Over the years I have purchased a whole lot of products from the Lee folks. I have a dozen sets of their reloading dies, about 100 assorted powder dippers floating around, powder measures, three presses and at least one 50 year old "bop-a-mole" reloader.
And I have about 20 Lee mold blocks from .22 caliber to .69 in bullet, round ball and shotgun slug types.
They usually give good value for the money and I can count the number of disappointments from the Lee products on one hand, but I had one this week.
I bought a 6 cavity block for 158gn .357swc tumble lube. I did a short casting session to get 100 slugs for testing and went through the usual process and nearly had a fit after the first check, which is always miking bullet diameter.
Each of the 6 cavities threw a different sized bullet and they ranged from .356 to .370 !!!
The grossly oversized bullets wiped out the tumble lube grooves when I ran them through the sizing die.
Now the tumble lube process is supposed to give exact .357 sized slugs that do not require a trip through the sizing die. You just cast them, smear lube on the outside and load them. It cuts way down on prep time, that's why you use them.
I think this may be the first product I send back to Lee asking for replacement.
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