Recent content by LopezEL

Just spoke with Dillon. They're sending me another toolhead friction plate so see if that helps. Other than that, they also mentioned that I might need a new shellplate if the issue only happens when the resized case is in one particular shellplate pocket.

On the dillon square deal the proprietary die setup is screwed all the way down on the first step. Not much adjustment to make other than the replacement pressure plate that I already changed.

Just checked the crimp on the 10 rounds I loaded. They are measuring ~.376. I'll back off on the crimp but this doesn't take away from the fact that the first resize die is not fully resizing.

After trying some of the suggestions above, I still think it's a sizing issue. I de-primed/resized 10 cases and one of them failed the plunk test in my Glock barrel. It was an RP labeled case. I'll attach a picture of the 10 sized cases, there is a slight color difference in the bottom third of...

So I started having failures to extract and failures to feed with a stock Glock 19 at my last shooting session.The issues were with 124g Xtreme HP and 115 Xtreme RN bullets. Mostly, the rounds would not fully feed into the chamber... if they did, a manual extraction by racking the slide was...

Definitely not selling and going to Lee. I have some Lee dies and some casting equipment. They work fine but I was really looking for opinions on the other big three: RCBS, Hornady, and Lyman. I've never used any of their progressive presses and although they don't have a no BS warranty, I've...

Franky I reload 45acp and 9mm the most. I do some 223 and 308 as well. Currently doing those on the rockchucker.

So I'm pretty heavily invested in 2 Dillon Square Deal Bs but after checking out a friend's 550b I've decided that I'll be selling the square deals and getting either a 550b or something else. The 550B is just much more comfortable to load on. My biggest complaint about the square deal is 1-...

I picked up a High Standard Supermatic that would not feed if the magazine had more than 4 rounds in it. I had every failure you can imagine. I'm pretty sure that's why the seller unloaded the pistol but after asking around on a rimfire forum and getting a response from Mr. Barta himself... I...

This is what you need. https://cajungunworks.com/product/ezd-9-40-for-9mm-and-40-sw/

Its a replacement CZ barrel. From the CZ USA store. They run about $185 plus shipping.

I had actually never fit a barrel before, period. However, I purchased a threaded barrel for my CZ75 and it arrived today. After a bit of help from Google, I decided to give it a try. It took about an hour but I'm pretty sure it's good to go. Now all I have to do is get a new booster for my...

This is exactly what happened. A gentleman was shooting his pistol and this box of ammo was on the table in front of him. An empty shell ejected from his pistol and landed perfectly on one of the rounds on the table which set the primer off. The bullet itself ended up on the table but the...

Not sure where to post this. I don't think these were reloads but take a guess at what happened. Here are the pictures.

Sometimes, training just takes over. When I was practicing martial arts every day, it was not just the physical motions of attack/defend. There is a lot to be said for preparing mentally. Out of the many things that my instructor said: If you ever encounter someone who is extremely pissed...