Thanks very much. I hear you; one of the main reasons I made this channel was I was sick and tired of 20 minute videos where someone talks at the camera in a blurry, poorly-lit room without showing you anything.
Ordered one from Midway yesterday. I've been using the LEE hand press for a few years now. Been thinking about stepping up. I didn't want to go the single stage route right now, partly because of already having the hand press. And if I'm going to take up the limited space I have, I wanted something a little more productive. I shoot mostly 357 and 38. But, I'd like to do some 303 British in the future. The Classic Turret press has been highly recommended to me by several sources. So, I'm really looking forward to working with it.
i have a Dillon Square Deal B and the advantage is .. more speed for reloading and the fact that Dillon Precision does have lifetime warranty... so , when you experience some trouble there's the chance to have some item free of charge from Dillon. I had in the past the Lee 4-Hole Classic Turret Press (with the indexing trouble mentioned by some guys in the comment section) and i am thinking if it will worth buying it again and sell the Dillon. I love the fact that with the Lee 4-Hole Classic Turret Press you can run a batch to decapsulate all the spent case you want ... then in a second moment you can use a manual primer in order to put new primer on the decapsulated case you did earlier ... then when you have time you can simply finish the reloading procedure simply skipping the first two operation on the Lee 4-Hole Classic Turret Press itself ..
Awesome demo. At what point would you trim the brass if needed? Am I right in thinking you would just resize and deprime all the casings via single stage, trim your brass, THEN come back and finish the final three stages on the final product?
It depends; there's several orders you could follow including the one you mentioned. Most people only trim brass every few reloadings (sometimes just once). For me, when I get 'new' used brass, I tumble it, deprime it, size it and then trim. Every time after I just follow the standard reloading process. Keep on mind, the largest rifle cartridge I load is 308; so it doesn't stretch too-too bad. If you're loading more powerful cartridges you'll want to trim more often.
I bought a RCBS powder checker die and love it. I still randomly dump powder and weigh it, but my Lee Auto Drum is pretty good. I'd say at the most each charge variable no more than 3/10 of a grain loading .223.
Thanks for the video. Does this allow me to lower a die somewhat past the shell holder when both surfaces first touch? I need a bushing die + press capable of shoulder-bumping 6.5 Grendel cases which I'm not able to with a Hornady LnL Progressive press.
Unfortunately I'm not personally familiar with that caliber, so I can't really confirm. I can say you are able to have the bottom of the dies flush with the top of the shell holder when empty. With a rimmed case though there's always going to be a little bit vertically you can't size.
I love my Dillon's but if I could only have one press for the rest of my life, this would be it. It does everything at a respectable pace and without hours of configuration or fine tuning. Lee really hit it out of the park with this unit.
The classic turret press has removable turret heads. If say you had 3 turret heads and you wanted to reload 3 different calibers, then each turret would be set up with the dies for each caliber. There quickly changed over just by simply lifting out the turret head and replacing it with another. Now you would be ready to reload for the dies set up in that turret.
Ha ha, well, it looks more aggressive than it is. These cast bullets have a special crimping groove/band molded into them that the case is then forced into. It's not actually cutting into the bullet itself at all.
That's a great question. You can see it very well in the video, but drop down through the bottom. Ordinarily there's a rubber hose/tube connected to the output, however I just have a big plastic bin under mine which doesn't translate well to film I'm afraid.
So I’m looking into getting re-loading .223 rounds. This machine looks like it I’ll do everything I wanted to do but, How does one remove the used primer in the cartridge? Thank you
This looks like what I will be needing to reload my 9mm Glocks. The reason I don't shot much is....well the price of ammo. I wonder how much I could save by reloading using a press like this.
9mm is 'cheaper' than a lot of calibers, but you'll still save a decent percentage. I have a video on saving money on reloading if you want to see some examples.
If you're still at it, you should invest in lead casting for 9mm. I do so and my cpr runs about 13 cents, with 10 of those cents being the primers themselves.
What’s not mentioned is the press has a common problem with the index not working properly, ratchet will spin around the shaft, it has to be set perfectly through trial and error and hopefully you don’t ruin your plastic index rod ratchet while your doing it. It’s a common problem with these. Yes I have one. Also having the powder measure on top of the press causes inaccurate charges. If you don’t agree then you are lying.
The one I have has a steel index rod with a square plastic piece at the top. The small plastic square at top may wear out after several thousand rounds causing index alignment issue. They are a buck a piece from Lee. My powder measure stays within .1g after I fill hopper and run it several times. Large grain powders may need a tap on the hopper each round for better fill accuracy. Great press overall!
Mine has a steel index rod as well. I check about every 7th round or so (ocd) for proper powder measure. No problems so far. That is with 3 different calibers.
@@Justapatriot02 yes the index rod is steel but the little square ratchet is plastic and will wear out or break. Buy a pack of 8 and you'll be glad you did. The Lee Powder Drum is very accurate once it is set up and work in a bit. I still check every tenth charge for safety and never had a variance of more than . 1 grain + or -.
This is the perfect video. Straight to the point. Now I know all it's functions and this is the kit I'm gonna get
Glad you found it useful.
Best turret press reloading video on the RUclips. Seeing it used I've watch 3 ofem thats just some guy talking and pointing at shit
Thanks very much. I hear you; one of the main reasons I made this channel was I was sick and tired of 20 minute videos where someone talks at the camera in a blurry, poorly-lit room without showing you anything.
@@TATVCanada Your videos are far and above what any other videos are. Keep up the great videos :)
Ordered one from Midway yesterday. I've been using the LEE hand press for a few years now. Been thinking about stepping up. I didn't want to go the single stage route right now, partly because of already having the hand press. And if I'm going to take up the limited space I have, I wanted something a little more productive. I shoot mostly 357 and 38. But, I'd like to do some 303 British in the future. The Classic Turret press has been highly recommended to me by several sources. So, I'm really looking forward to working with it.
You'll love it. I've owned mine for a decade at least; no regrets.
The Lee reloader, single stage makes a great deprimer press before case cleaning. Then use the turret press to do all the rest.
Great video and wonderful information. I plan on getting one of these presses this year.
Glad it was helpful!
Now if we can only get primers and powder back on the shelves
Amen...
i have a Dillon Square Deal B and the advantage is .. more speed for reloading and the fact that Dillon Precision does have lifetime warranty... so , when you experience some trouble there's the chance to have some item free of charge from Dillon. I had in the past the Lee 4-Hole Classic Turret Press (with the indexing trouble mentioned by some guys in the comment section) and i am thinking if it will worth buying it again and sell the Dillon. I love the fact that with the Lee 4-Hole Classic Turret Press you can run a batch to decapsulate all the spent case you want ... then in a second moment you can use a manual primer in order to put new primer on the decapsulated case you did earlier ... then when you have time you can simply finish the reloading procedure simply skipping the first two operation on the Lee 4-Hole Classic Turret Press itself ..
Get both ;)
Dillons are for rich people.
Big rip off
Awesome demo. At what point would you trim the brass if needed? Am I right in thinking you would just resize and deprime all the casings via single stage, trim your brass, THEN come back and finish the final three stages on the final product?
It depends; there's several orders you could follow including the one you mentioned. Most people only trim brass every few reloadings (sometimes just once). For me, when I get 'new' used brass, I tumble it, deprime it, size it and then trim. Every time after I just follow the standard reloading process. Keep on mind, the largest rifle cartridge I load is 308; so it doesn't stretch too-too bad. If you're loading more powerful cartridges you'll want to trim more often.
@@TATVCanada awesome info! I’m a newbie and that really helped me clarify. Thanks again.
No problem mate; let me know if you have any other questions - Greg@tatvcanada.com
Deprime first, inspect/trim & clean. Then, do all the rest on the turret press.
So does the press measure each powder charge and load, or do you have to get a trickler and measure out the powder yourself?
It does if you mount a compatible powder measure on it, yes.
I bought a RCBS powder checker die and love it. I still randomly dump powder and weigh it, but my Lee Auto Drum is pretty good. I'd say at the most each charge variable no more than 3/10 of a grain loading .223.
Thanks for the video. Does this allow me to lower a die somewhat past the shell holder when both surfaces first touch? I need a bushing die + press capable of shoulder-bumping 6.5 Grendel cases which I'm not able to with a Hornady LnL Progressive press.
Unfortunately I'm not personally familiar with that caliber, so I can't really confirm. I can say you are able to have the bottom of the dies flush with the top of the shell holder when empty. With a rimmed case though there's always going to be a little bit vertically you can't size.
I have two and love them.
Best bang for your buck.
You can have five for the price of one dillon
I love my Dillon's but if I could only have one press for the rest of my life, this would be it. It does everything at a respectable pace and without hours of configuration or fine tuning. Lee really hit it out of the park with this unit.
Can you load multiple calibers? Sorry I’m just getting into reloading and know almost nothing.
Yes, this is an ideal choice for loading different calibers.
The classic turret press has removable turret heads. If say you had 3 turret heads and you wanted to reload 3 different calibers, then each turret would be set up with the dies for each caliber. There quickly changed over just by simply lifting out the turret head and replacing it with another. Now you would be ready to reload for the dies set up in that turret.
Does this not provide a method for trimming/chamfering/deburring?
Nope.
holy crimp batman...
Ha ha, well, it looks more aggressive than it is. These cast bullets have a special crimping groove/band molded into them that the case is then forced into. It's not actually cutting into the bullet itself at all.
That's a normal crimp to me
Where do the old primers go?
That's a great question. You can see it very well in the video, but drop down through the bottom. Ordinarily there's a rubber hose/tube connected to the output, however I just have a big plastic bin under mine which doesn't translate well to film I'm afraid.
So I’m looking into getting re-loading .223 rounds. This machine looks like it I’ll do everything I wanted to do but, How does one remove the used primer in the cartridge?
Thank you
It's demonstrated in the video.
It “pushes” the spent primer out in the first station.
This looks like what I will be needing to reload my 9mm Glocks. The reason I don't shot much is....well the price of ammo. I wonder how much I could save by reloading using a press like this.
9mm is 'cheaper' than a lot of calibers, but you'll still save a decent percentage. I have a video on saving money on reloading if you want to see some examples.
@@TATVCanada fast forward to 2020...
If you're still at it, you should invest in lead casting for 9mm. I do so and my cpr runs about 13 cents, with 10 of those cents being the primers themselves.
What’s not mentioned is the press has a common problem with the index not working properly, ratchet will spin around the shaft, it has to be set perfectly through trial and error and hopefully you don’t ruin your plastic index rod ratchet while your doing it. It’s a common problem with these. Yes I have one. Also having the powder measure on top of the press causes inaccurate charges. If you don’t agree then you are lying.
Never had that problem once; if you don't agree, maybe you just don't know how to set it up properly.
Burn!!!
The one I have has a steel index rod with a square plastic piece at the top. The small plastic square at top may wear out after several thousand rounds causing index alignment issue. They are a buck a piece from Lee. My powder measure stays within .1g after I fill hopper and run it several times. Large grain powders may need a tap on the hopper each round for better fill accuracy. Great press overall!
Mine has a steel index rod as well. I check about every 7th round or so (ocd) for proper powder measure. No problems so far. That is with 3 different calibers.
@@Justapatriot02 yes the index rod is steel but the little square ratchet is plastic and will wear out or break. Buy a pack of 8 and you'll be glad you did.
The Lee Powder Drum is very accurate once it is set up and work in a bit. I still check every tenth charge for safety and never had a variance of more than . 1 grain + or -.