Lee is in Hartford.

MEC is in Mayville.

Richard Lee is a pretty cool guy. He's a little more dedicated. He won't make anything that isn't inexpensive and works well. Even if you buy a MEC make sure you get Lee's book on handloading. It's worth it.

I used to have MEC and RCBS stuff. I never understood why you could always buy it second hand so cheap but you'd rarely find Lee stuff. There is a reason for it. So I sold my MEC and RCBS stuff.

Two reasons migrated me to Lee... less likely to blow myself up because it handles primers better... and the dies. The dies are works of art and I rarely have to deal with trimming the cases. I usually get one more reload before the case is too work-hardened to take any more abuse.

I have a Load-All II and the reason I got it was because it was cheap and I saw how slick it was. I used to use a RCBS press.