Lee loader kit replacement

[infamous209]

Im getting a SW40VE, and want to start investing in reload equipment. I like the cheap loader kit, but they dont have it for the 40 S&W, does anyone make something that cheap for the 40?

[XDRoX]

What kit exactly are you referring to? Any press should be able to load 40.

[infamous209]

Thats what they are called they are like 30 bucks and come with everything but the rubber mallet. It is one of those hand loader kits. Only problem is I cant find one for the 40 s&w. Here is one for the 45

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=lee+loader+kit&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7GGLL_en&prmd=ivns&resnum=3&biw=1003&bih=511&wrapid=tlif129721391559810&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=8990216538090311407&ei=4OlRTcaGF4u6sQP58OXABg&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CF4Q8wIwAw#

[XDRoX]

Oh, those things. Ya, I don't know much about those. You can get a pretty cheap single stage press for well under $100. Making ammo with a hammer would be kind of nostalgic I guess, but I' wouldn't want to do it all the time.

[mif_slim]

All depending on your shooting. I started with one of those but in .223. It's more of a novelty then anything else. I would rather have you go hand press then that. You can find hand press starting at 30 bucks if your lucky. Buy the dies for another 30 bucks and your set for your 40sw.

One thing to concider is that once you start reloading your going to shoot more, when you shoot more, your going to want to load more.

[bohoki]

you got to use lube with those whack loaders lee carbide die set runs about $30

also the little scoop is good for revolver rounds but i dont like that for guns depending on oomph to function

[IntoForever]

I have the one for the .45. It works ok for the lead bullets, sucks for the FMJ's. Never had a problem with the one for the rifles. I have a couple of real presses now and the .45 kit is collecting dust.

[bumpo628]

They don't make one in .40 S&W.

LEE LOADER SIZES
22 Hornet
223 Remington
22/250
243 Winchester
6.5 x 55 Swedish Mauser
270 Winchester
7mm Remington Magnum
7.62 x 54 Russian
**30 MI Carbine
30/30 Win (30 Rem)
308 Winchester
30/06 Springfield
303 British
45/70 Government
9mm Luger
38 Special
357 Magnum
**44 Magnum
**45 ACP
**45 Colt

http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/catalog/browse.cgi?1297217211.4164=/html/catalog/cleeloader.html

[LGB Loader]

I have the whack-a-mol'e loader for 38spcl, 357 mag, 44 mag, 30-30 WIN, 30-06, 308, and 7.62x54R. Actually the 7.62 Russian is good to have as a neck sizer since Redding does not make a neck sizer for that caliber. I used this till a got the Hornady neck sizer for 30 cal. Here is the link to the Hornady die and I highly recommend it: http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct...tNumber=116484

Aside from loading a bit of ammo while at a campsite to pass some time or a need for ZEN type handloading (which I sometimes still do), I would much rather spend the extra $$ dollars $$ on a cheap Lee single stage and some dies.

LGB

[bumpo628]

Lee makes a single stage press for $29

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=807734

Add in the dies for $28 and you're in business.

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=280965

You really need a scale and a dial caliper too if you don't have them already.


EDIT: Grafs.com has the same press for $29 or the press with the Lee reloading manual for $33.

http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/8069

The dies are $29 and the nice thing about Grafs is that the shipping is only about $5 per order.

[EmmaGoldman]

Nowhere near as cheap and I don't know if they have one for .40, but Wilson makes hand dies. More expensive than a lee hand press and dies though.

I love hand dies. I use them with an arbor press. It's the old school way to do benchrest.

[infamous209]

Thanks guys!!! Gonna start buying soon!!

[7anthony7]

Take a look at the Lee Hand loader if you don't have much room. I like mine, not the fastest, but it does the job.

[LGB Loader]

Nowhere near as cheap and I don't know if they have one for .40, but Wilson makes hand dies. More expensive than a lee hand press and dies though.

I love hand dies. I use them with an arbor press. It's the old school way to do benchrest.

Hi Emma,

I feel the same way about the Wilson dies. I have complete sets in a number of calibers and seaters in others. Great way to handload great precision ammo.

What type of arbor press do you run?

LGB

[EmmaGoldman]

Hi Emma,

I feel the same way about the Wilson dies. I have complete sets in a number of calibers and seaters in others. Great way to handload great precision ammo.

What type of arbor press do you run?

LGB

Harbor Freight with some bronze shims to clean up the wiggle. I've also done good work on a drill press with a lathe-turned steel pad (disk with a shank) in the chuck. I really want one of those swanky looking Sinclair ones, but I have too many wants.