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Does anyone collect them? Did they make one in 25-08 at one time? Does anyone know if there is a list available of cartridges they were made for?

I've tracked the market for Lee Loaders on ebay for years.

Whould be easier to list what i haven't seen listed over the years than to try to remember what i have seen.

However, the 25-08 Souper is a wildcat, so's i doubt you'll eveer see a Lee Loader in it unless (big "fat chance" maybe the Lee president decades ago had in interest in that round? Or his son did? Ha!)

I do have Lee Loaders in .25-20 Win, .257 Roberts, .280 Remington, and even .410. Had 28ga and 10ga, but have never shot those.

Have seen many, many, many rare or unusual chamberings/cartridges on ebay - but not wildcats.

I've seen all Weatherby's and even odd ones like (to name a few) .224 Remington, .45 Schoefeld, .44 Russian, 218 Bee, .219 Sav, Imp, .303 Sav, etc. etc. and many others!

but no wildcats.

Doubt if they ever made one you are looking for.

You can contact them, but this is what they say about their Classic Lee Loaders.

"While we get many requests, Lee Precision does not offer any custom work for its Classic Lee Loader line."

Lee Precision, Inc.
4275 Highway U
Hartford, WI 53027

Hours of operation: Monday through Friday 7:30am-3:45pm Central Standard Time (CST)
phone: (262) 673-3075
fax: (262) 673-9273

The zero error target ones seem pretty neat, but there are enough cognoscenti out there to keep availability down and price up.

I wasn't really looking for one, there was a guy trying to sell one and I thought it was odd. It wasn't much money and I was curious enough to buy it. Anyway, i received it today, the print is very small on the cartridge designation and I needed a magnifying glass. He thought it said 25 08, but I think it really says 250 S, which I would assume is 250 Savage.

I have one in .350 mag which is about as obscure a caliber (at least today) as I have seen.

I have a Lee Loader in 280 Ross.

The set is in one of the older cardboard boxes. It was likely one of a very limited run, or it may have been made as a one-of-a-kind custom set. On the sizing sleeve, the cartridge name was apparently stamped by hand one character at a time, because some characters are misaligned. The cartridge name is hand-lettered on the Lee card included with the set.
--Bob