LEE APP Press for sizeing Cast Slugs? Anyone Using?

[RM.510bigbore]

I was thinking of getting a Lee APP press for sizeing Airgun Slugs...I can cast five at a time.....I.can powder coat about 10 lbs at a time.. Sizeing the powder coated slugs is the slowest step...Handling each individual slug....I already have the Lee App bushings and bottle adapter.. I.just converted my Redding Ultra Mag Press to Lee Bushing system.. I had.to.flip it upside down to use...I sized. about 800 that way...But very inefficient... I was.watching YouTube videos of.sizeing lead.slugs with the Lee APP press with feed tubes and custom.3d printed collitor to feed.slugs in tube...It was amazing fast!!!! That said basic App press.and feed tubes around $165.00.. Probably another $100.00in custom parts to get it.to.run.smooth... Any experience or comments welcome..... Thanks again

 

[karl_h]

For someone doing a lot of resizing of bullets, I can see the draw of that. You still have to handle every individual slug to load the tube though, should save some time over what I do, but not really that much. For the little I ever do, I just mount my single stage upside down, using lee bullet sizing dies, drop the slugs in the die, pull the handle, slug drops out and drop the next one in. Slugs/bullets are lubed of course. It's been probably near 2 years since I resized any bullets, obviously not a priority for me. Last time was doing 20 jacketed bullets for PB that were not uniform straight out of the box, tried sizing some and tested. Ended up no better and no worse than before...., but the bullets were much more consistently round. Shot the rest of those bullets up plinking without resizing them.

 

[RM.510bigbore]

For someone doing a lot of resizing of bullets, I can see the draw of that. You still have to handle every individual slug to load the tube though, should save some time over what I do, but not really that much. For the little I ever do, I just mount my single stage upside down, using lee bullet sizing dies, drop the slugs in the die, pull the handle, slug drops out and drop the next one in. Slugs/bullets are lubed of course. It's been probably near 2 years since I resized any bullets, obviously not a priority for me. Last time was doing 20 jacketed bullets for PB that were not uniform straight out of the box, tried sizing some and tested. Ended up no better and no worse than before...., but the bullets were much more consistently round. Shot the rest of those bullets up plinking without resizing them.

You can buy some sort.of thing that goes.on the feed tubes to fill.them point down.. For $300.00 probably not worth it..I don't know if I can get cast a moa at a 100 yards consistently ....I might be swage or buying some in the future..