rfwobbly
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Yesterday I received my order for the Quick Powder Measure Release and the Shellplate Indexing Roller for my Dillon 650 from EntirelyCrimson. The Quick Release is a very nice piece of kit, and I'm looking forward to using it, but the Indexing Roller does not seem to work on my one-year-old machine.
https://entirelycrimson.com/
I've written EC explaining the issue and still awaiting a reply, but I thought to cover the issue here in case there are quicker explanations to be had. And also let guys here know about EC's customer service and response.
The issue is that with the ram at rest in the neutral position, the roller is still engaging the angled portion of the indexing cam surface, and not the vertical. In fact it seems to be about 0.250" short of that objective. This means the shellplate continues to rotate during primer insertion. In other words, the primer will be trying to hit a moving target.
In my mind the center of the roller needs to sit higher, so that the roller only strikes the vertical surface of the cam, thereby leaving the shellpate stationary during primer insertion. (This is the position the stock Dillon cam follower takes.) However, the roller only moves Left-Right and no amount of adjustment will allow the roller upward, past the point of tangency.
Ideas ?
https://entirelycrimson.com/
I've written EC explaining the issue and still awaiting a reply, but I thought to cover the issue here in case there are quicker explanations to be had. And also let guys here know about EC's customer service and response.
The issue is that with the ram at rest in the neutral position, the roller is still engaging the angled portion of the indexing cam surface, and not the vertical. In fact it seems to be about 0.250" short of that objective. This means the shellplate continues to rotate during primer insertion. In other words, the primer will be trying to hit a moving target.
In my mind the center of the roller needs to sit higher, so that the roller only strikes the vertical surface of the cam, thereby leaving the shellpate stationary during primer insertion. (This is the position the stock Dillon cam follower takes.) However, the roller only moves Left-Right and no amount of adjustment will allow the roller upward, past the point of tangency.
Ideas ?