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While I disagree with your characterization, to answer your question: I used measured language because I did not want to be at the wrong end of a lawsuit. And because phrases like "this press is a piece of sh**" aren't informative, aren't my style, and may not be accurate for some users - mine did put out lots of good ammo for a long time, it was just a pain to work on with the various stoppages. The stoppages don't make the LM a POS, they lower the throughput and add to the user's frustration - but how much frustration gets added is different for every user. Google the phrase "gumption trap" to get an idea why some people will toss the press through a window and others will just work through the stoppages without skipping a beat. If you are a through-the-window personality, then the LM is definitely not for you. Based on feedback, lots of people read the review and get a 650; lots read and get a LNL AP; very few read and get a LM - but some do.

Lee has a two-year parts warrantee and will often replace out of that window anyway. Hornady's warantee is the same as Dillon's. Some people in this thread have mentioned that they have had trouble/hassle with Hornady - but I'll say that the few times I have ham-handedly broken something I had good service. The only person I know who was denied warantee was forcing primers in to crimped cases... and blurted it out to Hornady - the instructions specifically forbid this for obvious reasons. Well, it's been fun responding to this old thread - thanks to all who took the time to read and comment on my review.

In order: Mine pulled apart once, well after I wrote the review... I was over-stretching it. New one - never experienced or heard of it, but good feedback. ??? I don't understand this one. The retainer spring holds the case in. I load with one hand on the handle, one resting on my lap. No fingers on cases. Yes, annoyingly so. Hmmm... mine feeds every case. If it didn't I'd call Hornady and find out why.

Yes we do. Nothing like a short day, lots of snow and sub-zero temperatures to motivate a lengthy review

I mentioned it in the review; it's since been corrected with the EZJect system - use whatever dies you like in pos 5.

1) Exactly my experience. I used measured language in the review but the LM is a fussy SOB. 2) you're right. The person who told me about his round counts has since been proven to have a serious problem with veracity. So I changed the language in the review - and I do know some more-reliable people who have very high round counts.

In order: 1) It isn't a pile of crap. It's a bargain loader that is comparatively fussy to use. Each to their own. 2) The 650 had issues to, as you'll note from the review. Haven't tested positive for crazy just yet. If I was going with a single, or few, calibres and did almost all production and not much development, the 650 would have looked better.

In order: 1) corrected for the last year or so the the EZJect system. 2) not on my press, haven't touched the pawls since initial setup. "many" thousands of rounds. I keep them greased - perhaps that's the difference. 3) it does now 4) I hear you - eventually my "dimple" will be deep enough to cause a problem. Then I'll call hornady and see what they come up with. 5) nope. The bushings are faster, cheaper, easier to store and more flexible during load development (just pop in the die(s) you need).

Hi all. Just spotted this (old) thread and thought I'd comment. On this one, I have no gripe with Dillon - everything they make is great. I currently use a 1200B trimmer and am looking forward to an RF100. I do have a gripe with Dillonophiles for the reasons noted in the footnote on the first page.

Fair enough - by the time I tried the 650, I may have become somewhat numb to the Loadmaster issues. The phrase "Lee has more stoppages than the other presses", and the footnotes on that page, alludes to the hassle factor while remaining neutral in tone. At least, that was my intent.

I didn't modify it, I made it work like it was supposed to (I assume you're talking about cleaning up the primer feed mechanism, removing flash and so on) - unless you mean the .40 slider for the case feeder?

I've put a KISS bulletfeeder on a Hornady LNL AP - writeup here, includes some pics. Video here (about 18MB) - it's mostly just an LNL AP video, but there is a segment showing the bullet collator quite clearly, and a pic of the thing mounted on the press - turned out to be quite tidy. If you don't want to download an 18MB file, The thing is flawless in operation. My press mount is wobbly - the whole thing shakes like Elvis doing his thing - and still every bullet goes down the tube the right way. And the customer service from KISS was great.

The adjustable works well with fine ball powders at light charges, so you can either switch to a ball powder or use the disks as you mentioned - which have the advantage of being easy to reset to a specific charge (no vernier to misread). Also, for really light charges Lee makes the 'micro disk', part number 90302. I had problems with Universal Clays at light loads - a flake powder.

To add my .02, I use a 1/8 wooden dowel with a nut taped to the end. With the dowel trimmed right, I can tell when there's only one primer left, use it up and dump another 100 in. And yeah, the wood is lighter than the Dillon plastic rod (I had one of those earlier).

As others have mentioned, I jettisoned the plastic adaptor and just hold the tube in place - no more jams. And getting the primers to go in the right way involves some finesse in the angle you hold the unit. Typically, too much of a tilt, while it moves the primers quickly, will turn some sideways.

When the battery pack starts to get warm, it's charged.