier to use. Both have a collet system. Rcbs can be found cheap on the used market Hornady not so much. Both are easy to learn on
The pile driver is a really cool tool off press wall mounted unit but too load for most people

 

[james350]

Best bang for the buck is the Rcbs kinetic
bullet puller or the Franklin Armory one.
No damage to components & easy to use

 

[token]

It is nice to have both collet and kinetic. When you get pushed in/setback bullets a collet won't be able to grip so it has to be done kinetic. Collet is great for loaded rounds and you don't mind some pull marks on the bullet.