Lee kit - split thread.

[Alpha1]

Personally I would put the £98.50 to wards buying a good single station press and forget about the rest of it.

[ovenpaa]

For a first time club shooter the 50th is as good a starting place as any and will give them a feel for things. I have one of the presses permanently set up to seat bullets for 7,62x51 NATO 'Plinking' loads, it returns perfect results every single time. yes the scales are sketchy and best avoided however as a starting point and at the price....

[Alpha1]

I hear what you are saying but personally I would not allow any item on that list on my re loading bench.
I am of the opinion that people starting out should be advised to buy first and foremost a good single station press the rest of it you can pick up as you go along.
If you get the right press up front it will last you a life time.
In the beginning I was pointed to wards Lee stuff I bought Lee presses powder measures etc. I quickly realized that my reloading would be a lot easier and my ammo would be of a lot better quality if I ditched the Lee stuff.
I wasted a lot of money along the way getting to were I am now.
I only wish some one had advised me better in the beginning. The Lee cast press is worth a punt some of there dies are OK.
I have broken my last hand held priming tool so I wont be buying another one I have invested in a better set up.

As I said this is only my personnel opinion. I do not like Lee equipment and I avoid it like the plague.

[tisme]

I was skint so started with an anniversary kit. I have now replaced a lot of it but it got me into reloading. If it wasn't for the kit I would still be buying factory ammo and missing out on a side of shooting that many don't try. At under £100 there's nothing to loose and everything to gain.

[M99]

I hear what you are saying but personally I would not allow any item on that list on my re loading bench.
I am of the opinion that people starting out should be advised to buy first and foremost a good single station press the rest of it you can pick up as you go along.
If you get the right press up front it will last you a life time.
In the beginning I was pointed to wards Lee stuff I bought Lee presses powder measures etc. I quickly realized that my reloading would be a lot easier and my ammo would be of a lot better quality if I ditched the Lee stuff.
I wasted a lot of money along the way getting to were I am now.
I only wish some one had advised me better in the beginning. The Lee cast press is worth a punt some of there dies are OK.
I have broken my last hand held priming tool so I wont be buying another one I have invested in a better set up.

As I said this is only my personnel opinion. I do not like Lee equipment and I avoid it like the plague.

Can you expand on this? I have a couple of Redding presses, plus Redding and Forster dies - I did not get on with the lee collet die in 6.5x55 but have had no issues with any others - I have a Lee press setup to seat .223 permanently with a redding seating die - I also have the LEE 50BMG kit for loading, well .50BMG!

Mike

[Alpha1]

No I can not expand on this here.

Sorry Ovenpaa I did not realize I was posting in the shooting shed I just followed the link.

I thought I was posting in the reloading section.

Please delete my post it does not belong in here.

I repeat this is only my personnel opinion lots of other people use Lee equipment and perfectly happy with its performance.

[Sim G]

I tell you what, I'll bite.

I'll challenge you. Take your far better loading kit and pictorally record the kit used and the loading process as I've done in this thread; http://www.full-bore.co.uk/viewtopic.ph ... lee#p56221

Then shoot a five round group at 100m and lets see the results. Lets see how much better it is.....

£20 to Help for Heroes on it?

[tikkathreebarrels]

I started with a Lee Anniversary kit and the Lee Reloading manual.

I started with .243, added .303 Brit then .22/250 and on and on. Sure the pot metal split clampy handle thing broke eventually but Lee replaced it FOC along with everything else I broke either through hard work or clumsiness.
I learned how to reload and along the way I killed a lot of vermin and deer and slaughtered a lot of ETR targetry and paper targets out to 600 yards using "crappy old" Lee stuff which I'd still be using if I didn't have an expensive kit monster to feed.

[techguy]

Thanks for the link Sim, not seen that thread before. Very interesting!

[Alpha1]

tell you what, I'll bite.

I'll challenge you. Take your far better loading kit and pictorally record the kit used and the loading process as I've done in this thread; viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5282&p=56221&hilit=lee#p56221

Then shoot a five round group at 100m and lets see the results. Lets see how much better it is.....

£20 to Help for Heroes on it?

You don't have to bite. I have owned every piece of kit in your link at one time or another and it is a chore to use. Sizing bottle neck cases with that hand press is hard work you need arms like pop eye. If you want to re load using that kind of kit good on yeah. No I am not going to take up your challenge but I will happily donate £20 to help the heroes.

Like I said personally I don't like Lee kit I did not say it would not re load useable ammunition. It is my belief there is better kit on the market that makes re loading a much better experience. I am lucky I don't have to try and re load on the cheap so I buy the best kit I can afford. I enjoy re loading as much as I enjoy shooting. When I go to my re loading bench I want to concentrate on reloading and not faff about with trimming cases with a wooden balled thingy that makes your wrist ache after twenty cases or trying to clean primer pockets with a piece of metal two inches long that you struggle to keep hold of. No thank you.
I recent thread on here caught my imagination and so I did some research. The Wilson neck dies interest me so I am about to purchase from Reloaders supplies a Arbor press a Wilson neck die a decapping base and a seater die. Oh and a couple of bushings.
Lee no thank you are welcome to them my friend.

Like I said personally I don't have any use for Lee stuff but if you are happy with it then good on you .