Thread: Reloading begginer info needed

Ive had lee challenger forever...and Mrs spotted a 3 turret press in bargain bin for $15 so Ive got one of them now too....there is a bit of slack in it but once adjusted to take it into account....my micrometre says its doing job just as good.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Ive had lee challenger forever...and Mrs spotted a 3 turret press in bargain bin for $15 so Ive got one of them now too....there is a bit of slack in it but once adjusted to take it into account....my micrometre says its doing job just as good.

The play in Lee turret presses is a non-issue that people who don't know how they work love to diss them with. Yes there is play, it has no effect on the finished goods, they are designed to have the play in them which is taken up in action and has zero effect on any of the reloading processes. The worst thing about the old 3 hole turret was the auto index. Totally unreliable and frustrating. Ultimately abandoned by Lee. So a bit agricultural for volume Pistol loading with manual index but still doable. Rifle is a diffent story. The dies can be set up and left. You can then do batch mode or take a case from size and decap to powder to bullet seating and a finished round. The turrets are cheap enough to have several calibres permanently setup. Great for storing the dies. Folk have cottoned on I think and you'd be lucky to find one for $15 these days.