FFGomer wrote:I mainly shoot 9mm so that is what I am starting with.
Ahh, straight into the small primer cup!
The main thing I can offer at this point is to follow the Lee instructions to the letter. Start by reading and rereading the instructions. As you go through the press setup, lube any point with bare metal to metal contacts like the ram and the shell plate to the carrier. Don't overdo it. I use petroleum jelly as I found the cleanup much easier. Sooner than later you will end up spilling a load of powder and it will make its way to the ram. Automotive grease will hold on to that powder like glue, and it will take a solvent to remove both from the ram. PJ will wipe off with a paper towel and take the powder with it. I bought a small grease gun at Wal-Mart and filled it with the PJ.
Your press came with the four 9mm Luger die set. I would consider buying a Universal Decapping die and running it at station #1 and the Carbide Sizing Die, with the decapping, die removed, at Station #2. This is not about filling the fifth die hole, it is about providing three solid points of contact at Station #1, #2, and #4. Stations #3 and #5 points of actuation.
No sense in beating around the bush given the volume of reloading you plan, if you want to succeed right from the get-go, condition every one of your primer pockets. Use a crimp remover to bevel the case mouth and a uniform to true the pocket. This is a one time step and something I do religiously. Here are the tools I recommend:
I would also recommend a torque wrench and another turret head which you can move the Universal Decapping Die back and forth to (or buy another). In that this is your only press, that means you will be decapping on it. I
DO NOT recommend decapping brass on the production run as, without a clean, conditioned pocket, you will experience a primer jam sooner than later. I do use my Load-Master to decapp brass, I feed it with the case feeder which makes it fast, and when I'm finished, I remove the shell plate, place a kitchen garbage can under the ram, open the spent primer gate and dump them. It will take a slotted screwdriver through the gate to get them going and I use compressed air to blow out anything remaining in the ram. I flush the inside of the ram with solvent, blow it out and leave a light coat of WD-40 in the ram.
Beyond that, I would recommend having a #2 pencil handy and about six popsicle sticks. Seriously