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Days like this, shows the up side of an attached garage. Not something 120' away with 12" of snow on the ground.
Loaded 100 fire-form Dasher rounds. Shoot 'em at Hoser match Saturday, see if I can hit something!
same here I just finished 100 fire form 223AI rounds See you Saturday.
Wrapped up processing 3,000 pcs of 223 brass.
Now to load some 9x19 ammo.
Load development for 280 AI. 162 gr A-Max with RL19 and H4350.
Cleaned up my new used Hornady 366 press
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Shot my new barrel this weekend; annealed & tumbled 102 cases ; case prep & load development is next
Sized 600 R-P 223 cases...
Tested some 300 Blackout supers with H110 and Barnes TAC TX blacktip bullets. Very accurate. These Blacktips like being pushed hard and fast in my rifle. 2447fps Avg SD 4.
unboxed and setup my new RL550B.
I think it is finally working properly. Been a struggle to get the primer actuating rod to function correctly, keeps sticking.
Set up my new Lee Auto Drum on my turret press. So far liking the drum, much easier to adjust compared to the auto disc measure.
Loosen the allen heads on the primer housing . Pull handle down so the primer cup is in shell plate. Then tighten the screws. Another minor issue is the large roller on the primer slide not moving when and where it should. I use a quick blast of silicone spray on the pin.Quote:
Originally Posted by gnihcraes
Back off the two screws that hold the primer assembly to the frame. Just a touch, like less than 1/8 of a turn.Quote:
Originally Posted by gnihcraes
Also, try running some 440 grit and scotch-bright pad on the bottom of the primer slide assembly. Just knock off the high spots and polish whats left.
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Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
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Originally Posted by Hoser
Thanks for the tips. I did make sure the primer tube mount isn't too tight. The primer slide assembly is free and runs smooth, it's that dang rod from the primer tube to the rollers. It obviously rotates/twists just a bit during operation and it's binding in the guide/holder at the top connection at the block on the primer feed tube.
I polished up the top portion of that rod, filed down the end circumference a bit, just a tiny bit of a tweak on it's angle and I think it's running ok and staying put now. It moves in and out in that block and just keeps hanging up there. The angle of that block on the tube obviously makes a difference too. Yall know what I'm talking about. :) That rod appears to be just sheared when cut and the end was a bit out of round.
After test firing some rounds tomorrow, I'll get back on making some more. It appears to be operating ok at the moment after running it a 100 or so times while empty. Rod is moving, not binding and primer slide is doing it's thing.
^^^ Sometimes that rod gets tweaked and binds up. You need to look at the rod from the top and see where it's bent. Loosen that aluminum block that's located in the primer tube, and work the handle as you observe the rod where it binds. My 550 did the same thing and Brian Enos posted this fix. Works like buttah now.
Alignment of rod and height of block if the bottom area is GTG. You could upgrade to a 650 and not have that issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by KS63
Or a 1050 if you listen to the dark side of reloading.
Called dillon about a look over for one of the 650's. First question he ask, whats wrong with it? It's not a 1050. Short pause he laughs and says, OK you got me there. 4-6 weeks turn around time, no problem.
It makes the reloading area look bigger with 1 missing, the wife said. So you think i need more room for the presses too?
Like she really wanted that 3rd garage bay to park her car in.
I'll see how it goes later today, I think i've got it sorted out. Thanks everyone!
I'm not sure about the 650/1050 setups, I don't shoot that much. Stockpile more than anything. :)
My stash of 300 Whisper subsonic machine gun ammo dropped in the last couple months.
I found a bunch (2,000) of pulled GI 118LR 175 Sierra Matchkings I forgot I had and put them on top of 9.6 gns of 1680.
Nice
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Processed 400 pieces of .243Win and 500 .308 Win brass. Loaded 1000 124 Xtreme HP 9mm ammo.
Just finished 250 rounds of 9mm plinking ammo on a single stage press. That was depressing. Now to start on some Creedmoor rounds.
I lost count ~ 600 9mm, 250 223.
Testing out the new Dillon RL550b, now I'm out of components to assemble more. :(
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I had 7,500 9mm bullets show up Friday.
Went on a binge and loaded them up. I thought I might be able to fill up a 30mm ammo can, but nope. And I don't feel like loading any more 9mm for a long time.
So how many does it take to fill a 30mm ammo can ?
I got about 150 .223 55gr sp's loaded. My two year old came in and played drop the 6000 count box of bb's. So I picked them up and dumped them a second time trying to put the lid on. Its time to watch football, not reload...
Sounds like you need some bourbon to steady your hand...
750 rounds of 45 ACP. 230gn with 6.0gn of CFE Pistol.
I just finished loading 200 rounds of 223 using 25 grains of H335 under a Hornady 55 fmjbt...
I pulled 50 rds of 110gr 300BO Joe Schmoe reloads someone tried to pawn off on my son for trade fodder. He got stuck with one box before he realized he should ask Pa about them.
Box said 19.6gr H110 and I found lots over that, one as high as 20.6gr. No crimp, although setback shouldn't but an issue with full cases.
Of course, who really knows if it's H110 as written either. Looks are deceiving. [Bang]
Oh well, I got some free primed cases and 110gr hollow points to load up.
Loaded up a bunch of 223 Ackley and 6 Grendel last night.
Ran about 1500 .223 through the 1050...
SHIPPING DEPARTMENT of DILLON PRECISION PRODUCTS INC sent to GREAT-KAZOO 1 FedEx Home Delivery package(s).
One of the 650's is on it's way home.
The Prodigal Press returns! Kill the fatted calf and put a ring on the roller handle [LOL]Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
How many rounds thru it before you sent it out for a refresh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
Based on brass processed maybe 15-20K, maybe, I picked it up used. It was one of the older units with no zerks on the pivots. Had a fair amount of side-side play.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slapps74
^^^ I thought that in an earlier post, Dillon was multiple weeks out on your rebuild? Those guys kick ass in the CS dept. Christmas in January!
Nice. I have had my 650 fo right at at year now. Have loaded about 1300 rounds since Jan 2016. Loaded about 9k last year and processed about another 6k combined of 223/5.56 and 300 BLK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
Trimming brass....I hate trimming brass...hate it....hate hate hate HATE it.
But it has to be done.
200 9mm loaded on the RL550B, it's dialed in I think. Seems to function well.
The problem is self control. I keep running out of components.