Lee Loadmaster 9mm Kits???

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gene10pntr

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Any body here use one of these presses? Been using a single stage for pistol and was thinking about buying the kit. I just want to pick the pace up some for pistol shooting.
Just looking for some pro's and con's from fellow loaders!

Thanks!
 
About 27 years ago I bought a Lee turret press....about 26 years ago I bought a Dillon and I've never looked back.



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I would go with either the Hornady or Dillon progressive. For me, the Hornady works just fine.

Lee is OK for pistol dies, I use them for all mine, but that's about it.
 
my first progressive was a lee pro (3 station) in 40. it was ok once you got it dialed in but it was still a little herky jerky. i had gotten another one to setup for 38 special, and 9mm dies for the "40" press since that was an easy switchover (just the toolhead with the dies and adjust the powder thrower)

a while back i upgraded to a hornady LNL ap and then promptly sold both of the lee's to fund a case feeder and i'm sooooo glad i did. worth every penny.


and its not hard to load rifle on it as well with a shell plate and a set of extra quick change bushings. Add the powder drop die of your choice and throw charges on my chargemaster and i can load hunting grade stuff, or just use the powder thrower and load plinker stuff.

caliber changes take about 15 mins or so, and the quick change bushings make die changeover a breeze.


if you watch, a LNL Ap base model can be had for around $350 or a bit under.
 
I bought a Lee Pro in 9mm two years ago. there is a little tinkering in the progressive reloader but the difference in price was a lot. I am happy and have reloaded over 10,000 rounds. Way i know is how many small pistol primers i go through. For the money it is hard to beat. Was having a hard time deciding what one to buy Loadmaster or Pro settled on the Pro, thanks to Old Turtle's PM to me.
 
I have 2 Lee Pro's for bulk loading 44mag and 223rem ammo. Ain't pretty nor elegant, but it was cheap and it loads ammo which shoots as accurately as I need it to.

The Loadmaster, which I have used, is iteratively better than the Pro. If I would have known when I bought my Pro's I would have bought Loadmaster's instead.

I have had a Dillon and an RCBS progressive in the past, don't really need a progressive any more except for 44mag and 223rem, and the price difference is what made me go with the Lee's. I can buy 5 Lee sets for the price I had into the Dillon or the RCBS, and they don't make ammo 5 times faster nor 5 times more accurate. I don't use Lee powder chargers, I own them, but I have better luck with RCBS and Hornady for that. I'm tempted to try the new Lee auto-drum, as it seems to be a lot better than the old auto disk's I have.

If my house burned down and I won the Lottery the same day, I'd buy a pair of Dillon progressives with all of the trimmings for my high volume stuff, a pair of Forster Co-Ax's for my precision stuff, a Redding T7 Turret for moderate volume, and a Lee Anniversary O-Press for decapping. (Right now I have 2 Lee Pro's, 2 Forsters, 2 Lee Classic Turrets, and the Anniversary decapper).
 


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