When I started reloading a few years back, I spent a lot of time chasing the length and was getting frustrated with the process. Pretty much over that now. I like your advice to load 20 or so and get an average. As for powder check die, I went with the double alpha powder check and then the Mr mini bullet feeder, both of which I think work very well to finish off the setup process.
High boy when you initially put the die into the press with the lock bushing how do I seat the die body before I turn my seating adjustment knob do I wanna touch the casing or the shell plate or.... I'm using the 223 kit for this opress
@@76Highboy nothing except using position 5-6 for I I want to crimp and size in 1 go nothing about how far to screw it down oddly I'm seeing if I missed somthing
Did you see that die assembly move when he got to the top of the stroke???!!! WOW, that's no way to expect any accurate repeatability. HEADS-UP: Ditch the new Lee bushings with the rubber O-Ring and use the split bushing with the Allen-Head screw!!! That will lock the die to the busing regardless of the slop in the threads. I really wish LEE would STOP TRYING TO MAKE CRAP SO CHEAP AND DO THE RITE THING!!! I don't care about the extra $.50. STOP CHEAPING-OUT LEE!!!! Most of us are ok with paying a little extra for the quality, its still way cheaper than team green/blue or....the other RED press that starts with a "H"
Forester dies adjust with movement. Does that mean they don't have accurate repeatability? So far, everything I have shot off this press is plenty accurate. Welcome to my channel. Highboy
@@76Highboy Not at all...what I am saying is that Dies should be rock solid in the press and not flex/move. If you have great luck with the Forester more power to you!
@Joel geiser I don't own a Forster. My point is that the Forester operates with a floating die and is highly accurate. So, saying that Lee is not accurate due to the floating die is not really correct. I have been reloading with Lee dies for decades, and their dies are consistently accurate. As far as their design on all of their equipment, everything I have ever used works great. People run Lee down, much like yourself, but the fact is I highly doubt that other companies could have as good of a product as Lee if they had to match the Lee price point. My hats off the Lee. Highboy
Oh.....and use a small amount of anti-seize compound on both the die and the breech-lock bushing threads. You have dissimilar metals as well as really thin/delicate threads on the bushing. Should have been steel bushing and steel press head, not cast BS. STOP CHEAPING-OUT LEE!!! Its made in China, you can still produce it that way and make a profit, we'll pay a little more. And WTF with the base of the press??? The mounting is not conducive to the full support of the press with regards to the plane/forces imparted by the stroke of the ram/handle assembly. Have you guys watched all the videos out there? Watch closely........every single video I see shows the press moving on its mount when at the bottom of stroke. Flexing never adds to accuracy. I paid $80 for my inline fabrication mount, what a joke! The press hangs-out over the mounting plate so far that the sheet-steel plate it mounts to does not offer enough strength to keep the assembly from flexing. Why did Lee make the base/footprint of the mount so freaking small and wonky? Cast aluminum, more holes in it than Swiss-Cheese, odd mounting footprint, no linear bearing between the ram and the base metal, no grease-zurks anywhere.... Disposable POS
I use the breechlock with the screw for some things, but I don't have any issue with the rubber o-rings. Lee has incorporated the o-ring for decades, and I have never had issues with them. In fact, I have run my Lee ammo on my Ransom handgun rest, and their ammo is petty consistent and accurate. Highboy
@@76Highboy Thats good to hear, looking forward to trying again with LEE. I lost my mind with my Loadmaster and finally took it off the bench. I couldn't keep it running, and when I did some rounds and come back to it the next day. it wouldn't run. I nicknamed it the "crunch-bang"
Thanks for the info on chasing the length. I had that problem when I started.
When I started reloading a few years back, I spent a lot of time chasing the length and was getting frustrated with the process. Pretty much over that now. I like your advice to load 20 or so and get an average. As for powder check die, I went with the double alpha powder check and then the Mr mini bullet feeder, both of which I think work very well to finish off the setup process.
Thanks Highboy
Hey bud, it's good to see you. Highboy
I use a previously loaded cartridge to get seating close.
Can you mount the press lever/handle for left hand use?
Yes. Highboy
High boy when you initially put the die into the press with the lock bushing how do I seat the die body before I turn my seating adjustment knob do I wanna touch the casing or the shell plate or.... I'm using the 223 kit for this opress
What do your instructions say?
@@76Highboy nothing except using position 5-6 for I I want to crimp and size in 1 go nothing about how far to screw it down oddly I'm seeing if I missed somthing
Did you adjust the bullet seating die body to remove any of the belling of the case mouth??
Put in position 4.
Did you see that die assembly move when he got to the top of the stroke???!!! WOW, that's no way to expect any accurate repeatability. HEADS-UP: Ditch the new Lee bushings with the rubber O-Ring and use the split bushing with the Allen-Head screw!!! That will lock the die to the busing regardless of the slop in the threads. I really wish LEE would STOP TRYING TO MAKE CRAP SO CHEAP AND DO THE RITE THING!!! I don't care about the extra $.50. STOP CHEAPING-OUT LEE!!!! Most of us are ok with paying a little extra for the quality, its still way cheaper than team green/blue or....the other RED press that starts with a "H"
Forester dies adjust with movement. Does that mean they don't have accurate repeatability? So far, everything I have shot off this press is plenty accurate. Welcome to my channel. Highboy
@@76Highboy Not at all...what I am saying is that Dies should be rock solid in the press and not flex/move. If you have great luck with the Forester more power to you!
@Joel geiser I don't own a Forster. My point is that the Forester operates with a floating die and is highly accurate. So, saying that Lee is not accurate due to the floating die is not really correct. I have been reloading with Lee dies for decades, and their dies are consistently accurate. As far as their design on all of their equipment, everything I have ever used works great. People run Lee down, much like yourself, but the fact is I highly doubt that other companies could have as good of a product as Lee if they had to match the Lee price point. My hats off the Lee. Highboy
@@76Highboyo Thankyou so much !!
Also you can't lock the bullet seater so it's going to move during rotation.I changed that die with a rcbs.
Oh.....and use a small amount of anti-seize compound on both the die and the breech-lock bushing threads. You have dissimilar metals as well as really thin/delicate threads on the bushing. Should have been steel bushing and steel press head, not cast BS.
STOP CHEAPING-OUT LEE!!! Its made in China, you can still produce it that way and make a profit, we'll pay a little more.
And WTF with the base of the press??? The mounting is not conducive to the full support of the press with regards to the plane/forces imparted by the stroke of the ram/handle assembly. Have you guys watched all the videos out there? Watch closely........every single video I see shows the press moving on its mount when at the bottom of stroke. Flexing never adds to accuracy. I paid $80 for my inline fabrication mount, what a joke! The press hangs-out over the mounting plate so far that the sheet-steel plate it mounts to does not offer enough strength to keep the assembly from flexing.
Why did Lee make the base/footprint of the mount so freaking small and wonky? Cast aluminum, more holes in it than Swiss-Cheese, odd mounting footprint, no linear bearing between the ram and the base metal, no grease-zurks anywhere....
Disposable POS
I use the breechlock with the screw for some things, but I don't have any issue with the rubber o-rings. Lee has incorporated the o-ring for decades, and I have never had issues with them. In fact, I have run my Lee ammo on my Ransom handgun rest, and their ammo is petty consistent and accurate. Highboy
@@76Highboy Thats good to hear, looking forward to trying again with LEE. I lost my mind with my Loadmaster and finally took it off the bench. I couldn't keep it running, and when I did some rounds and come back to it the next day. it wouldn't run. I nicknamed it the "crunch-bang"
@@joelgeiser675apparently didn't read the instructions to use 30W motor oil to lube the ram and swivel piints.