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My Lee PPM has gone loco and after reviewing all brands I settled on replacing it with a Lee Classic cast iron dump. Went to LeePrecison.com and saw something called a Deluxe Perfect Powder measure. It replaces the plastic metering chamber with brass and uses the same measuring mechanism as the cast iron Classic model so I am wondering why I wouldn't go with this thing over the Classic.
I cannot find any reviews on the Deluxe and am wondering if anyone has seen or used one or has an opinion.
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Perfect seems more deluxe than deluxe (deluxe squared?), but I'm sorta into words.
I have an OLD Lyman but have always wanted a Redding. Heard that the Lee Perfect performs just as well as any other even though it looks cheap can't think of a reason to go w/ anything more expensive?
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It looks to me like Lee has used the Auto Drum body with the Perfect internals to create the Deluxe. I have an Auto Drum and so far I have not noted powder leakage with fine grain ball powders like I had with the Lee Perfect. The Auto Drum is used with a neck expanding die and it drops a charge automatically. It is very accurate. I love the Lee Perfect measure with stick powder, but it binds and leaks kernels with ball powder.
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Well, I started wondering what exactly could be wrong with so simple a tool (the Lee not me!).
I decided it might not have had enough powder in the hopper and tried again. It helped but I still got mixed results. I looked at my scale and think it may have been contributing. It is a Lee and the dimple where the fulcrum pivots may have had some dirt in there. So I tested again and this time sort of 'cheated' with the scale by holding it steady for a second at "0" before letting it loose to actually balance the charge weight. I got super consistent throws four or five in a row so I think I may be good to go.
...so why is part of me disappointed because I won't have to buy a new toy?
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Thanks for that- I just might - ENABLER! :-)
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