great video series, I have watched all 6, and subscribed I have viewed many videos on the Lee six pack pro. and with watching all videos and your videos has heled me decide on the Lee six pack pro. I have ordered my Lee six pack pro. will be here this Thursday, Thanks for making your videos, Best regards.
Thank you for the great review and tips. I am invested pretty heavily in a couple of Loadmasters but the constant fiddling/adjusting is getting tiresome, so I’m trying to decide if I want to ditch the Loadmasters and invest in the six pack pro. Your videos have been a big help in understanding how they work. Cheers from Georgia, USA!
I'm in the process of working out the kinks in my six pack. The biggest problem I had was the rail that the case feeder shoe slides on. It was rough and the shallow circles on the top had material sticking up from the forging process during manufacture. Had to sand and polish that rail on top and on the edges so the shoe wouldn't catch on the upstroke then pop free and fling the case across the room. I also bought the bullet feeder which would catch the base of the bullets preventing them from falling into the metal shute. Had to ream and polish the plastic shute hole so the bullets fall freely.
I started with a Pro 1000 when I was just loading .45 ACP and 9mm. It works well enough, but I prefer to seat and crimp on separate stages. Then I bought a Classic Turret Press when I got into .223 and 300 Blackout. I still use this great press for small batches and for load development. Next came the Lee 4000. The 5 stages were great, but the manual priming system was terrible. On a whim, I found a blem Loadmaster for a ridiculously low price. I could never get everything to sync up. Case feeding was abysmal. Finally, the 6 Pack Pro came out, and I had to get it. I believe it's the one press to rule them all. The only hiccup I had was when loading 300 HAM'R, the powder is at max safe capacity and will spill out when the shell plate indexes. Once powder gets into the primer area, it suits the bed. However, that's not the presses fault. This doesn't happen with pistol calibers. Now, I just slow the process down a bit and the powder spill/primer feed lock up problem is gone.
I'm SERIOUSLY considering upgrading from my Lee Classic Turret to this new machine. I did read that Lee is coming out with their own inline bullet feed system in March of this year, priced around $70 USD.
I got mine three weeks ago, and I friggin love it. I want to change the ball handle to one of the ergonomic roller ones but aside from that I haven't had any issues aside from my own lack of attention with a couple rounds that didn't seat fully in the shell plate and bound up, but that was my fault. When it's running well it really pumps those rounds out, with a bullet feeder and case collator you can run 500-600 rounds per hour. And for the price? Unbeatable.
Nicely done! Appreciate the series and tips. My Pro 6000 will be here on Saturday! 😁 Another cool thing about Lee Precision is they will give you free parts. Anytime you first purchase parts on their website, they are free (plastic parts), you only pay shipping. I will usually order up any parts I think might need replacing. Unfortunately Lee will no longer ship to my state because of the stupid nexus tax laws here.
With us in South Africa, the shipping on free parts would make it not worth it. Luckily we have great agents here that stock most parts at a minimum cost.
Great job on setting up and reviewing the press! I've enjoyed your whole series on this! I'm still working the bugs out on mine but for the most part it works great, just need's a bit more breaking in I guess!
FWIW to get better agitation of the primer feed on my pro 1000's, I've taken very small zip ties and put them in the existing grooves in the post. Instead of needing pressure against the post the entire travel, they hit these "speed bumps". They seem to agitate better. Do need to be careful with too much force on the pins, they will bend and then rotate away from anything they contact.
I have tried the cable tie trick but you need to use a tiny cable tie else you will bind up on that. Lee adding the pin from the Pro1000 seems to have it sorted.
It's advertised to handle it but it does become pretty difficult to run, I'm told (I have one but only use it for pistol and small rifle like 5.56) there are a lot of issues with the dies sticking and needing to apply a lot of force to complete the stroke, but dimensionally the press can take it, there is enough clearance for a 2.5" case height. Personally I would get something a little sturdier for large rifle cases, a turret press would be more ideal IMO.
Hi sir great vids with al the parts , i just want to ask ,did you print the clamps on the ammo tubes with a 3d printer because i cant find it by lee itself , and i cant also not find anything on thingiverse. thx for the answer in adv . greets Rudi
This press shares the same linkages as Lee's 50bmg press. There is almost no play which makes it so effortless. By far better than the Pro1000 and Load Master.
