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<blockquote data-quote="Larry Morgan" data-source="post: 2819430" data-attributes="member: 4676"><p>Lee's case trimmer is a great deal. If I had to do it again, I'd probably use slightly nicer dies than Lee. Their sizers are fine, but I consider their seaters to be pretty bad. All the ones I have seen just have this floating stem in them that could potentially push the bullet any which way. I honestly never seated a single round with a standard lee seater. I took mine to work and machined a custom top that holds the seater stem perfectly aligned. Even after that it's still inferior to a seater die that guides the casing as it begins to seat. In truth it's probably fine for the majority of shooting, but I thought the design was bad enough that I never even attempted to use it..</p><p></p><p>Mechanical scales are good, but I'd spend money to get a nice one. Same for digital scales, honestly. I've loaded plenty of plinking handgun ammo with one of the cheapy scales, but I wouldn't load serious ammo with one. </p><p></p><p>I always advocate using a case gauge if you are reloading brass that head-spaces on the shoulder, at the very least until you get a good understanding of everything...</p><p></p><p>I got into reloading under the pretense of it being cheaper. However the addiction of playing around and chasing groups has not really made that a reality, but it sure is fun!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larry Morgan, post: 2819430, member: 4676"] Lee's case trimmer is a great deal. If I had to do it again, I'd probably use slightly nicer dies than Lee. Their sizers are fine, but I consider their seaters to be pretty bad. All the ones I have seen just have this floating stem in them that could potentially push the bullet any which way. I honestly never seated a single round with a standard lee seater. I took mine to work and machined a custom top that holds the seater stem perfectly aligned. Even after that it's still inferior to a seater die that guides the casing as it begins to seat. In truth it's probably fine for the majority of shooting, but I thought the design was bad enough that I never even attempted to use it.. Mechanical scales are good, but I'd spend money to get a nice one. Same for digital scales, honestly. I've loaded plenty of plinking handgun ammo with one of the cheapy scales, but I wouldn't load serious ammo with one. I always advocate using a case gauge if you are reloading brass that head-spaces on the shoulder, at the very least until you get a good understanding of everything... I got into reloading under the pretense of it being cheaper. However the addiction of playing around and chasing groups has not really made that a reality, but it sure is fun! [/QUOTE]
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