I just purchased a lee turret press with the standard lot of accessories (auto disk, safety prime) to try my hand at reloading. It was fairly inexpensive and having some rewards cash cards valid at Cabelas definitely helped.

 

I got the stuff home and set it up just to inspect the finished assembly and operation. In the very first try of the auto disk powder measure, a return spring broke, flew off and along the way hit the safety priming disk hopper braking the cover retaining tab. Must have been a bad spring... happens.

 

I called Lee Precision and had the parts ordered free of charge, no other questions asked. Thumbs up to Lee customer service.

Awesome to hear! I had an issue early on with the little black square "washer" they use for the auto indexing system. emailed them, received 2 free ones that same week, no questions asked, no charge.. seems like most of the reloading companies are pretty customer friendly..

 

What calibers are you reloading?

Good to hear that Lee was easy to work with and willing to help you out. I just ordered a complete Lee reloading setup yesterday (Lee Classic Turret, Pro Auto Disk power dispenser, etc...) and a crapload of accessories and can't wait to get started with reloading. You can't beat this Lee setup for the price! I'm only going to be reloading 9mm for now, but depending on future pistol purchases I may load other calibers later on as well.

 

Good luck with the new gear!

Great to hear about their customer support. I like the Lee pistol 4 die sets a lot. Have you tried these? They come with the factory crimp die. I like using one die to seat bullets and another to crimp. Excellent dies for the price.

Great to hear about their customer support. I like the Lee pistol 4 die sets a lot. Have you tried these? They come with the factory crimp die. I like using one die to seat bullets and another to crimp. Excellent dies for the price.

 

That's exactly the carbide die set that I ordered. I have heard and read great things about them.

I will be reloading 9mm for now, and I also got the 4 die set.

 

My replacement parts came in in less than a week.

I was just looking at some Lee setups today, had my mind set on either Dillan or Hornady but after a few comments that learning on a Lee and for the price it might be a good option. I only plan on loading 40 and maybe 9 to start with and the cost difference between what I was thinking about and the Lee I should be able to start loading sooner than I originally thought.

 

I did have sticker shock with the dillan.

 

Harry

That has been my setup for a year now. I reload 9mm, 40s&w, 45acp, 38spl and .223 an average of 2k rounds per month and I couldn't be happier.