collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: Lee turret press - Ram question  (Read 2211 times)

Offline BlackRidge

  • Mmm tag soup..
  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Aug 2010
  • Posts: 1087
  • Location: Sammamish
  • WildGame Deterrent
Lee turret press - Ram question
« on: March 22, 2011, 01:16:58 PM »
Hey guys,

Picked up a new turret press and noticed the Ram's slot is situated in about the 7 o'clock position. Compared to my classic breech lock press which had it at the 6 o'clock position, it just seemed... off

Can anyone help to confirm that this is indeed the position it should be in?  The folks at Lee haven't returned my email yet

Thanks

Theres plenty of room for all of gods animals.... right next to the mashed potatoes!

Offline Todd_ID

  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Apr 2008
  • Posts: 2926
  • Location: Clarkston
  • Hunt Hard!
Re: Lee turret press - Ram question
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2011, 08:43:21 PM »
I just bought the same press.  Mine is the same way.  I'm sure there's a reason, but I couldn't figure it out.  A couple hundred rounds have gone through with no problem, so I figure 20k more should be no problem.  But I just don't know where the logic is for the offset.
Bring a GPS!  It's awkward to have to eat your buddies!

Offline BlackRidge

  • Mmm tag soup..
  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Aug 2010
  • Posts: 1087
  • Location: Sammamish
  • WildGame Deterrent
Re: Lee turret press - Ram question
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2011, 09:40:35 AM »
Thanks for the reply

Just got off the phone with the Lee folk and found thats the way it was intended to be... oddly enough..

Haha as long as it works I suppose, thanks Todd

Now if I could only figure out how to collect/dispose of my spent primers w/ this thing  :chuckle:
« Last Edit: March 23, 2011, 09:54:47 AM by BlackRidge »
Theres plenty of room for all of gods animals.... right next to the mashed potatoes!

Offline Todd_ID

  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Apr 2008
  • Posts: 2926
  • Location: Clarkston
  • Hunt Hard!
Re: Lee turret press - Ram question
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2011, 01:12:12 AM »
I ended up putting a 10x13 baking pan on the floor below where most of the primers seem to hit.  A few still miss on random bounces, but most make it into the pan.
Bring a GPS!  It's awkward to have to eat your buddies!

Offline wildmanoutdoors

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jul 2009
  • Posts: 2459
  • Location: Port Orchard
Re: Lee turret press - Ram question
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2011, 05:35:45 AM »
I wasent sure what you guys were talking about at first and I have 2 of the 1000's. I fashioned some cardboard boxes that hang underneath. The ones that were missing the pan hated the vacuum cleaner.

Offline KillBilly

  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: May 2007
  • Posts: 3667
  • Location: OLY, WA.
  • I kill therefore I Am
Re: Lee turret press - Ram question
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2011, 05:43:45 AM »
I have a lee press that I use only for pulling bullets out of cases. It actually has a clear plastic tube that channels spent primers into a garbage can or receptacle of your choice.
Some people spend their entire life wondering if they made a difference. Marines don't have that problem.
He who shed blood with me shall forever be my brother.

Offline BlackRidge

  • Mmm tag soup..
  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Aug 2010
  • Posts: 1087
  • Location: Sammamish
  • WildGame Deterrent
Re: Lee turret press - Ram question
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2011, 09:56:07 AM »
Yea, the classic breach style I started with has one of those clear tubes too, worked great. But this new turret press seems to just kick the spent primers out of the ram and into these weird holes in the bottom of the base, and or spit them out onto the floor.

The ones that go through the base hole(s) just end up sitting there because of how you have to mount it, lol. I feel like I'm reverse engineering this thing to figure out what they were thinking....
Theres plenty of room for all of gods animals.... right next to the mashed potatoes!

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

Looking for Red Hot Replacement Muzzleloader Nipple 2 SKU: M900013 by Westside88
[Today at 01:02:04 PM]


Diarrhea ? by buglebuster
[Today at 12:47:26 PM]


Real world feedback needed: Rangefinder Binos by Sakko300wsm
[Today at 12:23:24 PM]


Idaho Non-res hunt draw by kodiak06
[Today at 12:06:59 PM]


Throwing a Hail Marry - Late Season Deer or Elk by Soady
[Today at 12:01:27 PM]


My wife found her first shed by jrebel
[Today at 11:27:09 AM]


Hunter bags 717 lb black bear by dilleytech
[Today at 08:25:09 AM]


Idaho Moose Tag Area 1-1 Hunt 3001 by MADMAX
[Today at 07:53:23 AM]


Ain’t it the truth!!😆😆😆😆 by wadu1
[Today at 07:40:28 AM]


Blue Tongue and EHD outbreak in NE Washington by hunter399
[Today at 06:13:12 AM]


2025 deer, let's see em! by Craig
[Today at 05:43:48 AM]


Whos going out for late muzzy Elk? by trophyhunt
[Yesterday at 10:33:49 PM]


Big J's Black Friday sale by trophyhunt
[Yesterday at 08:05:28 PM]


3 pintails by metlhead
[Yesterday at 07:54:28 PM]


King of the mountain caught sleeping by Rufous
[Yesterday at 07:52:52 PM]


Willipa Hills Antlerless tag by b0bbyg
[Yesterday at 07:42:48 PM]


Seekins PH3 by HUNT JR
[Yesterday at 07:31:55 PM]


121 Quality November 20-24 by erronulvin
[Yesterday at 06:52:55 PM]


Skyline by Brute
[Yesterday at 06:51:45 PM]


One of my Wowzhers by High Climber
[Yesterday at 06:47:52 PM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal