So I got the Pro 1000 in the mail yesterday. Set it up today. I ordered the one in 45 acp thinking it would be easy to convert to 9mm luger (want to finish off all my 9mm brass and small primers), just change the shell plate and dies, right?

 

No.

 

I need to change the shell plate, case feeder, case feeder tubes, primer arm and primer tray...all which had to be ordered on different sites. :x

 

The thing doesn't even come with the shell collator so that was an extra purchase as well.

 

Someone please reply to this telling me that it is worth it and the Lee Pro 1000 is a great thing.

 

I have been using the Lee Anniversary press for almost a year now and like it. I guess simplicity is sometimes better.

can you still return it?????

can you still return it?????

 

Ha! ...

 

.....Let me check.

I've never used one, but when I was doing research for my reloader everything I read consisted of saying either stay away, or people bought them and hated them.

 

I was trying to decide between the Hornady lock n load ap and a Dillon Square deal and ended up grabbing the dillon used for a fraction of what I would of spent with Hornady new. And in shipping my bullet chute broke, so I called Dillon up because I want to send the whole press to them for there 44.95 refurbishing service, and told them to add the bullet chute to my bill, he said, no need, we'll replace it free. love that company already

 

M

Okay. So all the needed components have arrived in order to reload 9mm luger on the press.

 

After a good 3 hours of spilled primers, swearing, adjusting, consulting forums, swearing, jammed cases and sideways primers, more adjusting and a little more swearing and a can of dust off, the thing actually works. I am new to reloading, this being about a year so far. This thing was like an evil version of Mouse Trap where when one thing worked, something else stopped.

 

Needless to say, after you take it apart 8 times to adjust everything, you really get to know how it works and the little ticks it may have.

 

I have loaded about 500 rounds with only two rejects. One primer had only seated halfway and jammed the shell plate and another had a primer seated in sideways.

 

I would be more than happy to help anyone out considering one of these. The instructions are a little more than useless.

 

After the initial setup and break-in period, it seems to be worth it with the accuracy of the charges and the speed.

Excellent!!

 

Glad to hear you got it working. Keep us posted on how the rounds shoot etc etc.

 

You say the powder charges are pretty accurate. Were you batch sampling them or what?

 

M

Excellent!!

 

Glad to hear you got it working. Keep us posted on how the rounds shoot etc etc.

 

You say the powder charges are pretty accurate. Were you batch sampling them or what?

 

M

 

The load table for the discs were incorrect for the Hodgons HS6 so there was some trial and error until I found the right one. It was dropping a consistent charge of 5.8 grains that I was looking for.

 

I cycled all the cases until they were to be seated, I pulled them and weighed the charge for the first 30 and then the last 10 of the total that I loaded.

 

Let's see how they shoot...

Just an update.

 

All reloads worked out great from the Pro 1000. Very accurate. A friend of mine shot about 100 rounds and concurred.

Here is a link to a website that deals with Lee presses and equipment. I referenced it when I was setting up my Lee Loadmaster. Check it out.

http://loadmastervideos.com/

Great link Spokes, maybe now I can work out the little quirks with my Loadmaster

I'm happy with my Lee Pro 1000 and have loaded thousands and thousands of rounds of 9mm .38, .357 Magnum, .40 S&W and .45 ACP.

 

Yes, those items must be changed between 9 and .45. I would bet that other reloaders would have the same needs, but if I'm wrong, someone here will correct me. It's because the diameters of the brass, bullets and even the primers are different.

 

It will load rounds equal to the quality more expensive reloaders. Just make sure that you fully seat the lever to fully seat the primer. Also, keep the primer tube clean and never put more than 100 primers into the tray.

 

All reloaders have their ideosyncracies and all learners have headaches at first. Keep the 1000. Put the hundreds you saved on the reoader into more bullets, brass and powder. Enjoy!

If you haven't already purchased a spare chain for the powder measure you can pick up a long fan pull chain at lowes or home depot cheap and cut as needed.

 

Cheers,

Richard