When I use the Lee Loader I use a plastic impact mallet. the kind with shot on the inside of the head [when you shake it you hear it move around] this tends to dampen the the recoil from striking the tool. DonOK the mallet is for use with the Lee Classic Loader, the kit uses an impact system [mallet] rather than a lever for depriming, priming, resizing, and setting the bullet in the case. Hence the reference to the Whack-A-Mo. I think theres a video of it on U-tube. When I first moved to a press I mounted it on the cut out from a kitchen counter [where the sink went] this I then clamped to a table. At one time my reloading was all done in a cab-over camper. and I had; a lee load all II, a Lee O-ring style, that did double duty with an Automator bolted to the top, a MEC 650, and a Lyman turret press the ones I wasn't using fit in the closets and the clamp system allow for easy rotating. My lead pot was where the stove used to be so it even had a hood for ventalation. Any way the point is if I could squeeze all of that into an 8'X10' camper it really doesn't take that much room to set up a simple reloading bench, that would break-down and fit into a closet.
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jcwit
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So true, I have reloaded a few thousand rounds in a week and my reloading bench is one of those Black & Decker fold up benches.
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The box says "40th Anniversary Pack." It contains the Lee Reloader Press (C-Frame) and the current edition of Lee Modern Reloading (2009 printing).
On midwayusa.com, it is listed as the "Lee Reloader Single Stage Press Kit," and is priced at $31.99.
The Lee Challenger Breech Lock Anniversary Kit ($89.99) is the 50th anniversary pack. I guess they're still using the 40th anniversary packaging for the "Reloader" press.
Since most hardcover reloading manuals are a bit over $20, and I didn't have the Lee manual yet, I figured at the local price I was getting the press for about 15 bucks.
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