Wreck-n-Crew
New member
I hate to complain. I believe in giving everything a shot but I am Just so frustrated with how delicate, finicky and how much time I have to spend keeping these things going. Never had so much trouble out of a Lee product in my life. 3 of the 4 molds I have have been a living nightmare.
Sprue plates just warp for no reason. Have to cool the mold down and take it apart and straighten it.
Alignment pins gouge the soft aluminum when it's hot and cause the pins to stick. The aluminum gets pushed into the holes. and won't allow the mold to fully close.
The wood on the handles never stay on and come loose every time I am casting.
Sprue handle just broke where the bolt goes through the hole! Had to take one from another mold.
Bolts strip the threads when removing them. For no reason...the next day after use, molds cold.
The alignment and tensioner for the sprue plate fails after a thousand or less bullets causing flash and sticky bullets.
I am one that believes sometimes you can spend less for something and it will serve you well but sometimes it's not worth it and cost more in the long run. I still use Lee dies, Lee Loadmaster and the bullet sizing dies are just fine. But I am just not wasting time on a Lee mold ever again because they failed me way more than they needed to when I needed them to just finish the job.
I Think I will send these back for repair and give them to someone who doesn't mind working as much on the molds as time spent casting. I spent four hours on a mold today...
Sprue plates just warp for no reason. Have to cool the mold down and take it apart and straighten it.
Alignment pins gouge the soft aluminum when it's hot and cause the pins to stick. The aluminum gets pushed into the holes. and won't allow the mold to fully close.
The wood on the handles never stay on and come loose every time I am casting.
Sprue handle just broke where the bolt goes through the hole! Had to take one from another mold.
Bolts strip the threads when removing them. For no reason...the next day after use, molds cold.
The alignment and tensioner for the sprue plate fails after a thousand or less bullets causing flash and sticky bullets.
I am one that believes sometimes you can spend less for something and it will serve you well but sometimes it's not worth it and cost more in the long run. I still use Lee dies, Lee Loadmaster and the bullet sizing dies are just fine. But I am just not wasting time on a Lee mold ever again because they failed me way more than they needed to when I needed them to just finish the job.
I Think I will send these back for repair and give them to someone who doesn't mind working as much on the molds as time spent casting. I spent four hours on a mold today...