I just found your channel while searching and doing research on the 6000 6 pack. I’m a reloader from way back. I really like your calm demeanor while explaining the press and set up. I’m about to order the 6000 kit. I’m disabled and reloading help with my mental health and my hands. Bob from Cabin Life.
Hi Bob! Sorry for the slow response. Thank you very much for the compliments! I try to make sure everything I say is somewhat understandable, but at times ADHD interferes with that so I tend to go a little slower so my mouth can keep up with my brain haha. I'm also disabled right now and on workers comp from a car wreck in 2021 and really love this press. It's nice to just put on some music or a video in the background and get some nice relaxing reloading time in. I subscribed to your channel as well! Can't wait to see more of your content! 💜🐇
Hi Buni ,Without the bullet feed hopper in place The Mini Mr. Bullet feeder will hold 5 bullets in the die itself. Once you lose sight of the bullets in the clear tube run 2 more bullets through the press that will leave you 3 bullets in the die and then you can turn your bullet feed. In other words once you see the bullets disappear You have 5 more bullets before that particular sleeve empties Once they disappear from the clear tube run 2 more that leaves you 3 turn the feeder to the next full tube and that is for 9mm bullets. Hope that makes sense 😉 ... awesome video 👊👍🇺🇸
I would consider creating a follower that would indicate when you're out of bullets or have one or two left in the die. Perhaps an orange, red, green? ...round plastic cylinder the length of the number of bullets in the die ...placed on top of the bullet stack (each bullet stack). you could visually track the depletion of the tube/die. Just a thought. (did that make sense?)
Excellent video! Because of your videos I ran out and bought the Lee Pro 6000 Six Pack! I still need to put it together!! Looking forward to your next video!!
Love it! After seeing yours up and running I had to get one. So far loaded a small batch of 380 acp. Lots of stuff to pay attention to. Your videos are a great resource. From watching your videos I had a good head start on setting mine up.
Great video I just retired and am looking for a new hobby I use to shoot once a month at my local range it would be great if you make a component list press die for beginners like me thanks for the videos keep up the good work
Thank you for the comment! This is a really fun hobby to get into. That's a really good idea for a video. I can make one using a more beginner and cheaper press and also make a little more advanced one including something like the Six Pack. 💜🐇
I bought the 9mm Luger package deal from titan reloading. It comes with everything you need, but does not come with a bullet feeder, a crimping die, or the powder safety device. I paid something like $340 for it and it was pretty easy to set up. One spring to hook up the primer delivery system. And then of course you have to set up your dies and your powder, but that was pretty easy too. I took the powder measurement from an existing bullet and took the drum apart and put the powder in the measuring hole. Screwed it up to line the powder level with outer part of the drum to get it close, and after setting that, I put the drum back together and of course you have to adjust a little bit. The case feeder ,she did have a little to far forward from how I set mine up. Just bottom the handle out, then I had to remove the spacer attached with a Phillips head screw. The plastic had to be removed because the 9 mm cases so short, so two cases want to fall. So, after I watched this video, (thank you by the way) I decided to buy mine. I am going to buy the bullet feeder and the crimping die for sure. Just thought I would mention what you wont get so you can order it on your initial order. The powder drum doesn’t draw be there in less there’s a bullet in there which I thought is pretty cool. I had one mess up with the driver delivery system, but I think that was because I did a short stroke and I put too much powder in and got it all over the place and I think the powder got in the system and after I got that cleaned up , I haven’t had a problem since.I use 6.2 grains of powder and if I get a double drop of the powder, I get powder everywhere , so I don’t know that I need a powder safety device. You can order the lee 6000 separate without the dyes and the shell plate and get it cheaper but you have to assemble more and I didn’t want to I have to guess on whether I was ordering the right stuff.
I've used a Lee Loadmaster for about 15 years. It was my first press when starting. I've got to say I like this newer press and particularly the way you set it up...Dillon, Schmillon!
Good day to you. I've been reloading on a single stage RCBS press for over 50 years an my 6 pack should be arriving 12-22-22. I'm so excited I can't hardly wait. I had a 223 kit on backorder but then a 9mm kit became available I bought it and cancelled the 223. I have bought all the additional parts for 223 and 44. I've been prepping all my cases for the last month waiting for one of these kits to become available. My question is how tight have you been keeping your case lengths. The predominant case cut to length is .744 an I have been grouping the cases with a variant of .005 an then have groups on either side. There is a very small group of cases reaching the cut down length. What kind of crimp uniformity are you getting. Thank you for any help you can provide.. I am interested in seeing your "freedom seed(lol)" smelting an pouring processes I've been taking an interest in that lately an saw your setup in the background of a different clip of yours. Happy days
Hi! I'm so sorry for the slow reply! I hope you're enjoying your Six Pack! I bet you have it by now haha. I don't reload anything that requires me to really mess with case lengths. 9mm, 40sw, 357sig are basically all fine to fire again without resizing. I've noticed the crimp seems to be great on each round as long as I set it right lol. It can take a little bit of fine tuning but I can also be a little OCD with how they come out. I've been working on making a series for bullets from lead scrap to finished bullet. Sadly the actual casting part will probably have to be hosted somewhere else since youtube has a stick up their bum about people pouring lead into a mold... Thank you for the comment and again sorry for being slow!
Thanks for the good video on the Lee 6000 pro. I now know more than I did. Question does the powder coating on the bullets add to fouling in the barrel?
It's a great press, I've had mine running for a few weeks now and love it. And powdercoating the bullets actually _decreases_ fouling, it is far cleaner than shooting lubed lead bullets, they run _very_ clean. I shot 300 rounds of them through through my CZ (9mm) last week and the bore was still bright and shiny afterward. It's definitely the way to go if you cast your own lead, especially with how easy it is to do, you just toss your cast bullets (preheated to 350°F so the powder sticks) in a metal bucket with a scoop of PC powder, shake it around for a minute to coat everything, shake them in a sieve to remove the excess powder, then chuck the whole wad of them in the oven set for 400°F, and after cooking for 15-20 minutes you pour them into a bucket of cold water immediately after removing them from the oven which hardens the surface and prevents them from sticking to each other. Super easy and cheap, though you typically do need to resize them after coating unless you have an undersized mold.
Very nice video, Great views of the press working from different sides. One thing you may wanna do is drill the 2 back holes in your Lee Bench mounting plate brackets. It will take a lot of the flex out of your press on the downstroke especially. 2 more bolts and would tighten up a lot, getting rid of that flex. Probably better for your press too. Looking forward to how your blue bullets do with that powder. Casting videos are always nice. Hope your Lee keeps doing good for you!
My six pack is in the mail right now, might be here tomorrow. I have loaded thousands on my loadmaster but its a constant pain even though I don't even prime on it. I always size and prime my brass ahead of time so I've never used the primer feed. I got the press for free and it didn't come with it. My case feeder constantly needs tinkering, I am just tired of messing with it. I can't blame Lee too much since it was a used press in a pile of parts that I got for free. I am looking forward to trying priming with this one so all I have to do is drop a bullet. Maybe I'll get the bullet feeder too if I like the press enough. Sure glad I stocked up mad on primers years ago before this madness of 10 cents a piece.
The loadmaster was one of the presses I had my eye on before I learned about the 6k coming out. The priming systems on all of them were wacky... The only one that made sense was the 1k but it was only 3 stations so bleh. I honestly think you'll really like the 6k. I'm still fairly new to reloading but boy does it make me smile when I sit down to reload and everything just kinda... happens. I only started shooting and reloading last year so I got into all this during the shit storm of pricing. I still have a decent little stash of primers but they sure weren't 10cents each you lucky sob ;p
I guess it depends what you mean. Total cost with everything? Dies and all? Just the press? Do you mean powder? Primers? Projectiles? Since I had the dies already I ordered a bare Six Pack for $255(+ shipping I think?) Then I got the powder check(~$70) and Mini Mr. Bullet feeder dies(~$120). Then I guess you can count the Bench plates(~$30) so I can swap between my Six Pack and APP for different things. Uhm... what else what else... I think that's a majority of the cost unless I'm completely spacing out. Lemme know if you wanted any other answers! I'll be happy to try what I can!
The most common complaint I've heard from reloading 9mm in a press that rotates the shell holder plate on the downstroke is powder splash. I'm torn between the Lee 6000 progressive and the Hornady LNL AP progressive press. The Hornady rotaes the shell plate 1/2 way on the downstroke and 1/2 way onm the upstroke, thus allowing for smoother shell plate rotation, and therefore less of a chance of powder splashing out of the case during the reload process. I see that your 9mm reloading process is very slow. Is this to prevent powder splash or is there some other reason? Have you ever experienced any powder splash with the LEE 6000? Splashing powder is such a royal pain as it usually requires disassembly of the shell plate assembly to clean up the mess before restarting the reloading process. I would surely appreciate ALL your comments regarding this concern. THANK YOU
great video I like the bullet feeder So no primer feed issues so far? I have had a Loadmaster for several years, It is a great when it works.... but you need to have a full knowledge of how it is suppose to work to KEEP it working It gets out of spec fairly easily and needs a lot of attention to make it work consistently. This press looks to be a significant improvement . For the $$ Lee makes the best stuff out there IMO and their customer service is quite good
I personally don't have any issues with it. But it sounds like your powder is sticking to the stick as it comes out of the shell. I would try rubbing something like graphite on the end of the stick or even just stick it completely into your powder jugs and spin it around some. Try to coat it with a layer of graphite or powder residue. It should help the powder from sticking to it. Lemme know if this helps at all or if it's something totally different please let me know as I'm curious! Thank you!
@@BuniBallistics Mine is the updated version that has a brass plunger. The powder is not sticking to it at all. What happens in my case is the plunger is much heavier that the earlier plastic version and when it dives in the case it pushes powder outside of the case since the plunger is a smaller diameter then the 9mm case mouth. I have addreessed this to DAA and they recommended some workarounds that Im not sure they gonna work. They also requested a better video focused on where the plunger enters the case. We shall see. As of now.. per their setup instructions, its not working well.
@@jolebole-yt Interesting... well that is shitty... you said you have a video of what it's doing as well? Is it posted anywhere I can look at it? I waddled upstairs to take a look at mine and it's brass at the end too. Are you going fast when you reload? I'll have to go back and look at my videos. I don't remember mine doing that but I'll have to check closer.
@@BuniBallistics Heres my video that I sent to DAA. 'Im not going super fast. DAA requested another video that shows how powder exits the case. I will try to make that today. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5VsIoFXGIZk.html
@@jolebole-yt Hmm... that is interesting... But yeah, without seeing exactly what's happening it's hard to tell. Definitely not what mine does. What powder are you using? When you make the second video do you mind if I see it too?
@@BuniBallistics I mean, you can put an led that is constantly lit behind the casing/bullet feeder setup, and drill some tiny holes through the plastic channels at the bottom of each tube, where you cannot see the last casing/bullet of a feeder tube.
@@BuniBallistics this way, when the bullet is present in will block the light, when the last one drops on a press level, you will see the led through a hole
@@BuniBallistics or even better, if you are familiar with diy electronics you could make a light sensor, so it can beep or shine a light like a device that checks if a gunpowder is present in a chamber. I wonder if a little servo motor could automatically give those feeder tubes a necessary twist on an empty tube ) I have seen some guys developing like round counter Arduino based attachment for those presses. It is strange that there is no 3d printed clear plastic solution to replace those black parts yet
@@BuniBallistics LED-->hole in a black rotating part-->casing in a way of a light-->another hole where you add a drop of clear hot glue or something so you can see the light shining across an empty tube 🚨 from any angle. And for four of the tubes you would need like eight holes in total. From a top-view it will look something like this. 🕯️≈🍀≈ 💧 with an offset for a clover shape rotating part so every tunnel can be lit the same way ¢
Hey! Sorry for my slow response! It's been crazy the past few weeks! If you haven't already got everything setup or if you want help with something I'd be more than happy to make a video like that! Just to be clear though I'm fairly new to reloading as well. I just started this year and learning as I go haha. Let me know if you have any questions! I'll try my best to answer them :3
@@BuniBallistics no worries at all. I ordered it but it went out of stock. Apparently there was some issue with my order so I’m waiting for it to come to stock to be able to order. Yes, I would sincerely appreciate a video. There’s not a lot of info in Sweden and whenever you ask someone who reloads they think you’re weird for some reason haha. Wish I lived in the U.S to be honest for this reason only.
@@lokiamir5029 For sure! I'll try and squeeze in a tutorial video. Is there anything specific I should try and go over? Here is a video from another RU-vidr that I really like. He is partially the reason I got into reloading and casting bullets! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R_EWtpNryFQ.html
@@BuniBallistics Thank you Buni appreciate it you taking the time. Well, basically how to set it up for 9mm with regards to what to do with the dies, how to set them up properly and so.
Honestly for the price you get a lot! If you wanted to try getting into reloading this would be my first pick for sure! You could also go a single stage route at first to see if you enjoy it enough to drop that kind of money too. All sorts of good options these days! Truly amazing for us all!
I LOVE my Lee dies. They are honestly amazing for the money. I've never had any issues with them and they are very user friendly to use imo. I like them a lot more than the more expensive brands. All of them are fine tbh but for the price, Lee wins for me.
Which attachments are you referring to? You can get the Press as a kit that comes with everything you need for a single caliber. It will not include the bullet feeder or the powder check dies. It will for the most part get you everything you need for the caliber kit you choose. Let me know if you have any other questions! 💜🐇
@@rogervanvarick3499 Awesome! Do you remember what press you had/still have? People always seem to say Dillon this and Dillon that but I agree.. they are way too expensive for what you get imo. The starting Dillon press you have to still turn each station by hand I think. The Six Pack seemed like a great budget press to get started on. I'm extremely happy with it for the price.
Hi! Sorry for the slow reply! I haven't had any primer issues personally. The only issues I've had so far is 9mm brass with crimped primer pockets >< I have to go through my range brass each time now cause of it lol. What I get for always picking up range brass without looking at what I'm grabbing. I'm curious as to what yours is doing? Maybe I could help?
Blue bullets and Titegroup - may not work. Titegroup is known to cause polymer coating deterioration. Check this video series (part 1 linked) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gcb8ORhvq1c.html . Maybe the coating on your bullets will be fine, but it is not 100% guaranteed.
Hello, I'm here because you're one of the first people with one of these presses making videos about it. This shows me what I'm interested in; how smoothly it cycles cases through the different stages. It looks like Lee has a winner. I think your case feeder is adjusted right. The occasional fallen case might be due to you bumping the case feed shuttle by accident, or maybe the vibration of the press while it's being cycled. I don't care which bullets you load. I caution you to stay below full pressure loads. Full pressure (or higher), shortens the life of the brass and batters the firearm. If you want more power, go to a larger caliber. What does Lee say about lubrication for this press? Do the instructions address lubrication? Thank you. R, Steve
@@lillithanatine1498 Hi Lillith, thank you. That's interesting as other manufactures recommend motor oil. STP is what they put into motor oil base stock to make it a modern super oil.
It would have been nice, I really do agree. I guess for the price they just couldn't/didn't want to do it. That would have really made this press over the top!
