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Question on purchasing a new reloading press

For all of you ammo do-it-yourselfers out there, I have a lyman single stage press and am thinking about upgrading to a progressive. I currently reload a wide variety of handgun and rifle ammunition so I've accumulated a lot of dies. I was just searching the web and noticed that Lee Precision (pro 1000) is pretty nicely priced.

Questions:

1. Are they high quality presses and made in the US?
2. Can I utilize my standard thread dies in the 1000 (or load master) or do i need to buy lee dies?
3. What is the difference between their pro 1000 and the Load Master?
4. How difficult is it to change calibers in these presses?

Thanks!

Re: Question on purchasing a new reloading press

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Originally Posted by jrog100 (Post 855955)

For all of you ammo do-it-yourselfers out there, I have a Lyman single stage press and am thinking about upgrading to a progressive. I currently reload a wide variety of handgun and rifle ammunition so I've accumulated a lot of dies. I was just searching the web and noticed that Lee Precision (pro 1000) is pretty nicely priced.

Questions:

1. Are they high quality presses and made in the US?
2. Can I utilize my standard thread dies in the 1000 (or load master) or do i need to buy lee dies?
3. What is the difference between their pro 1000 and the Load Master?
4. How difficult is it to change calibers in these presses?

Thanks!

I have used the LoadMaster for about 15 years for reloading pistol rounds. Hundreds of thousands over the years. Had only one incident when powder did not enter the shell (my fault). No bad odds considering I load about 35K rounds per year!!

Go to midwayusa.com and buy your LoadMaster there.

Pete

Pete