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I will, kindly, dissent.Lee makes the best stuff in the world. Get the Classic, 4-hole cast iron auto advancing turret press.
Any other "turret" takes three pulls per loaded round but also necessitates removing and then replacing the brass that many times and or manually advancing the dies, exactly like a single stage press. Only the Lee auto-advances the tool head holding the dies with every ram stroke (or not.. one can disable that feature in two seconds).I will, kindly, dissent.
Full disclosure.....I have three or four Lee Pro 1000's, several (three or four?) Lee Auto Advance turrets(three-hole), a Lee Single stage C-press, and a cast iron RCBS O-type single stage press. Whew!
I very much "Lee" reload...very much. Lee.
The problem with the Pro 1k is fiddly, you do NOT, WILL NOT, want to change over when you get it running.
The problem with the turret....three pulls per loaded round.
The turret makes EXCELLENT ammo, the progressive merely great.
I use the single stage for 45 WinMag.
I would use a turret for 44 mag, unless you reeeeaaaallllyyy want a Bunch, then prolly look to aasbra for what deal he can make you.
Oh, except for a couple orphans, my dies are Lee, as are my molds, and pretty much anything I can find at Titan Reloading.
Joe
I have a Lee breach lock pro. It resembles the classic turret, is very Stout, and has served me very well. Without all the case feeders and bullet feeders and whatnot it reloads about like a Dylan 550 except that it Auto advances. I make around 3000 rounds a year on it. I haven't had one issue. It's very cost-effective. The quality of my ammo is excellent. It's got plenty of Leverage for a 44 Mag and it's faster than the turret obviously. I've had it for about 5 years now with nary an issue.Does Lee make a reliable press and if so, which one? Thanks.
9/10 of Dillon users prime off press for some mysterious reason.Gee, half (9 tenths?) the fun of a Pro 1000 is getting the primer feed to run!
Half (the other 9 tenths!) of the fun is getting the bullet feeder to run!
Joe