Lee Auto Breech Lock Pro outfitted

[jmorris]

...the savings over commercial ammunition would pay for...

I wasn’t looking at it from that perspective rather if you buy a machine at a great price, use it and sell it for an OK price. You can use the thing for free, if you don’t like it and decide to sell it.

Even if you bought a new breech lock pro for $110, how much could you loose upon resale if you didn’t like it? I bet the amount wouldn’t pay for you and the wife to go out for dinner one night.

 

[GTOne]

They claim a coordinated human being can operate the manual index fast enough to beat the fully automatic machine. That never made sense to me.

An old buddy that got me to go to the range a few years back when I bought my first pistols was a practical shooting grand master, he is also a machinist and a good wrench, he has some of the best hand-eye coordination I've ever seen outside of myself. He loads on a 550 with case feeder, bullet feeder, and runs a continuous throughput of over 1000 rds an hour, not just in a single burst.

It isn't uncommon at all in that circle, shooting games tend to draw in the guys that are cut from that cloth. The guys that grew up playing video games have well trained hand-eye coordination.

 

[kmw1954]

So I was just chatting with a fellow on another forum about his use of an old Lee 3 hole press and he was just expressing his elimination of the Auto Index because he got tired of replacing the plastic ratchet because of indexing problems.. He is now indexing that press by hand.

Now I haven't experienced that problem with my 3 hole press and find it quite reliable. Though after thinking about it a can see where the turret press puts much more strain on the ratchet than the Pro 1000 does. The Pro 1000 isn't turning the whole turret with all the dies and powder measure in it. Advantage Pro 1000 and I would assume the Pro 4000 as it works on the same principal.

So you folks are right and an initial cost isn't that great between the Pro4000 and the New model turret press. At least not in the way I would be using it and considering the Lee tooling that I have that can already be moved onto it.

The new turret is inexpensive and simple but I don't believe it's what I truly want.

 

[Real Gun]

Whatever the product, if there's an issue due to the manufacturer's quality control there should never be an expense (or a hassle) in getting it corrected. Even Harbor Fright Tools just hands you a replacement, no questions asked.

Few products have a lifetime warranty, certainly not unconditional, and we knew that before buying many of our things. I love it though when they just send replacements without question.