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October 30, 2019
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Just bought a Lee Classic Turret Press this week , looking forward to getting it set up and starting another chapter of being a gun owner.
August 20, 2019
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steve g said
Just bought a Lee Classic Turret Press this week , looking forward to getting it set up and starting another chapter of being a gun owner.
That's my next chapter also and the same choice of press. Every time I save enough money to get set up I see a revolver I "need." I think I'm past that stage now, and have 10,000 pieces of brass waiting for me.
December 20, 2015
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Welcome to the hobby of rolling your own! I enjoy reloading as well as casting and contemplating getting into swaging. I've found that faster so far as bullet speed isn't always better. I had some of my most accurate loads with hollow base wad cutters in .38 cases. When ever I decide to get a new caliber I figure in the cost of dies, molds, and the rest of the accessories.
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February 22, 2009
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Careful, it's another addiction.....
Technically, the glass is always full; half liquid, half air....
August 8, 2016
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Welcome! It's very addicting as others have mentioned.
Bullets I use for my DW 715 and 744 are Zero jacketed bullets. The cheapest (very high quality though) jacketed bullets you'll find.
Prices include shipping - and I see you're from MA like me. They require copy of LTC to be emailed to them. They also ship free samples - info on homepage:
http://www.rozedist.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RZD&Category_Code=ZBJ-38S
14.5 gr of 2400 powder under a 158 gr Zero JSP/JHP will shoot 1.5-2 inch groups at 100 yards from a rest with my scoped 715 VH8.
October 30, 2019
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Andrew1220 said
Welcome! It's very addicting as others have mentioned.Bullets I use for my DW 715 and 744 are Zero jacketed bullets. The cheapest (very high quality though) jacketed bullets you'll find.
Prices include shipping - and I see you're from MA like me. They require copy of LTC to be emailed to them. They also ship free samples - info on homepage:
http://www.rozedist.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RZD&Category_Code=ZBJ-38S
14.5 gr of 2400 powder under a 158 gr Zero JSP/JHP will shoot 1.5-2 inch groups at 100 yards from a rest with my scoped 715 VH8.
Thanks for the link !
October 30, 2019
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rwsem said
Careful, it's another addiction.....
Nice set-up!
February 16, 2016
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steve g said
Just bought a Lee Classic Turret Press this week , looking forward to getting it set up and starting another chapter of being a gun owner.
That's the one I selected too and I am very pleased with it.
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February 22, 2009
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That was my first press. I used it for 20 years or so... Nylon bushing were the only thing that wore out. Good press that will last you quite a while
Technically, the glass is always full; half liquid, half air....
February 22, 2016
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Steve, I'm sure you will like your new Lee turret press. Wish I'd have bought mine a lot sooner. Just a little tip, buy a Lee crimp die for each caliber you load. Keep cranking the handle.
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October 30, 2019
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Just getting ready now to setting up the press and cranking out some loads.
February 16, 2016
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steve g said
Just getting ready now to setting up the press and cranking out some loads.
February 22, 2017
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That's awesome! I just bought the Lee Classic Deluxe Turret press kit myself and I'm getting my reloading bench setup. I purchased a riser from Inline Fabrication like the one in the picture posted by stinger. The main reason I bought it is for my Marlin rifles in 444 Marlin, 308 Marlin Express, & 32 Win Special, & 44 magnum, but after seeing the cost savings for .357, I picked up the Lee .38 special deluxe 4 die set which can also be used for .357 magnum. My dies should come in next week. I'm really looking forward to reloading.
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October 30, 2019
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Finally got the press all set up and dialed in , and made my first small test batch of bullets today. I made 20 rounds of 9mm , went out and shot them and everything went well. I'll now make a hundred using the same recipe and then if it all goes well again I'll just go crazy and make as many as I have bullets for ( I bought 500 bullets ).
My recipe was .........
CCI small primers
4 grains of H231
Jacketed 124gr flat nose bullets
OAL of 1.085
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February 22, 2009
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I normally use 700X or HP 38 but I don't have too many Winchester powders on the shelf. Now it's time to get a good chronograph so you can chart deviation. That will help you understand how consistent your reloading procedure is.
Technically, the glass is always full; half liquid, half air....
October 30, 2019
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I bought what was available at a local shop , if everyone would stop hoarding all the supplies we could all get our fair share.
August 8, 2016
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steve g said
I bought what was available at a local shop , if everyone would stop hoarding all the supplies we could all get our fair share.
Primers are the tough item to get in quantity - mainly small pistol. Seems like all of the online vendors like powdervalleyinc are limiting to 5k primers per person.
I snagged 24k Fiocchi small pistol primers (only $600 out the door) at Shooters Outpost in Hooksett, NH back in March/April (split with 2 other reloaders) and now I'm hearing they are limiting pistol primers to 2k per person.
But they have a good selection of powders. If you need powders also check out Al's gun and reel shop in Derry, NH. Also Glenn's Ammo in North Reading has A LOT of powders to select from but his prices are on the high end - but if there's a powder you want to try he'll most likely have it or can get it within a few days. He was the only place I could score Alliant Sport Pistol powder locally, last year.
October 30, 2019
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Good to know , thx for the info
August 20, 2019
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jertex said
That's awesome! I just bought the Lee Classic Deluxe Turret press kit myself and I'm getting my reloading bench setup. I purchased a riser from Inline Fabrication like the one in the picture posted by stinger. The main reason I bought it is for my Marlin rifles in 444 Marlin, 308 Marlin Express, & 32 Win Special, & 44 magnum, but after seeing the cost savings for .357, I picked up the Lee .38 special deluxe 4 die set which can also be used for .357 magnum. My dies should come in next week. I'm really looking forward to reloading.
I bought the same LEE set a month ago and am enjoying it. I shot my first reloads(38spl Xtreme 158 gr FP copper plated over 4 grains HP-38) last week. No problems. I found plenty of HP-38 and bullets but no primers. After a couple weeks searching with no luck I called a freind that had enough to sell me 3K SPP. I'll try .357s next as I've saved 10K 38 & 357 cases. It's going to be a great hobby. Glad to see you guys like your Lee Turret presses.
February 22, 2017
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That's great, I'm sure you'll enjoy having it. At this point, I've now reloaded 35 Remington, 30-30, 444 Marlin, .223 & 5.56, 9mm, 45 ACP, .38/.357, 44/44M, 6.5 Grendel. The only round that I shoot (besides rimfire) that I haven't reloaded is the 32 Win Special.
On the 35 Rem & 6.5 Grendel, I haven't shot any factory ammo at all. When I bought my 35 Rem dies, the guy threw in about 70 pieces of brass (30 of which weren't usable anymore) and I picked up another 100 for a very reasonable price out of a reloading supply in New York. My son shoots a lot of 6.5 Grendel and he gave me about 100 pieces of once-fired brass.
All ammo prices have been so high that you can reload just about anything and come out way ahead.
Jerry
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