LEE PRO 1000 Progressive 3-Hole Reloading Kit Instructions
- June 9, 2024
- LEE
Table of Contents
LEE PRO 1000 Progressive 3-Hole Reloading Kit
INSTRUCTIONS
DANGER Ammunition reloading can be dangerous if done improperly and can result
in serious injury or death.
CAUTION
- Reloading should not be attempted by persons not willing and able to read and follow instructions exactly.
- Children should not be permitted to reload ammunition without strict parental supervision.
- Always wear safety glasses and hearing protection when reloading and shooting.
- Ammunition loaded with these tools and data should only be used in modern guns in good condition.
- We do not accept responsibility for ammunition loaded with these tools or data as we have no control over the manufacture and storage of components or the loading procedure and techniques.
- Primers and gun powders, like gasoline and matches, can be dangerous if improperly handled or misused.
Breech Lock Bushing Die Set
Kits include new Breech Lock Die Set. Smart Lock bushings utilize an
integrated o-ring to keep dies firmly in place, yet remain finger adjustable.
Color coded for easy identification. The best value for Lee Breech Lock press
owners.
SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS
- Be sure of proper powder and charge for bullet weight selected.
- Wear safety glasses and hearing protection when reloading or shooting.
- Be extremely careful to avoid a double charge. If in doubt, empty the case and recycle it.
- Do not permit distractions while loading. This is a complex machine that needs your fullest attention.
SMOOTH OPERATING TIPS
- Always move the lever smoothly in complete strokes. An interrupted stroke can cause a jam or double charge.
- Do not force it or you will break something. If it does not feel right, stop and check out the problem.
- Oil ram using STP™ motor oil treatment. Using any oil, lubricate link bolts and ram pin every few thousand rounds.
SETUP TOOLS REQUIRED
- Safety glasses & ear protection
- 1/2” socket or wrench
HELPFUL SETUP VIDEOS
Open camera application on smartphone or tablet, hover over the QR code for a
direct link to help video.
OVERVIEW
INSTALLATION
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Mount your press. The most convenient way to mount your press is with our Lee Bench Plate System # 90251. This system includes all of the mounting hardware and allows for quick press removal without unbolting from bench. Or, purchase (qty. 3) ¼” bolts and nuts and prepare your workbench for use with this press.
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Loosen lever clamp. Re-position handle, tighten securely with 1/2” socket or wrench.
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Raise the retaining ring and slide the primer collection tube assembly into the ram. Slide retaining ring on to assembly.
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Install catch bin and bracket # 90687
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TOOL HEAD POSITION & INITIAL SETUP
LEE BREECH LOCK DIES include Smart Lock bushings on the dies. Lock rings are not required when utilizing these bushings.
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PRO 1000 DIE INSTALLATION
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Position 1 = Full Length Sizer Die sizing & depriming must be done in this station
* Install die and bushing in tool head position 1.
* Raise the carrier to top of stroke. (Handle down and hold)
* Screw die into contact the shell plate.
* Release lever, screw in the die additional 1/3 turn further.
2. **Position 2 =** Powder Through Expanding Die or Rifle Charging Die
* Install appropriate die and bushing onto Auto Drum powder measure.
* Insert assembly into position 2.
* Position a case under position 2 and raise to top of its stroke (hold lever down).
* Rotate entire powder measure and die inward until the top of stroke indicator nears the top of the slot in the casting.
3. **Position 3 =** Bullet Seating Die-
Installing or Changing Primer Guide
IMPORTANT Do not operate primer feed without a small or large primer guide installed into slider.
Doing so will cause damage to your primer slider.
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DRY RUN (no primers, powder, or bullets)
Cycle the lever up and down to confirm the shell plate is advancing correctly.- Lower the lever, place a case in front of the slider block and raise lever to insert case into shell plate. Lower the lever and the case is raised into the sizing die position. Lift the lever, the case will advance to the priming station and primer will be seated at the carrier’s bottom of the stroke. Lower the lever, the case will rise into station #2, the powder charging and pistol expanding station. Raise the lever and the case will advance to bullet seating/crimping station # 3. Lowering the lever will raise the case into the bullet seating/crimping die to seat the bullet.
- At any time if you need to remove the case, raise the shell plate carrier so that the alignment pin is no longer engaged with the shell plate, you can then rotate the shell plate in either direction to remove the case. Important, if a partially seated primer holds the case in the shell plate, simply rotate the shell plate to the high primer ejection slot and remove. Whenever the normal reloading sequence is interrupted, the most important hazard to guard against is a double charge. It is always best to completely remove the offending case.
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Fill the primer feed tray.
Don’t let the primer level fall below the tray level. Running out of primers will cause a mess inside your shell plate carrier. Once the last primer has exited the folding tray, replenish the primer supply, or else you will be loading cases without primers.
View help video for loading primers into tray:
DANGER: Primers can explode with sufficient force to seriously injure the user or persons nearby.
ALL PRIMERS ARE DANGEROUS and it should be anticipated that the primers in the tray could explode through accident, misuse or spontaneously. Should an explosion occur, our tests have demonstrated that safety glasses will normally prevent serious injury to the user. Primers are capable to explode with sufficient force to seriously injure the user, or persons nearby. When loading primers—safety glasses and hearing protection must be used. Observe the warnings on the primer box.
WARNING: Handling live primers and spent primers may expose you to lead or other chemicals, which are known to the State of California to cause reproductive harm and cancer. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
Don’t install the case feed magazine until you are confident of the operation.
If you are just starting on a progressive press, we suggest you start out using the Pro 1000 as a single stage press by producing one round at a time round with three cycles of the lever. Install the 3 dies in the press as instructed. Drop an empty case into the case feeder and cycle the lever three times. Before attaching the 4 tube case feed magazine, process 50-100 cases until you have the feel of the entire reloading sequence. Be sure to measure your completed ammunition to verify it is the correct overall length and will chamber in your firearm. Once you are comfortable and the press is functioning smoothly you can use the press as a full progressive by simply placing a case in front of the case slider every cycle of the lever. Because each station performs one operation, every time you cycle the lever you produce a finished round. If you operate the lever at a leisurely 10 seconds per cycle that is 360 rounds an hour. -
INSTALLING Universal Case Feed Magazine
This accessory will greatly simplify progressive reloading placing a case every time the press is cycled. The case slider block and riser is installed on your press. Shorter cases will require you to remove the riser from the case slider block. All you need to do is install the feed plate configured for the case that you will be loading.
TROUBLESHOOTING
| PROBLEM | CAUSE | REMEDY |
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| Primers not fully seated | • Operator not lifting hard enough |
• Shell plate carrier not fully seated or loose on ram
• Obstruction to full travel
| • Learn to feel the primer seating when the lever is pushed up
• Loosen socket head cap screw and force shell plate carrier on the ram. Re- tighten clamp screw
• Check for primer on base or under shell plate carrier. Carrier should contact the base with no case in the shell holder
Primer doesn’t feed onto priming punch| • Oil or gunpowder in trough
• Primer trough not full
| • Remove all oil with solvent or blow out powder or dust with compressed air
• Always keep primer trough full
Primer doesn’t enter case| • Primer crimp not removed
• Wrong size primer
| • Ream or swage primer pocket
• Caution, some 45 ACP cases now have small primer pockets
Tipped primers| • Case not fully in shell plate
• Spilled powder in primer trough
| • Clean shell plate. Check tension finger. Straighten or replace tension finger as required
• Clean powder out with compressed air
Cases don’t eject| • Primers not fully seated| • See “Primer not fully seated”
problem above
Cases don’t slide out| • Cases catch in corner of eject trough| • Place 6”
ziptie in toolhead slot. See Fig. 1
Case feeder doesn’t work properly| • Case feed spring in wrong case slider
hole| • See case feed position photo. Spring should be installed into rear
hole. See Fig. 2
Press does not index| • Worn driver clutch| • Rotate driver cluch 90° or
replace driver clutch (part # PR3691). See Fig. 3
Changing shell plate
SHELL PLATE CARRIER DETAIL
CARTRIDGE CHANGE OVER
To convert the Pro 1000 from a one cartridge to another, you will need the proper shell plate and appropriate Lee reloading die set. The chart below shows proper configuration with catalog numbers.
Cartridge| Shell Plate| Shell Plate Product #| Univ.
Case Feed Plate Size| Univ. Case Feed Slider Block|
Reloading Dies| Bushing set needed| Charging die|
Primer Guide
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30 Luger| 19| 90669| SMALL| N/A| 90754| Yes| | Small
30 Mauser| 19| 90669| SMALL| N/A| 90755| Yes| | Small
7.62 Tokarev| 19| 90669| N/A| N/A| 90769| Yes| | Small
32 ACP| 7S| 90655| SMALL| N/A| 90622| Yes| | Small
32 S&W Long| 4AS| 90653| SMALL| N/A| 91876| No| | Small
32 H&R MAG / 327 FED| 4AS| 90653| SMALL| N/A| 90809| Yes| | Small
9mm Luger| 19| 90669| SMALL| N/A| 91882| No| | Small
9mm Makarov| 19| 90669| SMALL| N/A| 90176| Yes| | Small
32/20| 6S| 90976| SMALL| N/A| 90751| Yes| | Small
357 Sig| 19| 90669| SMALL| N/A| 90270| Yes| | Small
38 Super| 19| 90669| SMALL| N/A| 91879| No| | Small
38 S&W| 1S| 90651| SMALL| N/A| 90569| Yes| | Small
380 Auto| 4S| 90653| SMALL| N/A| 91877| No| | Small
38 SPL & 357 MAG| 1S| 90651| SMALL| RISER| 91878| No| | Small
38 ACP| 19| 90669| SMALL| N/A| 91879| No| | Small
38 Short/Long COLT| 1S| 90651| SMALL| N/A| 90276| Yes| | Small
40 S&W| 19| 90669| SMALL| N/A| 91880| No| | Small
10mm Auto| 19| 90669| SMALL| N/A| 91880| No| | Large
41 Mag| 9L| 90656| LARGE| RISER| 90628| Yes| | Large
44 SPL & 44 MAG| 11L| 90657| LARGE| RISER| 91881| No| | Large
400 Cor Bon| 2L| 90652| LARGE| N/A| 90430| Yes| | Large
30M1| 7S| 90655| SMALL| RISER| 90626| Yes| | Large
44 Russian| 11L| 90657| LARGE| RISER| 90293| Yes| | Large
44-40 WIN| 14S| 90065| LARGE| RISER| 90564| Yes| | Large
454 Casull| 11L| 90657| LARGE| RISER| 90795| Yes| | Large
45 ACP| 2L| 90652| LARGE| N/A| 91883| No| | SM / LG
45 Auto Rim| 13L| 90665| LARGE| N/A| 90808| Yes| | Large
45 Colt| 11L| 90657| LARGE| RISER| 91884| No| | Large
45 Schofield| 14| 90065| LARGE| RISER| 90323| Yes| | Large
45 GAP| 2L| 90652| LARGE| N/A| 90498| Yes| | Small
45 WIN MAG| 3L| 90664| LARGE| RISER| 90810| Yes| | Large
460 S&W| 14S| 90065| LARGE| RISER| 90344| Yes| | Large
50 Action Express| 11L| 90657| N/A| N/A| 90329 (LUBE REQ.)| Yes| |
Large
223 REM| 4S| 90653| SMALL| RISER| 91885 (LUBE REQ.)| No| 90668|
Small
300 AAC Blackout| 4S| 90653| SMALL| RISER| 91925 (LUBE REQ.)| No|
90668| Small
7.62 x 39| 12L| 90666| SMALL| RISER| 90565 (LUBE REQ.)| Yes| 90668|
Large
222 REM| 4S| 90653| SMALL| RISER| 90501 (LUBE REQ.)| Yes| 90668|
Small
458 SOCOM| 2L| 90652| N/A| N/A| 90409 (LUBE REQ.)| Yes| | Large
N/A = Not available LUBE REQ. = # 90006 LEE resizing lubricant required
WARNING: Handling live primers and spent primers may expose you to lead
or other chemicals, which are known to the State of California to cause
reproductive harm and cancer. For more information, go to
www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
WARNING: This product may contain steel alloyed with trace amounts of
lead and other elements which are known to the State of California to cause
reproductive harm and cancer. For more information, go to
www.P65Warnings.ca.gov. To prevent exposure,
do not alter the product by welding, grinding, etc.
lee reloading products are guaranteed not to wear out or break from normal use for two full years or they will be repaired or replaced at no charge if returned to the factory. Any Lee product of current manufacture, regardless of age or condition, will be reconditioned to new, including a new guarantee, if returned to the factory with payment equal to half the current retail price.
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