Old school Lee Loader experience

Dr. Strangelove · April 29, 2009, 06:41 PM

Due to the priming arm on my Orange Crusher finally giving up the ghost, (after 22 years and who knows how many rounds loaded) I decided to go old school and prime some 9mm with my old Lee Loader. Since it was such a beautiful day today, I decided to do it outside. It felt so nice out, I decided to just leave it out

(old joke) and decided to just load the 50 rounds with the loader. I didn't think to officially time myself, but subtracting the time to set up the bullet seater, it took about half an hour to load 50 rounds of 9mm.

The cartridges came out beautifully, as I've posted before the Lee Loader is still a valid tool and really isn't any slower than a single stage press. The advantage is you can use it anywhere you can use a hammer, as I did this afternoon on my back patio. Buster the reloading cat helped and seemed fascinated.

Scorch · April 29, 2009, 06:46 PM

Nothing wrong with the old Lee Loader. I started reloading in 1972 with a Lee Loader for 38/357 Mag and a set of Lee Dippers (still have them). The Lee Loader will produce very good quality ammunition, it's just not a very fast way to go about loading ammo.

April 29, 2009, 06:41 PM	#1
Dr. Strangelove Senior Member Join Date: August 1, 2008 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 1,436	Old school Lee Loader experience Due to the priming arm on my Orange Crusher finally giving up the ghost, (after 22 years and who knows how many rounds loaded) I decided to go old school and prime some 9mm with my old Lee Loader. Since it was such a beautiful day today, I decided to do it outside. It felt so nice out, I decided to just leave it out (old joke) and decided to just load the 50 rounds with the loader. I didn't think to officially time myself, but subtracting the time to set up the bullet seater, it took about half an hour to load 50 rounds of 9mm. The cartridges came out beautifully, as I've posted before the Lee Loader is still a valid tool and really isn't any slower than a single stage press. The advantage is you can use it anywhere you can use a hammer, as I did this afternoon on my back patio. Buster the reloading cat helped and seemed fascinated.

April 29, 2009, 06:46 PM	#2
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,249	Nothing wrong with the old Lee Loader. I started reloading in 1972 with a Lee Loader for 38/357 Mag and a set of Lee Dippers (still have them). The Lee Loader will produce very good quality ammunition, it's just not a very fast way to go about loading ammo. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services