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Yes, an often posted gripe(spilled powder) for most all progressives even the big "D" versions.A big one may be the Load Masters tendency to shake cases enough to spill powder on the shell plate, there a videos of people complaining and offering fixes for this.
The Lee Loadmaster is a progressive press. One round fully loaded for ever pull of the handle.Okay, I'll bite. I have a Lee Classic Turret press. As I get deeper into reloading and "letting loose" on the range, I'd like to be able to produce more rounds of certain calibers quicker. I use a four-die setup for each of my calibers (generally).
What is the benefit of the Lee APP Press versus a Lee Load Master? I understand there are a lot of variable to consider, but I'm interested in a general top-level answer.
Now, I know there are the Lee detractors out there that are Dillon-ites, Lyman-ites, or Chucker-ites who are not supportive of Lee, but that's not what I'm interested in.
Sorry for hijacking this thread, but if I can get a short answer or three, I'll resume my cyber-stalking of this thread and be silent....
Yes, an often posted gripe(spilled powder) for most all progressives even the big "D" versions.
Someone has posted a fix for the Hornady LNL AP over on the Emos forum, replacing the spring around the shell plate with and O-ring.
I just slow down the lever speed when the shell plate is indexing, it's less than a second, and works for me.
Here's a link to the Eno's forum LNL/O-ring thread:I did the fix on my LnL where you use 1" id arbor shims to take out the slack in the shellplate, between that and making a small feed-in to the detent holes in the bottom plate, it doesn't shake powder out anymore. Very smooth operation, even running at a pretty good clip. Indexing works more consistently, too.
I'm pretty impressed so far with mine. I know the guy Vinnie mentioned as well and decided to try it. When it's running right you can decap cases very fast. I've also done some push through sizing and it worked great for that as well. For me doing 223 it seems like 4-5 cases is all you want on top of the slide for the spring to work best. Does anyone lube the plastic slide on the case feed? Plus getting this operation away from my Dillon allows that to stay set up for size/trimming. For the price I'm already thinking of getting another one.
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that's interesting. I haven't spilled any powder. You'd think if it was as bad as described, I'd have had a few nasty messes on the last loading batch. Nope.A big one may be the Load Masters tendency to shake cases enough to spill powder on the shell plate, there a videos of people complaining and offering fixes for this.