Recent content by AussieShooter

I'm having problems reloading with a Lee Pro 1000 progressive press. (Before people chime in with advice to scrap it and get a Dillon, a single stage press, etc, etc... I'd like to say that these notions have already occurred to me... several times...) Today, I've successfully reloaded 61...

Thanks Rex Driver. I've seen stuff describing the Marlin Jam as a problem with a sharp edge on the lever wearing a groove on the underside of the lifter. Apparently this groove messes up the timing of the action so that you get jams, etc. I've looked at mine and the groove is starting to...

I've learnt my lesson. But, to be fair to myself, the place I got the reloads wasn't some guy I met at the range or at a gun show. It was a place that manufactures high quality projectiles that are widely used around here. Reloading just isn't their core business. (I hope I haven't given too...

I bought a rear sight blade for a Blackhawk (I think). It fitted my MkIII Hunter perfectly. You can buy them from Brownells. There are good instructions on the internet for replacing the sight blade. All you need is a screwdriver and a punch. I find that I can aim much better with the...

Thanks, contender. The Hogue online store sells the Power Speed holster for $119.95, but I doubt that I'd get it cheaper than that here in Australia. They don't mention the MkIII specifically - it's all about the centre-fire semi-autos. I guess there is only one model, right? Cheers

I'm thinking about putting a red dot sight on my Ruger MkIII Hunter, which has a 6-7/8" barrel. I need some recommendations on the best speed holster to use with that kind of set-up. Right now, I'm using a nylon holster with the un-scoped pistol, but that won't work once I fit the red dot...

Thanks, Greg. The update is that I got the press working, after a fashion, with the help of a guy at my local gun shop. I managed to load a couple of hundred rounds yesterday, with only a couple of primer issues (they went sideways, probably because there weren't enough primers behind them to...

Thanks guys. You'll be relieved to know that I pulled and reloaded those rounds. We ran a few of the other rounds through a chronometer. There was a bit of a spread in velocities, but not enough to worry about. I've since shot most of them without incident, leaving aside the ones that got...

I'm coming round to the idea of buying a Dillon 650. At least I can still use my Lee dies in that. I took the press to my local gun shop and got some help (which was great considering I didn't even buy the press there. Anyone visiting Perth and needing gun stuff, go see Daniel and Glen at...

Sorry, guys. I just have to vent. This evening I've spent 2 hours with my Lee Pro 1000 and managed to load 47 rounds. I am completely underwhelmed by this product. What a piece of crap. Although things went reasonably well last time I reloaded, this time I got primers sideways, primers not...

I bought some .38 Spl ammo with lead projectiles from a local company that I won't name. Turns out that they didn't put a crimp on the cases, so when I loaded them into my lever-action rifle the projectiles on some of the rounds got pushed back into the cases. Hmmmm... :evil: Obviously I...

Doh! Figured out why the de-priming wasn't happening. When I had the press out of index, the de-priming pin hit the shell plate carrier and got driven back up into the die. So I just had to undo the collet at the top and push the pin back out! I still don't like the Pro 1000, but it might...

Guys, I've tried re-indexing the press using the screw under the case carrier plate assembly. It doesn't work. When I re-index then pull the handle, the first case goes into the de-priming die and DOESN'T GET DE-PRIMED (or de-capped if you like), presumably because the case is not lining up...

Now I can't get the useless piece of crap to index properly: when I put a case in and pull the lever it doesn't line up with the de-priming pin. I am going to sell this piece of rubbish.

Thanks very much for those comments fellas. Can you describe how you operate a Lee Pro 1000 without the priming stage? How do you feed the primed cases into the press when the first die they are going to see is the de-priming one? Do you have to remove that die? How do you de-prime the...