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Fly's Most Excellent Adventure in Reloading Continues
OnTheFly:
--- Quote from: Neeco on October 28, 2013, 11:15:38 AM ---Does everything work as it should if you do your part?
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Yes. Once everything was put together and tightened, it has been consistent. The biggest problem I have had with the press was the primer assembly, but once I figured it out, it was easily solved and has not occurred again.
I was having some minor issues with quite a bit of powder collecting on top of the powder bar. The fit of the bar was just not tight enough and my ball powder WSF was getting through. One call to Dillon, and a new powder bar that was infinitesimally larger was in the mail, free of charge. Problem solved.
The other issue I had was with snapping of the shell plate snapping into position and slinging out powder. That was kind of messy and annoying. I tried tightening the bolt that holds down the shell plate, but that did not solve the problem. I purchased a bearing ring to place under the shell plate, and most of those problems are solved. If anyone wants to try this, do NOT by the $35 bearing from ebay. You can get it online or maybe even locally for considerably less.
--- Quote from: Neeco on October 28, 2013, 11:15:38 AM ---Other than the primer issues, do you see common issues with the feeders and through die powder dispenser?
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No consistent problems. I did have a de-capping die come apart on me. The case came out of the die with the sizing ring (at least I think that's what it was) permanently attached. I was using dry lube, and the case was a 9mm, so I'm not sure what happened there. Regardless...I contacted Dillon and a new die was sent to me free of charge.
--- Quote from: Neeco on October 28, 2013, 11:15:38 AM ---Are the weights accurate?
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Other than the adjustments I made to the powder drop during initial setup, I have not had to adjust the powder drop. I drop 5-10 charges before I begin each reloading session, and it always averages out to the 4.8 grains in my recipe.
Fly
OnTheFly:
--- Quote from: Dan W on October 28, 2013, 12:06:26 PM ---Fly. if you can't resize those pics so that the page displays correctly I will have to delete them
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Fixed!
Fly
Neeco:
Is the purpose of baking the casings to dry them?
OnTheFly:
--- Quote from: Neeco on October 28, 2013, 12:59:01 PM ---Is the purpose of baking the casings to dry them?
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Yes. I use Hornady's top line sonic cleaner with the larger capacity and dual transducers. I have a pretty dry basement, so if I just throw the wet cases in a towel, agitate them, and then lay them out to dry, I'm confident that in a few days they will be sufficiently dry. However, I don't have a TON of cases, so I got the oven to expedite the drying process just to make sure they will be completely dry.
Brass! It's what's for dinner!
The other benefits to sonic cleaning....
* No dust floating through the air that you are breathing
* I can also clean gun parts, jewelry, small carburetors, etc. if I use the right cleaning solution
* It does a pretty darn good job of cleaning the cases, in my limited experience. Talking to friend who has cleaned a lot of rifle cases with tumbling media, he was impressed with how good of a job my sonic cleaner doesThe downside of the sonic cleaner is that it has a very high pitched buzz that can be pretty annoying. However, the case tumblers/agitators can also be pretty loud. Either way, it is something you would probably not want to be in the room for, if you can avoid it.
Regarding the convection oven...I set it on 250 and bake the cases for up to 20 minutes, agitate the cases to expose any liquid, and then bake for up to another 20 minutes. The other benefit is that I can use it for future projects such as heating Kydex, drying gun finishes (dura-coat?), etc.
Fly
Neeco:
Makes sense. I had forgotten you are using the sonic cleaner. I use media, and it does well enough for me, for now. While the vibration is loud, the TV can overcome it. Ha.
I'd be interested in knowing what accessories you picked up with it, besides the case feeder (218$!!!!!)?
The heavy duty mount? Special 3 piece dies, or the standard 2 piece sets? Extra bins?
Anyone have an XL650 to trade for a fully setup RockCrusher Supreme? 8)
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