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Originally Posted by cold1
I gotta ask why?
I used Lee for years, 45, 30 carbine, 270, 25-06, 30-06, 45-70, 45 LC, 44Mag, 45 auto rim. I reloaded all those with Lee presses and Dies, never had an issue. No I was not reloading for competition or quantities, I was doing it for plinking and hunting ammo. I still turned out a better round than factory ammo.
I dont think you can beat them for cost vs quality for single stages and dies.
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I ascertained that from reading around and talking to people, I never said they will make bad bullets, but they (the presses and dies) are the lower end from everything I have heard. Buying a Hornady press and getting the value of the press in free bullets means I don't have to look for the lowest price, my press was basically free. The last thing I can afford to do right now is decide to be the judge of a press a lot of people dislike, so I bypassed Lee when I upgraded to progressive. I test gear, not reloading equipment.
If the Hornady deal (which ends Jan 1) wasn't there I probably would have bought the progressive that goes right on top of my RCBS Rock Chucker, can't recall the name right now.
I've never heard of a brand that produces a bad product, but some are on the low end and some are on the high end, the end product seems to be about the same across the board. I have heard bitching about using Lee's but it's usually from someone who switched, and found out the grass was greener on the other side. IIRC Lee does make the hand held loaders used in SOTIC that cost like $15, that was a great little kit for making single bullets, but I wouldn't use it for mass production.