[Rico567]

I loaded a variety of pistol calibers on two Lee Pro 1000s for many years, and with complete success. However, even though Lee currently sells it in a .223 configuration, and I believe they used to sell it set up for 7.62 x 39mm, I don't believe it's built to stand up to the stresses of reloading most bottleneck cases....certainly not .243, which in sizing (where most of the stress occurs) is just a .308 (7.62 x 51mm) case. When I wanted to reload bottleneck rifle ammo progressively, I bought a Dillon XL650.