My Lee Auto Disk was spilling powder. It was missing the case… when the case slid into the rifle die and started the powder drop, powder would mis the case mouth and some would spill. The fix for this was a much stronger return spring, forcing the case firmly into the die before it opened the drop. Lee sent a different spring and a Disk ‘arm’ . This can also be repaired with a short bungee cord in replacement of the dinky ball chain.
I hope this helps someone. Lee was reaal good in making it work, but… The make a descent product they just have a couple bug ya gotta workout. I hope this helps someone.
Lee has never been what I call top-shelf and the standard by which others are judged.
they are, however, very good tools for the beginner to become involved inexpensively. with a beginner set of Lee tools and a manual, you can begin making very good ammo immediately, although slowly.
for the low introductory cost, you will pay a price in additional care while reloading and adjustment. I don’t think altogether this is a bad thing for a beginner. I simply continued to used the Lee tools until they needed replacing and then I got what I wanted. simple…
the quality and the time you take to keep a Lee rolling are all well documented. No one had any help when this problem came up. It took some trial and error to sus it out. My point wasnt to rate Lee, those threads are wide spread over many forums. Point was to provide a repair so that someone can get their rig up and working.
when the case slid into the rifle die and started the powder drop, powder would mis the case mouth and some would spill. The fix for this was a much stronger return spring, forcing the case firmly into the die before it opened the drop.
I just went through the exact same thing.
I notice that where the charging die meets the case mouth the die had milling grooves that were catching the case mouth before it could be centered in the die leaving space to let powder through. some case mouths were getting bent up from taking the full pressure of the press unevenly also.
pissed me off:mad:
went and bought a dremel and polished the shit out of it. now it is smooth and all is well with the world.
the Auto disk does meter really well with the 748 I’ve been using though. needs to be able to adjust the charge in smaller
increments however.
for the low introductory cost, you will pay a price in additional care while reloading and adjustment. I don’t think altogether this is a bad thing for a beginner.I simply continued to used the Lee tools until they needed replacing and then I got what I wanted. simple…
that’s a good point. my lee stuff is fine as I’m just getting into it, and it will throw your basic off the shelf tolerances out all day long. however I am already noticing how much extra care must be taken to consistently get things precise every load.
for myself it seems to be just imprecise enough to make me ask myself “why the hell would it do that?” and then search out the issue and learn from it.
I don’t think that the consistent tolerances lee equipment produces are dangerous if given the proper amount of quality control, but to be absolutely precise I am already looking to add/upgrade to different equipment.
I feel it is still important to always feel a little “nervous” about the process and double check loaded ammo regardless of the quality of the equipment used.
I velcro a small flashlight so I can look down into each case before I seat the bullet, visually confirming powder height. and I own a kinetic bullet puller and pull a couple bullets out of every lot I run on my progressive.
it takes a little time but not as much as having to diagnose why your gun just blew up…
I velcro a small flashlight so I can look down into each case before I seat the bullet, visually confirming powder height. and I own a kinetic bullet puller and pull a couple bullets out of every lot I run on my progressive.
right now I am using my turret as a single stage, I will run a bunch through in stages and use a loading tray to verify they are all similar. every 10 or so I’ll dump the powder out of a charged load into my scale to see how things are going.