I have a small cabin at my shooting range, and at times, I develop reloads over at that place rather than at my home…
I let a Lee Anniversary Kit at that cabin. I’m not knocking Lee, but the price of it is such that if someone breaks into my cabin and steals the kit, well, it isn’t worth near as much as would be an RCBS kit…
My more valuable reloading stuff stays at my house…
The Anniversary kit will serve someone just starting out adequately…
Plus, although it uses the quick-change bushings, it can still be used without them. I have never understood why one would adjust a die set and put it in a bushing. Adjust it without the bushing and screw it in and out of the press as needed…
Just screw a bushing into the press and tighten it securely. The adjust your dies as you would in a regular press and unscrew them and let the bushing in place...
You need a bushing for every die you use and they cost 10 bucks or so--Why use them?...
The quick change stuff is a gimmick as far as I am concerned…
As far as the Lee scales—well, I can’t read the adjustment end of them. I take an RCBS 5-10 with me to the cabin when I go there to reload…
I do have weights that I made from aluminum flashing that I weighed on an RCBS 304 scale. I cut bits and pieces off of them until they became a known weight. I will put them on the Lee scale and set the pointer to zero by adjusting the screw mechanism about the pan. I don’t bother to read the actual weight it is set at as I know the weights of my pieces of aluminum flashing…
The RCBS 5-10 that I have as a spare at home is much better…
Still the Lee system will serve you well—if you have patients!!!...
Good-luck…BCB