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Can we turn this into a 'Guns i've fired in real life'? Then us Eurofags can join in more.

Lol, some of the replies are priceless.

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Lee reloading dies, by the looks of it.

Might I suggest some Redding or RCBS reloading equipment?
(In about that order of preference)

Redding seating dies, with the bullet guide sleeve, are particularly useful for long rifle bullets (210-240 gr .308, as an example).

Personally, I've never had good experiences with Lee equipment.
Cheaply made, poorly engineered, and priced like it's a much better piece of gear than it is.
And Richard Lee seems like he's borderline paranoid, and definitely has an off view of his industry and competition.

But, if it works for you and you're just plum happy with it, carry on and nevermind me.

=NHB=Shadow wrote:

I would like to see dual model 1887's
in action
in real life
from someone on
this forum
and reload it in a X formation

find a place that is still importing the damn things and i'll buy one

west-phoenix-az wrote:

rdx,
What's your setup?
Got some pics?
I'm going to use the Lee 4-hole turret. I know a few guys who run Lee products without issue so I decided to go that route since I'm going with a cheaper setup.

Will try to get some pics tomorrow morning.

4' x 2.5' table, reinforced with a 3/4" layer of oak veneer plywood on top. 
Right edge has mounted on it; a RCBS single station press, primer feeder, RCBS powder meter w/ micrometer adjustment addon.
Front edge is open, with a "misc junk" tray to the left, as you're sitting there, and an armature "drafting" light for detail work
Back edge has a RCBS case trimmer (manually turned) mounted to it.
Underneath the desk are bins with ziplock bags of sorted brass. (By caliber, by manufacturer/lot, by which weapon last fired in, cleaned/unclean)

2'x5' (?) Cabinet behind the desk has a desktop surface on it, about the same level as the desk.
Can turn around in the chair at the desk, and work off the cabinet surface.
Surface has the RCBS 10-5-5 (?) scale, stacks of die boxes for various calibers, boxes of primers, boxes of bullets (the unloaded bullets)
Drawers hold holsters, and misc tools.
Under cabinet are boxes of loaded ammo (factory or reloads - shotgun, rifle, pistol, rimfire - sorted by type and caliber)

2.5' x2'(?) Roll-top desk to the right has various drawers. 
Mostly scope mounts, scope covers, batteries, mounting bolts, sling mounts and parts, calipers, micrometers, sighting lasers, etc, etc.

Banister behind the desk and cabinet has various reloading manuals, canisters of powder, and a few bins of ammo.  Mostly "current testing" or "misc pistol" or "meh. burn it up plinking".

Edit: for the Euros that might get the wrong impression.  This all goes to feed 6 bolt-action rifles, 4 shotguns, a handful of pistols, and exactly one semi-automatic AR-15 configured to shoot National Match (President's Hundred Match specifically).
Setup is shared between two guys, one with 25 years shooting experience, the other with 48 years shooting experience.
No .50 cals, no machine guns, no grenade launchers, no "crazy American" shit.

Last edited by rdx-fx (2010-08-07 21:12:59)

Dillon FTW

Dillon Precision is not too far from my home. I'd like some of their equipment, but it gets expensive. One day I'll probably pick up a Dillon unit. Having them locally is nice for quickly picking up additional accessories or swapping out a warranty item. I've heard great things about their customer service, mostly from walk-ins.

The Dillon's are living!

The clip doesn't show you his plane or helicopter

Last edited by west-phoenix-az (2010-08-08 10:28:36)

nice setups.  Eventually I'll get into reloading.  I've got a feeling I'm gonna spend way too much time at the bench.

west-phoenix-az wrote:

9mm, 45acp and 223

rdx,
What's your setup?
Got some pics?
I'm going to use the Lee 4-hole turret. I know a few guys who run Lee products without issue so I decided to go that route since I'm going with a cheaper setup.

Don't even think about anything more complex than the turret press from Lee, I've never heard a good word about the 1000 etc.
You need to operate the turret fairly slowly, or the little plastic hexagon thing which rotates the turret gets mashed quickly, it'll wear out anyway.
I reckon my Dillon paid for itself in one afternoon, I'd buy that, or Hornadys are supposed to be good if not better.

the only quad  i saw in there was a .50?


and who cares really, those things are so insanely expensive it's not even worth thinking about lol... let alone trying to get the ammo to feed one

I've owned a Lee Challenger single stage - loaded tens of thousands of rounds on it.
Borrowed a Lee Turret - until the hex thing wore out which was very quickly and a PITA in the middle of a batch.

If you get one don't bother with the standard powder measure, get the deluxe. The screws which hold it together go into brass inserts which is better than self-tappers into plastic.... you need to undo these every time you change the charge. The deluxe is actually a pretty good measure, with a neoprene wiper.

I've talked to mutliple people who have had Lee 1000s and have either returned them or sold/given them away - there are just too many adjustments to make and the quality too low for it to be reliable without constant 'fine-tuning'.

Dillons aren't perfect, spent primers can get lodged in awkward places which brings the thing crashing to a halt, but I'm pretty happy with mine.

Lee are actually smarter with their dies in some respects, the pistol dies have aluminium nose punched so in theory if something detonated it should blow upwards. Dillon are all-steel.

Primer tubes are scary, the Lee system may well be better (need to convert to fit my Dillon...)