berettaprofessor
Member
I'm near my one-year anniversary of reloading and yesterday took the plunge and bought a Lee Turret Press and Pro Auto Disk Powder Measure, came home, set it up, and loaded 50 9mm cartridges starting from sized/primed cases.
Wow. What took me so long? My loading time for those primed cases dropped by 2/3rds, even with several stops to check powder weight and OAL. And the Lee Pro-Auto Disk Powder Measure was spectacular with 700X; it was 3.7 grains (with the 0.57 cavity) right on the money every time I measured. Can't wait to try it on Trail Boss and 45 ACP loads.
For other newbys, if you've been thinking about this move, DO IT NOW! Previously, I didn't quite understand how a turret worked. I thought it would decrease the number of times you pull the lever and would perform different stages on different cases at each pull like a "manual" progressive. Instead, turrets load a single cartridge in stages before going to the next cartridge. That, in fact, is comforting because I was worried about how to know if the powder was dropping correctly each time and it turns out you can see the powder in the case every time as you set the bullet in place.
Next, I've got to get a Lee Auto-prime and do the full monty with my turret. Anyone have any tips or tricks that I need to know about the auto-prime?
Also, for those who use the Auto-Disk, what powders measure well? What have you had trouble with?
Wow. What took me so long? My loading time for those primed cases dropped by 2/3rds, even with several stops to check powder weight and OAL. And the Lee Pro-Auto Disk Powder Measure was spectacular with 700X; it was 3.7 grains (with the 0.57 cavity) right on the money every time I measured. Can't wait to try it on Trail Boss and 45 ACP loads.
For other newbys, if you've been thinking about this move, DO IT NOW! Previously, I didn't quite understand how a turret worked. I thought it would decrease the number of times you pull the lever and would perform different stages on different cases at each pull like a "manual" progressive. Instead, turrets load a single cartridge in stages before going to the next cartridge. That, in fact, is comforting because I was worried about how to know if the powder was dropping correctly each time and it turns out you can see the powder in the case every time as you set the bullet in place.
Next, I've got to get a Lee Auto-prime and do the full monty with my turret. Anyone have any tips or tricks that I need to know about the auto-prime?
Also, for those who use the Auto-Disk, what powders measure well? What have you had trouble with?