Thread: Lee aniversary kit

I started with one, I have upgraded everything. I found the Lee press was too flexible and lead to under sizing and really struggling on some calibres (7.5x55 was the worst for some reason) and lead to considerable variation and inconsistently in projectile seating depth.
The lee scale is accurate but annoyingly slow. The hand priming thing was worse than useless as it constantly jammed (apparently the older ones were really good, current ones in my experience are hopeless).
The powder thrower I had was so stiff in adjustment I broke it trying to adjust. It looked like the thread was cut non-concentrically and it bound up every half turn, I brought another though as when they are running they are quite good for getting within .5 of a grain and trickling up.

Replaced the press with RCBS Rock Chucker II.
Hand primer with Frankford arsenal hand primer which is night and day better.
Use lee scales occasionally to verify a Hornady digital scale and haven't had any issues with the Hornady scales for accuracy (but naturally suspicious of cheaper digital scales so will always double check occasionally).
Lyman deburring tools.
Hornady cam lock case trimmer.

If you are loading for just hunting rounds the Lee kit will be fine and produce adequately accurate ammunition that's probably better than factory (although I'd throw the hand primer away immediately after smashing it with a hammer such is my hate for the thing - I'd rather prime individually on the press than use that thing again. Garbage).

Would I do it differently if I did it again? No. I was testing the waters of my interest. Turned out I found it very interesting and spent more time and money on reloading as a hobby. If it was going to be just filling the ammo box up for just hunting I'd have stuck with Lee stuff (except the hand primer, did I mention how I hate their hand primer?).