Im thinking about getting into shotshell reloading. Is the "Lee Load All Press" any good. It looks really cheap. I was wondering if i needed anything else besides that to start loading.

I had one and it worked OK. You can't save near as much loading your own shotshells IMHO. I wouldn't advise anyone to jump in very seriously until they are sure they really want to go that way. Start cheap.

DITTO !!!!!!!!!!!!! It only pays off in shotgunning if you have a picky gun or plan on hunting alot in the very cold and in nontoxicareas or or alot of ducks and geese .

The only difference between a Lee Load All and a Mec 600 jr. is the price.

I bought my Lee some 16 or more years ago for a grand total of $40!

At that time, the Mec was around $175 + the cost of the powder jugs and the bushings.

I only ever did two things to my Lee

1 - I drilled a hole and moved the plastic part that aligns the wad - up the colum - for shells bigger than 2 3/4

2 - I had my dad make me a longer resizing bushing for the longer shells.

I have successfully reloaded 3 1/2 inch magnum shells with mine with little or no problems.

The Mec will load faster than the Lee, but I like knowing that my reloaded will consistently throw an accurate amount of powder and shot - everytime I pull the lever.

You are the first person I have heard speak highly of the Lee Load-All. I've never used one, but everyone I talked to steered me away from them, including previous Load-All owners. I am glad to hear you're happy with one.


The current price of shot makes loading shotshells much more expensive than in recent years. I don't think I can save a whole lot of money reloading 1-1/8 oz. 12ga target loads anymore, but I'd probably still make out pretty well loading sub-gauge ammo (20, 28, and .410). My dad switched to loading 7/8-oz loads in the 12ga to save money.

Quite frankly I realized what very little I could save loading shotshells wasn't worth my trouble...especially if I simply waited for the shells I wanted to come on sale at some point in the year...which they always did...and then I'd buy a year's supply.

I ended up giving all my shot shell loading supplies and equipment away and never looked back. The huge volume of rifle and pistol ammo I was loading used all my time anyway. I had no time, reason or desire to continue and still view it as a waste of time.

I have had the Load All for around 10 years, I have all three calibers 12,16 &20 and have never had a problem, it is made of plastic and it is cheap but it WORKS. I saw this post and hadn't used it in a while so I loaded a box of heavy load #6 in about 10 minutes.. Unless your planning on loading thousands of lead shells or like to spend money, I feel safe recomending the Lee, P.S I have never loaded steel shot so I don't know how well it would work for that

I bought one some many moons back when they first came out, and they worked well, I used it for years, then traded it to a buddy of mine. He still has it, as far as I know...