Lee Breech Lock press

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My Redding Big Boss shit the bed this week. This was the cheapest press I could find to keep me going while I squirrel away a few bucks to get something decent again.

Pros:
Only $146
it’s technically a reloading press
Great access
Will fit in a shoebox sized reloading room

Cons:
You get what you pay for
Ram is a bit sloppy
Will fit in a shoebox sized reloading room
Lees Breech Lock system is almost as hetero as @juststarting & @Supaduke docking

It’ll get me through this pile of 9mm, but be fucked if I’d wanna arm wrestle 30-06 on the thing.

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You mean space-docking :smiling_imp:

n.b. I apologise in advance for trauma I’m about to cause when you lot look it up.

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I’ve been camping with you both numerous times, I don’t need to look it up! :joy:

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All that open access makes depriming your trigger finger a breeze!

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Get over yourself shitc*nt, i meant everyone else, I’m not entirely convinced you can even be traumatised :rofl:

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Did it cut or hole punch? Looks a bit painful.

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Punched a hole with the decapping pin.
Coz I’m a clever c#$t and I don’t even need to watch what I’m doing!

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Dont worry mate your not alone I did the exact same thing and am still wondering today what and how was I dumb enough to do that?

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Thanks mate, yeah it hurts the pride as much as the finger. Lol.

So I’ve deprimed and resized a few hundred 9mm cases on it now and I don’t hate it. I think for someone just getting into reloading and only doing smaller rounds, pistol cases and probably up to any of the 308 case family (.308, .243, 7mm-08, .22-250 etc.).

Since it’s a flimsy single sided press the handle geometry has been designed so that it won’t put the sort of torque into it to reform brass or probably resize big magnum brass. Definitely wouldn’t have the precision serious target shooters would want, the frame would definitely flex when you lean on the handle a bit.

But it works and it’s definitely a cheap way to start reloading if you’re thinking about it, but not sure if you want to pour a ton of money into it.

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