Lee precision hand press experiences?

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There's a lot of ways to reload simply and inexpensively. The hand press is one. I had a "kit" for a short while (after a messy divorce and was staying in a 3 room studio apt) and most of the items in the kit fit in a plastic shoe box; the press a die set, a Lee Scale and a few assorted tools (the 1 lb jug of powder was kept under the bathroom sink and shoe box under the bed). Since then I have acquired a good assortment of reloading equipment and have occasionally dug out my Hand Press and squeezed out a few rounds. Basically, I can and did do everything I normally do on my bench press although some F/L sizing will work up a sweat...
 
OP. Your not going to weight smokeless gun powder by grains weight on a “ cheap food scale are you”. A recipe for disaster.

10 bucks will get you lee dipper set. You’ll find a combination in the included slide rule to match a load for you Mosin.
 
OP. Your not going to weight smokeless gun powder by grains weight on a “ cheap food scale are you”. A recipe for disaster.

10 bucks will get you lee dipper set. You’ll find a combination in the included slide rule to match a load for you Mosin.
You’re right if I did do this I would definitely purchase a better scale. However as others have pointed out it’s probably not cost-effective for me to reload so I don’t think I’m going to.
 
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If you are young and just starting out in life, remember all of us here started that way. As you gain disposable income, don't give up on RELOADING as a way to enjoy your hunting/ shooting.
 
You’re right if I did do this I would definitely purchase a better scale. However as others have pointed out it’s probably not cost-effective for me to reload so I don’t think I’m going to.
Any friends doing a little reloading. Perhaps they could not only serve as teachers but with your supplies run off a few rounds.
 
Buy factory ammo. Put enough away where you aren't concerned about the market.

Reloading is not my form of therapy. Time spent doing that is better spent out shooting.

Donate the used brass $ to a worthy org.

If one is worried about future confiscation, they'll take your reloading stuff too.

Conelrad
 
Explain to me why the OP needs to pay twice as much for "the heavy one" when the lighter aluminum one will be half the price and still dip his toe in the reloading water?

If he's going to be spending $150 on a single stage, he may as well put out the extra $30 and get the MEC Marksman with the floating shell holder. Great for rifle reloading.

There's a press made of aluminum? Does it come with a statement of how many rounds it will do before it fails? Pfft, my suggestion for the heavy press is because they are bullet proof and will serve him for a lifetime. It's capable of loading just about, if not everything in a reloading manual, without flexing. Lemme guess, you're one of those guys that buys everything just because it's good enough for now, right? I don't think there's anything wrong with anticipating future needs.

Besides, who "dips his toe" in the reloading water. If you get into reloading, it's usually because you need to in order to either load superior ammo or because it is more economical. Load more, shoot more. By your way of thinking, any investment he makes into "dipping his toe" is going to wind up in a storage bin someplace.

Heck, honestly, if I knew that he was only going to be loading about 40 rounds a year, I would have suggested ordering 20 boxes of ammo of the same lot number and he'd be covered for the next 10 years.
 
It won't give you enough leverage to do 7.62x54, I used mine to deprime and 223, not for 7.62x39 or 308, I would say x54 would be harder. Use a bench press.
 
FWIW; for me, and my reloading friends, money/cost is way down the list of reasons to reload...
 
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