Hi All,
I learned shotshell reloading with a Lee Loader as a kid. Was thinking about hunting up some used ones. Ideally the old ones with all metal parts and the red handle for the powder scoop I think it was.
But here's the thing... everytime I watch that procedure of compressing the wads and crimping where you put you hand on the plunger... I have to wonder... if a round goes off like that... does it break you wrist off, or what?
Anyone know if it's ever happened?
At least with the rifle version you can keep you hands out of the line of fire completely if you watch what you are doing... with the shotshell verson, not possible. Though Mike Bellavue's vids do show him using a mallet instead.
In his first video, the Nail and Dowel method... no die body for protection at all... same wonder... what if it goes off?
Yet the simplicity of it is attractive, and well... I don't think a Lee Loadall provides an more protection. Perhaps smoother operation... less chance of a jounce that would set something off, but still plastic and lead everywhere I'd think, if it were to go off.
The older I get, the more things like that stand out to me I guess.
I can remember my father looking very tense putting wad pressure on those shells with the Lee Loader Classic.
