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Solution A few weeks ago I did finally get on the phone with Hornady tech support and the only thing we could come up with was a possible faulty shellplate. He put me in the system for a warranty replacement and it finally arrived today. Problem solved! :) The spring stays down low, just as...

I do have spare springs and I have tried several, all with the same results. I never received a reply from the email I sent to Tech Support, which is a little disconcerting. On the other hand, I haven't carved out the time to call Hornady on the phone...the one day I had with some time at...

I push my spring in for a couple of handle cranks and it stays down...just doesn't stay down far enough with shellplate 16. I went back out and looked at each again. In the first photo, shellplate 16, the spring takes a gradual downturn and does not hug the bottom. I could push it downward...

I'm having a little bit of trouble making out that photo--is the case contacting the back edge of shell plate opening, causing the case to tip? I had that trouble early on, but adjusted feeder timing by lowering the cam wire downward, per the instruction in the case feeder manual. I had...

Jeff, I had initially checked the shellplate to ensure I didn't have one of older design and the packaging for shellplate 16 was the same as for shellplate 10. After reading your post, I reinstalled shellplate 10 and the spring sat lower and did not impede the cartridge case movement into...

Looking for some help...hopefully I'm missing something easy here. Did my first time setup for .380 Auto on my Hornady LnL last night. This is a new caliber for me. I had been loading 357 SIG and swapped out some of the press parts last night, worked the initial die setups, etc. Took...

There's no 380 auto to be found in Colorado Springs and the major online dealers are out, too. I even had trouble finding dies and a shellplate to accommodate my wife's 380 auto addition to the household. But the thing I find even more annoying as of late: no .22 LR in any of the Walmarts or...

I carry a G32 as my primary. Had some issues when first trying to reload this cartridge, but got some nice pointers from the guys on the forum and I've never looked back. The feed reliability with the bottleneck cartridge is tops. If you like flat shooting calibers, this is great for a...

Fred, I've always cleaned the primer pockets of my rifle reloads, although I've been thinking about either skipping that step entirely for pistol rounds or maybe cleaning the pockets every few reloads. I've got an RCBS Trim Mate Case Prep Center that I've used for a couple of years but...

I'd just like to thank all of you for your advice and suggestions on this round. After putting the holidays behind and getting done with a PITA child custody case (which, thank the Lord, turned out well), I was able to get back to the bench and successfully work through this round. Final...

Fred, I've got an RCBS .40 S&W three carbide die set. If I understand you correctly, I can use the expander die from that set but I would need to get a 9mm expander plug to swap into that die? I don't see a separate 9mm expander plug offered by RCBS (maybe I could call them), but I do see...

Changed to RCBS Dies I ended up returning the Lee dies over the holidays and got a set of RCBS dies. So, there I was...treating the bottleneck case just like my rifle dies, using a two die set. Did a sampling of 6 bullets for my first round, figuring I better see how they cycle through my...

.355 Gold Dot for 357 SIG.

Fred, I did chamfer the cases, as I generally do with my rifle cases. I heartily agree it is more work holding on to the short case! I had done two empty cases (no primer, no powder) as I was experimenting and had no problem chambering in my G32. I then went ahead and ran through 20...

The relatives departed and I finally got back to the reloading bench. I was able to use the file to remove the stuck case mouth, per Fred's great advice. I also smoothed out the expander plug AND reduced the amount of belling that I was putting on the case. I think I was taking it far too...

Andy, Evan, Check on that...I figured I would find a good deal on a .40 carbide sizer and add that as the next die, just thought I could get away using the Lee set for a few dozen rounds at this point. I have yet to measure the die and determine if I have problem with the neck size as it...

Fred...the file idea sounds great, I'll take a shot at that this evening. The cases I'm using are once-fired Speer Gold Dot. (I've got an order pending for some Starline brass). As previously pointed out, Lee doesn't make carbide dies and these are steel...only Dillon makes carbide and I...

I've been reloading rifle cartridges for awhile, just had my first run-in with a pistol cartridge. 357 SIG. Lee die set. Full length resized my cases without issue. Moved on to expander die. I've seen some comments during my searches already regarding the roughness of the Lee expander dies...

They weren't kidding... I thought I was ahead of the game this year on all the school stuff...thought since they were both in high school and I saw some repetition with my older one...thought I had the bases covered. Even with adding a guitar for my son's latest class. Nope! After two days...

Anyone with experience/recommendations for leather stitchers?