Some tips and fixes for issues with the Ultimate Turret Press. Overall this is a great reloading press! Link to Plinkin Preacher on Rumble rumble.com/user/plinkinpreacher
Yet again I'm sitting here with a fear of depression bearing on my mind and your video comes up in my feed... the close of the video felt as if though you were speaking directly to me. About the safety prime I lucked out and found another original set still nib and picked it up. The originals had the really nice lifetime trays instead of the flimsy folding ones. My problem with LEE is the fact that they started looking for ways to make things even cheaper so that they wear out quickly as opposed to how they used to do things...cheap, but reliable and many things could last a lifetime at a fraction of the cost of others.
I also saw you mentioned the powder reservoir for the powder measure you have, I have that, in the bit older version, doesn't have the red bottom, and Lee has caps that can be turned off that fit the 1lb bottles of powder just fine, you twist and they turn off, the only issue with them is the fact that you can not see when the bottle goes empty, because they are black, so I use the clear ones that come with the caps. I learned that the hard way, fortunately I weigh every one of my 45-70 rounds, so it was obvious which were missing powder.
I have both the old style and new, triangle style Lee primer tool, and I have to say, that yes they are not flawless, but what is? I would say after thousands of rounds through each, I have very few issues with them, perhaps 1 or 2 out of a hundred, don't go in the cup correctly. I have not modified it at all. To be fair I mostly use the large primers, but I have also done a few of the small ones. I have recently bought a ultimate turret press also, in the last week, and it seems to be doing fine. I previously had one that was similar to a classic, but a cheaper version, not sure what it was called.
Preacher, there are 2 fixes for lee rotating powder measure. Polish the in side with Mother's Mag & Aluminum Polish. I just did it to my new Deluxe. I completely disassembled it and polished it inside and out for me it made it easier not worrying about where the paste ended up. 2nd, there is videos on smoothing out the drum with sand paper 600 grits, but I just learned from another RU-vidr that he used 0000 steal wool. You chuck it into a cordless drill on the stim hope this helps God bless you
@plinkinpreacher456 I just finished using 0000 steal wool on powder drums, which worked great. I also used dryer sheets after steal wool while drum was on drill and it really polished it up. I ran dryer sheets though the powder measure and hopper for static electricity. I also did take apart the Lee primer apart and boiled for 5 min with 1/4" bolt today I have 3 small washer to help level out the primer arm
Sorry about that Doug. I forgot to put the link in the description for this video. You can find the link in my previous two videos on the ultimate turret press and the inline bullet feeder. I'll add it to this video. Thanks for watching!
