Lee Ultimate Turret Press

[guzma393]

Lee released a new turret press. Pretty interesting how modular they have made it. I wish they opted to re-design the pez dispenser safety prime thing, but everything else looks solid.

I am happy with my lee pro 6000, but I can see this fill the niche of a versatile, all-in-one pass, press system, i.e. station 1 - decap and resize, station 2 - trim/chamfer/debur with the lee quick trim die, off press case gauge/swage primer pocket if needed, prime on the upstroke, station 3 - powder drop/expand case neck, station 4 - seat bullet, station 5 - crimp bullet, followed by the case kicker depositing the fully loaded round in the bin. I believe the offer 3, 4, 5, and 6 hole turrets that utilizes the breech lock fastening threads.

 

[85MikeTPI]

Lee released a new turret press. Pretty interesting how modular they have made it. I wish they opted to re-design the pez dispenser safety prime thing, but everything else looks solid.

I am happy with my lee pro 6000, but I can see this fill the niche of a versatile, all-in-one pass, press system, i.e. station 1 - decap and resize, station 2 - trim/chamfer/debur with the lee quick trim die, off press case gauge/swage primer pocket if needed, prime on the upstroke, station 3 - powder drop/expand case neck, station 4 - seat bullet, station 5 - crimp bullet, followed by the case kicker depositing the fully loaded round in the bin. I believe the offer 3, 4, 5, and 6 hole turrets that utilizes the breech lock fastening threads.

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And FWIW, this new handle is the standard for older models now also. I just bent my orig Classic handle while decapping 308win, and the replacement was this new angled roller handle that requires an angled sleeve and mount for the press.. Hopefully it's stronger than the orig ball handle.

 

[erwos]

Six stations and a built-in ejector is a pretty strong upgrade. Too bad the primer system is still hot garbage, but I guess you can't win them all.

 

[guzma393]

Six stations and a built-in ejector is a pretty strong upgrade. Too bad the primer system is still hot garbage, but I guess you can't win them all.

Not sure if there is a model example of a primer system for a turret press, but atleast you can do away with the pez dispenser and just simply put a primer in by hand.

 

[erwos]

Not sure if there is a model example of a primer system for a turret press, but atleast you can do away with the pez dispenser and just simply put a primer in by hand.

RCBS has a better system, IMHO.

 

[guzma393]

RCBS has a better system, IMHO.

Now I see it. I suppose it will infringe on their patents I guess.

 

[erwos]

Now I see it. I suppose it will infringe on their patents I guess.

There's no way that system is not LONG out of patent. The problem is that Lee refuses to use a tube primer system because of imagined safety issues.

 

[guzma393]

There's no way that system is not LONG out of patent. The problem is that Lee refuses to use a tube primer system because of imagined safety issues.

Possibly, they nailed it with the lee 6pp priming system, and I personally like using a tray instead of a tube. I 3d printed out an extension trough to continuously feed 50 primers before shaking the tray which is pretty manageable.

They could've adapted the lee 6pp priming system, but opted for the pez dispenser instead.