Guys with Lee Breech lock pro

[wannabefree]

Ah, I'd missed that--sorry. Could you let us know how the Breech Lock Pro does for you once you get some experience with it? As a Pro 1000 user, I'd be interested in your evaluation.

I do not own a Breach Lock Pro or Pro 1000 but do own a Lee Classic Turret Press. It occurs to me the Breach Lock Pro is a cross between the two. It shares the Pro 1000 Progressive part with an added station but uses the manual Priming function of to Classic Turret Press.
I would love to test out the new Breach Lock Pro press but my gut tells me in the end I would be happier with a Load Master even if it takes some tinkering to get it up and working smoothly mostly because I would prefer a more automated primer system. I do not understand why they did not just use the same method as the Pro 1000 uses.
I do not think even the other Progressive units from Dillon or Hornady are 100% trouble free when it comes to on press Priming.

Look forward to an honest evaluation

[steelholder]

Ah, I'd missed that--sorry. Could you let us know how the Breech Lock Pro does for you once you get some experience with it? As a Pro 1000 user, I'd be interested in your evaluation.

I'll report back here by next week for initial review.

[steelholder]

I do not own a Breach Lock Pro or Pro 1000 but do own a Lee Classic Turret Press. It occurs to me the Breach Lock Pro is a cross between the two. It shares the Pro 1000 Progressive part with an added station but uses the manual Priming function of to Classic Turret Press.
I would love to test out the new Breach Lock Pro press but my gut tells me in the end I would be happier with a Load Master even if it takes some tinkering to get it up and working smoothly mostly because I would prefer a more automated primer system. I do not understand why they did not just use the same method as the Pro 1000 uses.
I do not think even the other Progressive units from Dillon or Hornady are 100% trouble free when it comes to on press Priming.

Look forward to an honest evaluation

Same here, I plan to upgrade from Lee Turret to Breech Lock Pro 4000 also. It seems like BLPro 4000 out of stock (Brownell and Lee Precision web site). I will have two presses and a small loading area so I will get "Lee press plates" same time with the press so I can swap them around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-DbSW2OV4A

An update on the Breech lock pro -

I've only loaded handgun ammo (45 and 9) and it's been pretty nice. the breech lock bushings make changing dies a breeze compared to the conventional screwing process. Coming from a LCT it's much faster and once you get used to the process of adding a primer and a bullet you can pump out cartridges pretty quickly. I don't care for speed or production too much I just want to make sure I load quality ammo. To me this means having the correct powder charge and making sure the cartridges fit a gauge flush and have no functioning issues in my guns. I'm using an auto drum with this setup and check the weight every 10 or so. At my slow pace I can load 50 rounds in about 15 minutes and that's me going slow and careful. Everything has been very good and I would recommend this rig.

A few extras things I bought that I think can be very useful - a snake type cam, I connect it to my phone and point it down towards the shell plate where the case is rotated after it is charged.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071HYRPND/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I had an experience where I loaded a few cases and the auto drum had not charged the case. I had to pull many bullets to avoid a potential squib. This incident happened with the LCT not the BLP (using the same auto drum) but the concern remained and I now visually inspect every single case with this cam. It's cheap and easy enough to hook up and does exactly what I need, check for powder in the case without having to stand up and look directly down to it, now I just look at my phone screen.

I also purchased the Lee case feeder and the collator (collator sold separately)

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/101300663

https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Precision-Universal-Case-Feeder/dp/B07CSMMVSN

This made the loading process so much faster and easier. It did take a good 20 min to setup the case feeder initially, luckily youtube helped out. These two items make the press great IMO. It did take trial and error to get this to work right, it didnt work out at first and I had to spend more time to understand the case feeder mechanics to get it work perfectly. I'm still considering buying the bullet feeder but for now I'm just placing them by hand.
The lee case collator is a nice little piece of plastic. It feeds the cases to to the case feeder, the 45 acp works perfect. With the 9mm it flips the cases, around 1 or 2 per tube. There are plenty of fixes on YT,none of which I've tried yet.

I have some good fixes for the Lee priming device if anyone is having issues with a finicky system feeding or dropping primer etc. Post here or PM if you guys have any questions.

[newbie1234]

My Lee Priming Device work perfect on my Lee Classic Turret Press, but when I move the whole set to Lee Breech Lock, I have issued of Priming Device missing the primer hole on the Primer Arm, a lot of primer dropped to the floor, I have to feed the primer by hand, I like to know the fix.

[sghart]

My Lee Priming Device work perfect on my Lee Classic Turret Press, but when I move the whole set to Lee Breech Lock, I have issued of Priming Device missing the primer hole on the Primer Arm, a lot of primer dropped to the floor, I have to feed the primer by hand, I like to know the fix.

Sorry, you probably know this so don't be offended.

I had the same trouble when I moved to my new Auto Breech Lock. That's when I found out the the old priming system doesn't work with the new press (according to Lee).

I bought a new priming system and it works perfectly.

I still use my Classic Turret so the old priming system stays with that.

If that doesn't work I have found that if you raise the ram to the top and then look at where the priming arm tries to engage the priming lever you can vary this clearance by changing the seating depth of your sizing die.


Steve in N CA

[steelholder]

My Lee Priming Device work perfect on my Lee Classic Turret Press, but when I move the whole set to Lee Breech Lock, I have issued of Priming Device missing the primer hole on the Primer Arm, a lot of primer dropped to the floor, I have to feed the primer by hand, I like to know the fix.

Works well for me. When you raise the ram make sure its aligned perfectly with the arm. I disassembled the feeding piece and elongated the spring that feeds the primer to the arm. I was having lots of trouble with that piece not retracting after pushing a primer in. It would stay stuck not allowing a new primer to move forward, stretching out that spring helped a lot with feeding a preventing primers from falling.

[newbie1234]

Works well for me. When you raise the ram make sure its aligned perfectly with the arm. I disassembled the feeding piece and elongated the spring that feeds the primer to the arm. I was having lots of trouble with that piece not retracting after pushing a primer in. It would stay stuck not allowing a new primer to move forward, stretching out that spring helped a lot with feeding a preventing primers from falling.

Thanks you, will do.

...I bought a new priming system and it works perfectly...

I thought the Lee Classic Turret and Auto Breech Lock Pro used the same Priming system SKU 90997.

https://leeprecision.com/safety-primer-feed-small-and-large.html

[steelholder]

Thanks you, will do.



I thought the Lee Classic Turret and Breech lock Pro used the same Priming system SKU 90997.
https://leeprecision.com/safety-prim...and-large.html

They do but there is a newer version. I can't say if the newer one works better personally but try stretching out the spring on yours, i cam almost guarantee you'll notice a difference.