I have a Lee Precison Hand Press. I only plan on reloading 9mm. Do I need more than one shell holder for my handpress?
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If you plan on doing the whole reloading operation on that one press, then you should only need just the one she'll holder. I myself use an RCBS press for everything except the priming operation. I use a Lee auto primer for that, so I need an RCBS, and a Lee shell holder.
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No, one is sufficient. See Michael Walls answer for a good reason to have two shell holders. I also use two for the same reason
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Mike walls makes a valid point. I myself have purchased two for that same reason.
478965
You will only need one for the hand press. I have two because I use an rcbs primer tool. Its a hard tool to change out the shell holder so I usually keep one in my press and the other in primer tool.
478966
You only need one to hold 9mm casings. You need different dies but the dies all work with the same shell holder. Hope that helps and happy reloading.
756750
a lee shell holder for a lee loader will. BUT lee also makes a shell holder for their own primer tool also. basically, it is the top part of a shell holder. no bottom (grooved ledge) . So, lee actually has two styles of shell holders. On a side note, i just sent back a lee hand priming tool AND the shell holders specific to it. it is a very hard tool to use. I'm not overly thrilled with the RCBS primer tool, but it works the best so far. it uses a regular bullet holder, either a RCBS or a LEE(that is made for the loaders, not the primer tool). hope that helps.
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Yes you just need the dies for each of those calibers. I'll warn you though, with rifle calibers, you use a little more force on the full length resizing. I've only used this hand press for pistol rounds (9mm and 357 mag). I'm sure it will still work for rifle calibers, it just may require more force to resize rifle brass. (FYI I reload 30-06 on my single stage Lee Challenger - also a great press).
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As far as I know you can use them with any LEE press, I have three LEE presses and they work just fine in any one of them, you just have to remember that you are either loading 40cal. S/W or 10mm and that your setup for each is different.
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YES and No: yes the LEE's in the shell holder set that are in the green box. The shell holders that come with the dies, no. The tolerances are tight. Also where you put the shell holder in this priming tool is a tapered edge, and the ones that come with the dies do not have the area cut out to accept the taper to fit in the hand primer. so you'd have to trim the bottom of the hole in the shell holder to make it fit which wouldn't hurt the shell holder.
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My RCBS press takes standard press shell holders. I do know that my Lee hand priming tool uses its own shell holders that cannot be used in my press. As far as I know, the Lee hand priming tool shell holders are exclusive to that unit only.
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Just check the threads characteristics on both presses. If they are the same you can use the Lee dies in your press. Anyway, I believe they are standard in the reloading press industry. The Lee dies are 7/8 - 14
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No. You will also need shell holders, unless the die set you get comes with them, like Lee's sets do, and you will need calipers.
1531863
Not needed. The Lee Safety Prime uses the standard shell holders for the press. The Hand Priming shell holders are specifically for use with the hand priming tool (where the primers are inserted seperately from the press, using a stand-alone tool). The Hand Priming shell holders are dimensionally different and are not as robust as the primary shell holders used for the press. I haven't actually tried to insert one of these in the press, so I don't know if it would even fit.
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Yes you can. The only RCBS shell holder that I have is a #6 and it works just fine. All of my other ones are Lee. Once you learn how to set it up, make some shells that you will use for gauges. That way the next time that you reload that caliber, the set up is quick and accurate. Properly used, this is an excellent and very accurate trimmer.
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Yes and no... the Lyman All American press used the old J type shell holder and requires a J to X shell holder adapter to be able to use standard shell holders from Lee, RCBS, Hornady and Lyman, but once you purchase the adapter you can use any standard shell holder.
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having looked at that model, the shell holder seat looks standard and it is Lee which means their die sets will work and i've never seen shell holders that were that proprietary. my rcbs stuff works in lee presses and my lee, pacific, and lyman stuff works in my rcbs equip. i believe you should be safe.
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Its a universal fit shell holder. A little awkward to get used to.. will not work with the primer still in the brass
756754
unless you have a special press with special shell holders, all standard shell holders be it Lee, Dillion, RCBS...etc. will all fit in this hand primer. I have a universal shell holder kit made by China and they fit.
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That is a typo on the item. The Mossy Oak Buttstock rifle shell holder version holds 9 rounds from mid caliber high powered rifles. (example, I use one on my 30-06 Springfield and it holds them perfectly.) This could also be used with 30-30 as well and other slightly smaller or larger type cartridges. I assume .223 to .308 would be the approx sizes it would be used for this shell holder. The shotgun version holds 6 on the first side and 2 more on the other side and so this is a definate typo. I ordered mine from Amazon 2 years ago. Go for it, it's only 6-7 dollars. Can't get burned too bad and I think you will get the 9 round holder you want.
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Here is the link to Lee showing the shell holder R16: http://leeprecision.com/r16-shell-holder.htmlScotty
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Normally, yes. However, some shell holders fit more than one kind of shell (e.g. .357 and .38). The case must be held very stable to prevent damage to the shell and to the die.