Why I Sold My Lee Pro 6000
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- I sold my Lee Pro 6000 mainly because I didn’t need it. This is not a diss on Lee because I started with them, learned from them and like them. It’s just I have other presses right now that I like better.
I have no idea if this is recommended or even a good idea but it worked for me. I sanded the plastic primer slider with 600 grit and beveled where the metal primer pick up slides into the plastic slider so that is won’t catch then put an extremely small amount of the finest graphite powder I could find under the plastic slider and in the primer trough. An I do mean the smallest amount then spread it with a small paint brush like the art type not hardware type. The primer system is butter smooth now
I agree with you. Lee products are really good but one must be able to tinker with it.
I 3d printed a trough extension to extend the primer trough to hold 50 primers. The additional stacked primers to serve as a feeding buffer made it pretty reliable.
No idea what he is talking about. That primer system looks NOPTHING like the priming system on my Lee 6000....For around $350 there is nothing that even comes close. Way better, and safer, than my Dillon 550....
More power to ya!!
That's too bad. Was looking to buy a Pro 6000 since I wanted an auto-indexing press for my pistol reloading, but don't have the cash to buy a XL750. Guess I'll stick with a single stage for now.
Don’t get me wrong. It’s a great press. Especially if you can’t afford a Dillon right now. I would definitely recommended. You just gotta know how to tinker with when needed
I've got a Pro 6000, recently purchased.
Priming on it is nearly flawless. For how fast I can load the trays, I'll take a flipped primer, two out of ~600 casings. I've got a few pro 1000s, the priming on those sucks...the 6000 is light years ahead.
@@Comerelaxandlearn Is Lee support helpful if you have a problem and will walk you through the solution? I know Dillon does that. I'm not really mechanically inclined so I need all the help I can get, ha.
@@danya822 That's good to hear. How long does it take for changing calibers? I load like seven different pistol calibers.
@@mr.horseshoe2301 The physical act of changing caliber specific components is quick. Five minutes at most. Pop the dies out via the breech locks, remove the rod that rotates the shell plate, loosen and replace shellplate, change the primer feed if necessary. The plastic guide pops in and out easily, necessary based on case head diameter. Changing from large to small case feeding takes a bit longer, but it's not hard and obviously not always necessary. The "problem" with any progressive is that if you aren't loading exactly the same each time (same bullet, OAL, powder charge) then setup of the dies takes just as long as it does with any other press, and of course changing powder charge takes a bit of time to dial in. You really need to want to turn out a bunch of the exact same round to make loading on a progressive worth the effort. Small batches are probably easier to do manually.
I have heard from others things like .223 are a bit of a pain. I haven't loaded anything like that yet. But I plan to. 9mm challenge for me has been making sure the casing stays lined up with the sizing die after feeding (which seems to be related to the primer shaker), and .45ACP the case feed wanted to withdraw the casing as it was resetting. That one was an easy fix.
I think anyone saying they have zero issues with any progressive is probably not being completely honest. For the price I think the Pro 6000 is a solid value. You can't have the expectation that everything is going to work flawlessly, but you should expect something other than having to tinker with it all the time.
Honestly if I was just using it to resize and prime it would be worth it to me. Those are so much easier and faster with case feeding than a single stage press.
Agreed, the primer system is still the Achilles heel, someone needs to come up with an aftermarket primer feed that is similar to FA x-10 or Dillon
Yeah man. It’s a good press but….
but blue is better
If people can afford it