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11-10-2014, 10:26 PM
Excellent question. The Lee Load All II is a great press so long as you don't want to change powder or shot bushings. What most folks do is buy one press for each load (Trap, skeet, sporting clays, slugs, bird hunting etc.) and dedicate it to that load. The issue is that in order to change a powder or shot bushing you have to get the powder and shot out of their respective hoppers above. That means things get spilled, there are teaspoons and all kinds of appliances used to dip it all out. During setup, you determine the right bushing for the powder charge you want, then add the shot so you only have to deal with the powder (much easier). The MEC 600 and 9000 units allow you to tip the shot and powder bottles back off of the charge bar and bushings and change them quite easily. Essentially its the same 6 pulls of the handle as a MEC press during loading but its not a press you want to make changes to. I use a Lee Load All II and a MEC 600 in the Shot Shell Reloading class just so students can see the difference. It makes a lot of sense when you see them side by side.