Reloading Tightarse Bargain Thread

[Oldbloke]

I cant find the original bargains thread so start again.

Cleaver currently have these on special. Sound cheap to me.
Press $149
Powder thrower $39.
I can vouch the throwers are very consistant.

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[GQshayne]

That really is bargain basement for cost. In fact, it is so low I would be questioning its quality. Lee does have a good reputation though.

[Oldbloke]

I think i paid $45 for my thrower about 5 years ago. So, its a vety good price. NFI what postage will be.

Nothing wrong with Lee.

[bladeracer]

That really is bargain basement for cost. In fact, it is so low I would be questioning its quality. Lee does have a good reputation though.

The press does tend to break across the linkage if you work it really hard but is a very easy job to weld it up.
The powder thrower is excellent in my opinion.

Lee gear is so good I question the value of the other brands.

[Oldbloke]

That really is bargain basement for cost. In fact, it is so low I would be questioning its quality. Lee does have a good reputation though.

The press does tend to break across the linkage if you work it really hard but is a very easy job to weld it up.
The powder thrower is excellent in my opinion.

Lee gear is so good I question the value of the other brands.

Saw a youtube video once of a bloke FLS 308 on their cheap C press without lube. Lol Didnt break it!

Yes, fantastic value.

[Rabbithole]

This lee press is excellent value. The dies are setup to bump against the shell holder and it I can make very, very consistent reloads. My average deviation is no more than 0.0005. The trick is forget the index pin (pull it out.) and just tighten the dies hard against the mating flat on top. The problem people have with this is they don't bump the shell holder into the die (This includes the bullet seater.) Don't rely on the press caming action to seat your bullets, rely on the bump/stop of the shell holder into the die.

[Oldbloke]

Ozgunmart

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[wanneroo]

The best thing I find to do for saving money with reloading is signing up for all the emails from all the vendors, especially the big ones you can order from online. And pretty much I lay in wait for sales, deals and bulk sales to happen and then spring into action.

Lee I find is excellent, innovative, frustrating or cheap. It's very hit and miss. You take the Lee APP for instance. I have a few videos on it on my Youtube channel, one almost has 20K views. It's a great idea, a rapid fire semi automated single stage press. You can swage, decap, size, expand, etc thousands of pieces of brass about as fast as you can pull the handle. However they just went a little cheap on some of the parts, so sometimes it can be a little frustrating getting it going or dialed in.

[Larry]

I have done 1000s of rounds on the same press without any issues re wear on the press. The rounds were all very high spec tolerances for F class. There is no cam over on the Lee presses which I think is feature that can be done without. I am also a believer in push the shell holder to the die with a good slow and smooth force. The best accessory for the press is a set of Redding competition shell holders. These have different heights allowing more precise forming of your cases.

[Oldbloke]

$141 for press
$55 for RGB Dies
Case holder.
Powder funnel
Lee ram primer or simple copper punch. Lol
DIY scoops
DIY reloading block
Oil/lube coco nut oil stolen from pantry works


And your reloading.

Later:
Trimmer/cutter 90110 + Lee case length guage (Lee is very cheap)
Scales
DIY primer pocket cleaner
DIY trickler ore use an empty cartridge case.

[Lazarus]

$141 for press
$55 for RGB Dies
Case holder.
Powder funnel
Lee ram primer or simple copper punch. Lol
DIY scoops
DIY reloading block
Oil/lube coco nut oil stolen from pantry works


And your reloading.

Later:
Trimmer/cutter 90110 + Lee case length guage (Lee is very cheap)
Scales
DIY primer pocket cleaner
DIY trickler ore use an empty cartridge case.

I've been considering a thrower, been doing a lot of testing, and need something faster than hand (joke there somewhere).

Any issues, OB?

[Larry]

Dont think your going to get anything faster than the thrower. The really good accurate systems like say a trickler with A&D scales are much slower but weigh down to the kernel accurately.

[Oldbloke]

I have a Lee thrower. It was cheap IIRC about $45 a few years ago. Once its set and you get a rhythm, very accurate. IIRC about 0.2gr variation.
I check each load with scales and trickle up. But you don't really need to.

Need scales to check it of course.

[Lazarus]

Thanks Larry, OB

[Lazarus]

Well, that visit refreshed my memory of why I detest that vendor.
Bastard of a site, force you to register before they'll let you buy, and then wouldn't accept any of the 7 different user names I tried.

I went to fleabay, got it for $5 more.

Thanks for the unintended reminder though OB

[Oldbloke]

Well, that visit refreshed my memory of why I detest that vendor.
Bastard of a site, force you to register before they'll let you buy, and then wouldn't accept any of the 7 different user names I tried.

I went to fleabay, got it for $5 more.

Thanks for the unintended reminder though OB

$50 is a good buy these days.