I do not have any hands-on experience with Lee but there really are not any "bad" reloading presses between the Lee, Hornady, or RCBS in that category.
Just Relo@ding
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Hopefully just scored 200 pieces of Starline 6.5 Grendel brass from MidSouth Shooter Supply. Will see if they ship it in the next few days.
CowboyTaco
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Picked up the absurdly priced primers from local shop. Have ~500 9mm cases ready for powder and projectile. Just need to setup the bench and start pressing away.
For how little I reload, the single stage is fine; but I'm sure I'm going to be wishing I had the progressive press when I start getting it going again.
For how little I reload, the single stage is fine; but I'm sure I'm going to be wishing I had the progressive press when I start getting it going again.
I found a box of 1k 9mm cases primed and ready. I need to load them soon.
Score! MidSouth just shipped the two hundred pieces of Grendel brass.
Some more precious metal investments arrived. These were even $5 off each box which made the buy that much nicer. I was happy just to find them in stock for more than a few hours.
Added an upgrade to the reloading / maintenance equipment since I have a few more suppressors on the way. The rotary tumbler with stainless pins does a nice job on brass but is a bit more work than a vibratory tumbler.
And then the dehydrator got some use.
And then the dehydrator got some use.
Going to be some good snow days for 6.5CM reloading and rebuilding my 300BlkOut upper with an adjustable gas block.
A month ago (roughly) I went to do some reloading and could not find my calipers to confirm case trim lengths. Of course I got annoyed and stopped.
Recent conversations with @tex about reloading gear got me to thinking about that issue. So I applied the patent-pending @Silverback Solution! Now I have my original one, plus a other nice metal one, plus 3 decent abs calipers.
Recent conversations with @tex about reloading gear got me to thinking about that issue. So I applied the patent-pending @Silverback Solution! Now I have my original one, plus a other nice metal one, plus 3 decent abs calipers.
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Hey you should know. One is none and two is one. And 5 is 3.25
I had two and could not find either of them.
Buy a Mitutoyo caliper and I bet you won't misplace that one.
I have learned the hard way to never underestimate the bad stuff I will do to myself.
But the most important part is to buy a high quality feeler gauge set and test the calipers on them. You'd be surprised how far off they can get across the jaws. Even had issues with Mitutoyos before being a .0001 out of spec.
When I worked at that turbine shop, we had precision grinders (specialty trained guys who take a .0001 off material at a time) that would have to certify new calipers and measuring equipment.
When I worked at that turbine shop, we had precision grinders (specialty trained guys who take a .0001 off material at a time) that would have to certify new calipers and measuring equipment.
I would love to say my reloading is that exact but it is not.