Complete Cleaning of a Lee Pro 1000 Progressive Press - Part 1 of 9

How to strip down, clean, and reassemble the Lee Pro 1000 progressive press. HQ version of this series available at www.sanfranciscoliberalwithagun.com.

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[meatball033]

I just purchased this press ive only had it a couple days now. And its driving me crazy guess what the problem is the primer feed. What advise do you have for me to solve this problem. So i can get started on making some rounds brother. Bye the way this is my first time ever reloading so any information you have will be helpful to me.

[sfliberal]

@meatball033 I had that problem with my .45 Colt press, too, and it's because there was a little manufacturing oil in the priming system. I would strongly recommend going through the cleaning process as outlined in this video series. It cured all problems for me.

[SuperSneakySteve]

How do you clean your powder measure when you switch powders?

[sfliberal]

@SuperSneakySteve Actually, there's a "how-to" video series for that powder measure, too, where I do just that. Basically, I take it apart and gently brush/blow off any residual powder grains. Since everything's either Teflon-coated or Nylon, it just falls right off.

[TFMTraining]

Face Shield. Excellent. I've got one. After a detonation in my Lee Loadmaster. I dont reload without my face shield. Which brings me to the "Powder on the bench" thing. I can appreciate having it "out" somewhere, but no where near the press when reloading. Pick a place to keep your "currently in-use" powder, but not next to the press while reloading. My .02¢

BTW: Nice video. You have a good voice and you speak well.

Mike

[sfliberal]

@TFMTraining

Wow...I hope you're OK! That must not have been pleasant at all.

You do make a good point here about the powder location. I'm back to using CCI primers, so detonation risk has been reduced, but of course not eliminated. There's a cabinet to the right of my press, about 5-6 feet away. The press body happens to be interposed between it and the primer tray. I could put the powder on that countertop section.

Appreciate the feedback!

[MooviFan1]

Hi, just wanted to say thanks for the great instructional video on this press. Some one who used to reload gave me their old press about 7 years ago and I thought it looked too complicated to mess with but your video series on how to tear it apart and clean it gave me inspiration to give it a try. Now I can completely tear it apart and put it back together again from memory. You're a good teacher. Keep at it. Thanks again!

[xxturbowesxx]

Your sing songy voice makes me want to punch a baby in the face.

Thanks for the videos.. fix your voice or I will fix it for you(step brothers reference).

[mjmoto72]

@meatball033 hey dude i just read this but dont give up i learned on this damn thing! lol yea it was tuff but things have gotten better as i learned..

[sfliberal]

@climbingtothetop

No, I don't have a video for that (yet). But I should. Thanks for the idea, and when I set up my .44 Spl turret for it, I may do just such a video.

To answer your other question, the dies are already installed, but you should dial them in for depth and such. When I unboxed the .38 Spl press, I thought they were already adjusted. Discovered I was wrong. :-) Didn't take long, though.