Lee Pro 1000 progressive press
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- This is not so much a review but a demonstration of how the Lee Pro 1000 press works and its progressive nature.
Hope this would help with those that are beginning reloading and possibly answer some questions of what each station on the progressive press preforms.
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Accidentally sat a pound of powder down within reach of a heat source once, I seen a bright light , the loudest blast ive ever heard and was thrown to the floor. I lost hearing for a few days, 1st and 2nd degree burns on arm, neck and ear. My eye pro had burn marks on the lense, I have been handloading for years and became careless. I thanked God for sparing me, I am scarred on my right forearm and have some nerve damage. Don't ever get too comfortable or complacent while doing this stuff. The pain I felt from my right arm being on fire, I will never forget.
One of the best reload vids I've seen
This was actually my first press also, and I found it to be fantastic.
A single stage press is great if you are reloading accurate rifle rounds and will also help with the stages and explanation of what each stage does, but if you plan on reloading pistol rounds this Lee pro 1000 is an excellent and cheap option
Thanks for the demonstration on the press. I was wondering how it looked in operation, and now I know.
I like all of your vids. No BS at all, you just give a good honest opinion of the product. Keep up the good work.
You could put a hose-clamp on the leg near to the primer-tray, and clamp down something for the primer-through/feed to bump into, then you don't have to tap it.
Nice video, tho, for them who consider the Pro 1000.
just got one for Christmas. aside from the actual setting up, just seeing function helps a lot.
No problems with my pro 1000..just cleaning from time to time..several 1000 of rounds n no issues...thanx for the video 👍
The sounds it makes is methodical and soothing to my soul. Bought one today for $100
Where
In South Africa
is it easy to own a hand gun in SA ?
Do you need a licence ?
@@_gidz_777 Hey fellow safa. Are you still using the it? Thoughts after 2 years?
Moe Goe hi, yes, still using the same one after 2 yeats and i love it. Works well and have developed an understanding for it.
As a first press I highly recommend it mate, the way I see it is the more I can save on setting up reloading the more I can spend on reloading which equates to the more shooting and range time I can get which then equates to the more practice I can do and thus become better at the disciple of shooting. Currently I have 2 pro1000 presses and a single stage press which are all Lee products. Fantastic for the price. There are some things I replace like the scales etc, but other than that happy days
Thanks for the vid. I'm looking into getting one of these, and seeing it run was very helpful.
Iam gettingthe Lee Pro 1000 in 9mm Luger & your video is helping me learn how to use the Pro 1000 before i get it in Thanks & keep the good vids a coming
Because this was more a demonstration of the press I only put a small amount of powder into the hopper, its actually hard to see but its about an inch deep.
Also as a general rule of thumb I rather put in small amounts and monitor the levels and top up where needed just incase something was to happen that ignited the powder.
The 100 MTM boxes (both rifle and pistol) make for great storage and also instant recognition of how many rounds you have in storage. I currently have 10x100 round 9mm boxes and try to keep them stocked up for range visits. My .308 boxes are great also now just looking around for some .223 boxes that are more than just 50 rounds.
Thanks mate :)
Really efficient for the price great vid
Always keep your powder hopper around 3/4 full. Volumetric powder feeders can vary charges by a few tenths of a grain depending on the weight of powder in the hopper.
Great review. This review helped me to know what to expect from the press both good and bad. I was looking for an inexpensive press to press reloads for matches and I've found it.
Thanks for the video just got one of these presses today
Loved this video. My lee 1000 is on it's way in .44 mag. I have loaded for 35 years with a Lyman orange crusher. Onve I get the 44 humming I intend to order a lee classic turret to 7.62 by 39 7:08 and sundry other rifle calibers. Like I said. Thanks a whack for taking the time to post this. I am hungry for information.
Cheers.
Thank you for taking the time to produce a great reloading video. I really like it.
I don't usually load that many rounds but when I do I usually use gun powder
I use smokeless powder. NOT INTERCHANGEABLE!
LMAO. I was thinking the same thing as I watched.
same here lol, damn :)
Good video, I run a standard 4 hole turret, and a single stage myself. I'd like to try running a progressive sometime, but I don't reload more than 100 rounds at a time, and I reload more rifle than I do handgun. Reloading 35 Remington, 30-30 Winchester, 30-06 Springfield, 6.5 Creedmoor, 45acp, 38 spl, and 357mag.
Thanks heaps Champion, great video!!! I am a complete newbie in the reloading game, and this helped me heaps. Thanks again and Happy shooting mate.
Thanks for the video. I was wondering why your press was moving around so much
Thanks you made up my mind on a loader to buy. Great vid.
I use ADI because it is an Australian made powder for the Australian Defence forces. Also I know it will always be available and constant in its profiling and quality. If you are in the states I know there are soooooo many to choose from, I wouldn't know where to start.
I feel strangely satisfied watching this.
Gonna be a new re-loader this video has helped.
Thanks for sharing it was an informative video im looking into reloading myself
when using these Lee dies you are not required to lube up any straight length brass. Meaning the majority of pistol rounds that do not have a neck (with exception to .357 sig that has a small neck at the top of the round) can go though the Lee pro 1000 without being lubed up.
If you were to press any rifle rounds that has a neck up near where the projectile is seated then you would need to lube up each round before placing into the dies :)
Which makes this press a nice and fast working one
Awesome video. I'm new to RLing, so this has been really informative, and I will now buy this RLer. Cheers
I wondered if I was the only one to notice that his powder meter looked empty toward the end. I swear it looked like you made a bunch too so be careful.
yes I noticed that and was wondering if it was on purpose or what because he mentioned keeping an aye of primers supply and powder level steady????? The Powder hopper sure looked empty the whole time????? Major bullet pulling time I guess?
Ryan ROCKN'ROLLA i think the powder he's using is white so it looks like its empty
When the measure goes up you can see the powder level is above the funnel, but in my experience it’s way cheaper to skip the powder and only shoot squibs
Think I'll get one of these. Great video!
1k rounds per hour with a Pro 1000? You are a better man than I - I've never been able to knock out more than 250-300 per hour with my Pro 1000. To get 250-300 an hour, the sun, moon and stars have to be in perfect alignment! The time necessary to reload the case feeder tubes, the primer tray and the powder hopper to support those 1000 rounds makes an hour elapsed time hard to believe.
I don't think that the press can maintain its settings for long enough to knock out 1000 rounds. The Pro 1000 press is a fiddly machine, best suited to use by those who enjoy tinkering.
did you have enough powder in the powder hopper? It looks like it is empty...
yuup i thinks so to no powder in any of them
i hope , he notice befor he went to the range
If you look closely, you can see the powder in there.
Always keep your powder hopper around 3/4 full. Volumetric powder feeders can vary charges by a few tenths of a grain depending on the weight of powder in the hopper.
bend the shaker pin on the primer tray and it will bounce as it slides past the shaker rails on the rear post.
hi, It's important to keep it filled at least more than half everytime as powder weight helps keeping constant loads from cartridge to cartridge
I ordered that rig for 357 magnum and it should be coming Tuesday. Got it for $200 on MidwayUSA.
I think it's time to think about upgrading from a single stage press to one of these. 9mm and 45acp is the bulk of what I reload
Your welcome. And yet another good video from Nothing But Pink Mist. Keep em coming.
Faster than my single stage. I should probably look into this.
Dillon make great products thats for sure, real quality in a Dillon press. However you are also paying for that quality (in most cases double).
I thought I'd try the Lee press as a cheap alternative and it seems to work fine for me.
After all anything that allows me to shoot for less and gain more range time is always a plus as I see it
YEP!!! Gotta tap that primer reservoir every so often...
Just bought the lee classic hand press still haven’t used it. Thinking of selling that and getting this now😂
for those of you who have not used AP70N, it is a light grey powder... tough to see in the lee hopper but there all the same
I've used one like this and found it to work great :-)
Thank you!! Very informative!!
you can load any type of caliber in this press as long as you have the die set right
Nice video!
Good day, I'm interested in purchasing one like this! If you were break it down, how much would a box of 50 rounds cost to press yourself?
The final cost will be affected by what brand/type of components you use..... bullets, powder, primers, brass. For my plinking range rounds, I use 115gr polymer coated bullets which when buying in bulk comes out to about 6.5 cents per bullet, I use TiteGroup powder at about $20/pound (7000 gr) and at 4.2 gr of powder each round is about 1.2 cents, the primers I use is 2.1 cents each, and brass I get free from range pick up. So each round cost me 6.5+1.2+2.1= 9.8 cents..... so a box of 50 = $4.90. Keep in mind that EVERY gun shoots differently depending on the ammo used. One of the good things about reloading is that once you find a load that YOUR gun likes, you can replicate that versus buying factory ammo which can vary from batch to batch.
I am waiting on my LEE Pro 1000 9mm Kit to arrive I ordered it & 1,000 bullets & a Case Collator on 03/05/2013 & i am still waiting . Reloading stuff is baced up very bad right now here & i will just have to wait it out
nice video , I was thinking of getting a dillon square deal. But I may look into this press now.
MMM... I can't see any powder in the hopper either.... LOL.
I load rifle ammo on a Lee turret press (not progressive), and it handles it very well. Not quite as "built like a brick outhouse" as the CH I used to have (sold it... long story!), but the Lee is half the money. It works faultlessly for rifle and pistol ammo, and with a few spare turret heads (they're very inexpensive) changing calibres takes all of 10 seconds!... I have had a lot of Lee gear (presses, dies, and gadgets) over the years and it has always worked perfectly for me, and the prices are very low. Haven't tried their measure or scale (I have a Lyman scale, and used to have a CH measure which was infallible). I am broke these days so am making myself a powder measure... a lot of work, but my time is free!
Lee stuff is good... haven't managed to wear any out yet! (I am 71)....
Cheers mate 🍻
Good easy to watch video thanks
Had one sold it shortly after buying it, save up for the Dillon progressives, I upgraded my Lee to the Dillon XL650 a FAR SUPERIOR reloading machine than the Lee, the Lee was was too tempermental for me to stay with; and I'm a seasoned shooter & reloader and really had high hopes for the Lee that just did not transpire at the end of the day.
Did you say 1000 rounds in 60 minutes? I started timing your reloads from one handle pull to the next, and saw an average of one every 10 seconds. That is 6 per minute x 60 minutes, is only 360 an hour. Am I missing something?
He's not really churning rounds out. He's stopping to point at things and talking to the camera. About a minute before he said that he also said "I'm going a bit slower". So there's that.
I don't really believe a Lee is giving him that much though.
I noticed that you did not periodically check the weight of the powder being dispensed. The few reloading videos that I have watched said this was important to do, but to choose your own check point, 5 rounds, 10 rounds, or 20 rounds. Do you have a recommendation regarding this?
great vid. After using it for a while, would you still recommend it as a good started package?
Starter package? I've got two Lee Pro 1000s. One of them is 28 years old and still going strong. I don't know why people think Lee Reloading presses are inferior.
Great review an awesome t-shirt
Ugh bullet pulling time for me too. Just realized that 30 rounds don't have primers.
unless you have red powder your running on empty. Better check those loads
Christopher O I was wondering the same thing
There is no powder.....
Yo he really loaded all those without powder....wtf
@@survivingchicago5797 Scroll further into the comments. I came to say the same thing until I saw what he had to say.
lol
sweet video man, many thanks. I think I'll get this one instead of the Classic.
Couldn't you add a small spring to one of the black support posts to "flick" the primer tray on the up and down stroke?
Crimpping is really only neseccery if you are using your reloads in AR's or semi auto rifles (which we are not allowed here in Australia), so setback in a bolt action is something that never happens. If I was to shoot in a military semi auto then crimpping would be something I'd need to look at doing :)
It's not empty, It's just not filled to the top because you don't need that much powder in there unless you're going to reload 1000+ rounds.
Look closely and you'll see powder at the bottom.
Cool thanks for the review. I am questioning the 1000 rounds an hour though, people usually say 200-300 but you could be a ninja for all I know.
At the rate he was going in the video he could have made about 600, and he even said that he usually goes faster than he was going at the time. So I could see him putting about 1000 together in an hour.
Yeah, all I care is that it's better than my 50 or so per hour I do with my single stage :)
blogobre When you get them running right they can fly, as fast as you can put bullets on is how fast they go
With my experience of a Lee Loadmaster behind me, I had it going about 800, so I suppose after a few hours to set it up right, having all of your gear in place, sure you can pump out 800 or so an hour.
I love the Lee pro1000, I've reloaded probably close to 5,000 rounds on it and the only thing to fail (apart from that chain that dispenses the powder in station 2) is the de capping pin in station 1. However that was more due to user fault than product fault and to get a new de capping pin only cost about $10 (less in the states).
I like it so much I recently purchased the same progressive press in .223 caliber. I'll do a quick review on that too soon :)
Do you have to trim the cases by hand? Or is that done in the press?
Doesn't look like there is any powder in the powder measure?
not wrong mate.
They all started in america and can be found on almost any custom T-shirt websites.
Still I like the message and will get one myself ;)
Hello from Vancouver Canada. Thanks for the video. I just ordered this press and am looking forward to setting it up. Question though.... I shoot 6.5 * 55 as well . Any reason i couldn't reload that caliber on this press after case trimming and setting up the 6.5 dies?
Great video ... thanks
Can u load rifle ammo?
nice video man !
I have one like this for a 223. Have problems with the primer feeder feeding consistently any ideas to fix it?
How is this one for larger rifle calibre? As .308 or 7mm Magnum? Will the brass tube cater these larger brass cases?
I see you are using AP70N with 124grain lead bullets, what grain powder charge do you use? Cheers, Hamish for NZ
Great review mate, well explained 5/5
I bought the .44 kit with intent of using the bullets on a winchester 1892. Should work right? Sorry if it sounds like a dumb question.
I need to buy this when i get my hunters license to start loading my own 44 mags.
I never crimp any pistol ammo, or rifle loads either for that matter. There is no need to crimp, also crimpping your loads shortens your case life and reduces accuracy also.
Good video mate.
How well does the Pro Auto-Disk powder measure go with AP70N? I assume good as you're using it for 9mm? I want a progressive for 9mm too, but I want to ensure reliable charges.
very good thank you!
Hello do you still need to adjust the tool head? Or is factory set already for 9mm
Hi im carla larrys wife . Larry purchased me a new pistol a couple montha ago a Glock-19 Gen-4 i have decided to reload 9mm and i saw your video and should i pop out the old primer before i put the case in the hopper machine to clean the brass
Just bought one of these presses with dies factory set up for 9mm Luger. I am still working out how to put it together. With my kit I received 3 or 4 black disks for the powder loader marked A to D. Which one should I use for 9mm. I am loading similar grain bullet to you.
Also with your brass do you de-prime before you tumble or after.
Thanks heaps. (Love the T shirt)
Mike Tin Can Bay QLD
Depending on the powder you use and how much dictates which powder slot to use. Always weigh a few first to make sure you are getting the correct amount of powder before cranking out rounds. Most people who use dry tumble media leave the old primer in and de-prime after tumbling so that the media doesn't get stuck in the flash hole.
Great video. Thanks.
Think I,ll get one
I'm buying this 200 dollars can't beat it
i don't think there was any powder in it at all
I was thinking the same. I've been using Dillon's for 40 years. Take a look at the linkage on these things and then look at Dillon. Lee is junk.
Comparing Apples to Oranges, for what you pay for a Dillon I would hope that its better quality. I have 3 Lee Presses and they all work fine for my purposes with no issues, loaded thousands of rounds with them.
Im a new reloader would you recommend this or a lee turret press? Progressive seems like a lot going on at once, but with the turret it seems like its decently fast and also less going on.
What ya think?
I like mine but for .40 the ejector sucks, on the ejector their is a tiny bit of shitty metal to hold the ejector and it broke on me, it would not eject so I had to modify it. in the instructions it says to put the ejector on the other side of the screw but their is no slot to hold the ejector pin winch makes the pin fall out that really sucks
love the channel name.
Good review. I just got mine. 1000 press 9mm. Not sure how set the disk for power dispenser and how much for 115gr full metal jacket. Please help
This us a question, not a critique ok, but where's your powder? The hopper looks empty as your loading, why I'm asking..
There are so many different variations of this shirt... all you need to do is a quick search on ebay.
I rather liked the one I got, but after all as long as the message gets out then its all good ;)
How do u figure out where to set the dye? Can this leader also load different size pistol rounds?
I’d be curios to know if you still reload and if so have you moved on from that press. I only say that because I owned one of those.