bullseye308
Member
Lee has done more to get new reloaders started than any other company and maybe all the others combined*. The reason is Lee is affordable. Times are hard and money is tight for lots of us. Period! There are many new reloaders that just want to feed their guns and this is the only way they can do it.
I have been out of work 4 years trying to get disability. I trade/barter for most of my components and still manage to shoot 10k+ per year. All my equipment is Lee, presses, powder measure/scale, and bullet molds. If I had to afford any other brand of equipment I would not be shooting. Simple as that, and lots of others are feeling the same. If they had to buy Dillon or RCBS for their first press and accessories they would not be reloading. Many folks cannot lay out that much to get started.
It really gets old hearing about new reloaders being told to buy Lee now and "upgrade" later on. Why upgrade? Maybe from a single stage to a turret or progressive, but with the requirements most of us have switching brands, stick with Lee and use the money you saved to buy components.
I have not used any press except those made by Lee, so I won't comment on the others except to say that anything mass produces is prone to failure. Sure the higher priced brands may have a lower failure rate, but all the companies stand behind their products and have great customer service to fix whatever happens.
If you load under 15k per year Lee has a press for you that is affordable. If you load more than that, Lee has a press that is affordable, you just need to dedicate more time to get it all loaded. If you load like freakshow, Lee might not do it for you, unless you wanna work sun up to sun down every day and keep a box of spare parts on hand.
*My guess. I have nothing to back this up.
I have been out of work 4 years trying to get disability. I trade/barter for most of my components and still manage to shoot 10k+ per year. All my equipment is Lee, presses, powder measure/scale, and bullet molds. If I had to afford any other brand of equipment I would not be shooting. Simple as that, and lots of others are feeling the same. If they had to buy Dillon or RCBS for their first press and accessories they would not be reloading. Many folks cannot lay out that much to get started.
It really gets old hearing about new reloaders being told to buy Lee now and "upgrade" later on. Why upgrade? Maybe from a single stage to a turret or progressive, but with the requirements most of us have switching brands, stick with Lee and use the money you saved to buy components.
I have not used any press except those made by Lee, so I won't comment on the others except to say that anything mass produces is prone to failure. Sure the higher priced brands may have a lower failure rate, but all the companies stand behind their products and have great customer service to fix whatever happens.
If you load under 15k per year Lee has a press for you that is affordable. If you load more than that, Lee has a press that is affordable, you just need to dedicate more time to get it all loaded. If you load like freakshow, Lee might not do it for you, unless you wanna work sun up to sun down every day and keep a box of spare parts on hand.
*My guess. I have nothing to back this up.
