hotshot357
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I'm thinking about buying a Lee APP press, how do you like or dislike yours?
Didn't vote. I like it in some ways, but am disappointed in others ways. So far I've used it to de-prime and expand/bell 45 Auto cases. Works well for that. Also plan to do some work with 38 Spec./357 but it didn't come with that shellholder and I haven't bought one yet.
I don't like the included case/bullet feeder. Different tubes and cavities for different cases. Seems like this press should have come with the standard 4-tube case feeder, but perhaps that wouldn't have worked for bullet feeding.
The single tube feeder offers too little case capacity.
Also don't care for the case/bullet feed adjustment. It needs to be changed/adjusted for most cases and the process is slow and cumbersome. Certain mods can help simplify that a bit.
Me too. I have a gold Forster Trimmer, a Hornady Pistol Bullet Feeder, and now a Lee APP..........red goes with green.....like Christmas....and gold works too.The vast majority of my stuff is green, but I have no issues at all with this red one on my bench as well.
[QUOTE="whughett, post: 11540679, member: 65649"
It will never replace my blue progressive.
I'm not going to reload on the APP, I've got two Dillons for that. I'm looking for something to decap and size brass and size coated bullets for now.
I hope I like mine, it should be on it's way soon. Looking to decap and remove Military crimps on .308, 30-06, and .223 mostly. So it should be a winner.
That's like saying a Prius isn't going to replace someone's Ford Super Duty pickup.It will never replace my blue progressive.
Really? An $80 C clamp Lee press won't replace a Dillon full progressive?
Just like everyone else has said, it is a mixed bag. While swaging .223 it occasionally shoots a case out and into my 'done' bin. No way to easily tell which one it was, so later it jams me up when priming. I'm totally underwhelmed with all the plastic. That being said, I deprimed and swaged a lot of .223 in a remarkably short time. I'll also admit, I'm spoiled. I started loading on Dillon and Redding presses.
Once you get it perfected, I'm in for one!The permanent fix for that is to get rid of the bevel that surrounds the drop. For the cases to "always" drop straight down they don't need a bevel to first tilt the case, cause it to hang, the pressure builds then wang! The case comes like a missile. Will have my 3D Printer in a week or so and the first "thingie" I build will be a new shuttle with NO bevel.