I have been looking at getting one of the lee pro 1000's for loading 9mm since I go through a metric ton of it and my single stage press gets the job done, and I will keep it for making match loads, and decapping/resizing, but I do a lot of plinking in the back yard and I'd like to be able to run a little faster for making the crappy I don't care if they aren't quite as consistent I'm shooting at 12" steel targets at 25 yards and as long as I can hit it I'm okay ammo.
However, I would like to still deprime and prime off the press. Is it possible to use the lee pro 1000 and replace the deprime/resize die with a factory crimp die and just put primed brass on the press and run it that way? I know you don't need to crimp 9mm but it makes me feel better if I could. Regardless I know I can take the priming tool and sizing tool off the press anyway and just run the bullet seating dies and powder through expansion die and still get it done that way. I generally inspect my cases when I'm priming them and I generally do that in the evenings while listing to the TV in the backround. Its relaxing to me and helps me get to sleep at night easier especially if I got over worked up about something that day.
If it cant be done with the lee, but could be accomplished with another press does anyone have recommendations for me? I'm primarally looking at the lee due to price, and I know you get what you pay for. But most of the problems people have with the lee press is with the priming mechanism that I am not planning on using anyway
However, I would like to still deprime and prime off the press. Is it possible to use the lee pro 1000 and replace the deprime/resize die with a factory crimp die and just put primed brass on the press and run it that way? I know you don't need to crimp 9mm but it makes me feel better if I could. Regardless I know I can take the priming tool and sizing tool off the press anyway and just run the bullet seating dies and powder through expansion die and still get it done that way. I generally inspect my cases when I'm priming them and I generally do that in the evenings while listing to the TV in the backround. Its relaxing to me and helps me get to sleep at night easier especially if I got over worked up about something that day.
If it cant be done with the lee, but could be accomplished with another press does anyone have recommendations for me? I'm primarally looking at the lee due to price, and I know you get what you pay for. But most of the problems people have with the lee press is with the priming mechanism that I am not planning on using anyway