I loaded up another 50 rnds to test last night.
Made sure my OAL was over the minimum, and yet under what factory ammo I use cycles well.
I paid extra attention on really cranking up on the handle to seat the primers deeper.
Results 3 out of 50 failed to fire, looked at the primers and they...
Thanks Steve,
I was actually thinking that, they were shorter than my Coron DPX's just from eyeballing them.
I will load some more and focus on seating the primer and measuring the OAL.
Ok,
I will barrel test the ones that did not chamber tonight.
I will check the OAL on several that did not chamber.
I will make sure I fully seat the primers. (some looked fine though)
I will see if I notice a particular brass as the problem.
Can I rule out the amount of powder as...
I am loading 9mm with 124 gr plated RN bullets mixed range brass, wolf primers, and 4.4 grns of Win 231. I am using the pro auto disk, and I have the adjustable charge bar also but have not tried it yet.
I have only loaded about 200 rnds to date. The first 100 were fine.
Today I had...
Ok,
I cut off the 3" lip of my bench and put 5 more screws into the top. and mounted my Lee (bolted to a 2x6) to the frame of the cabinet with some bigger C-Clamps. This seems to have really helped. I will continue to test it.
It is bolted to a 2*6 right now. My top is old and the overhang has some play. I will first cut the over hang close to the door and move my C clamps to the inside of the cabinet so they are supported by the top frame also.
If that dont work then I will try to shore it up or replace the top.
I have discovered that one contribution to my problem is my work bench. I have some flex in it as the wood is getting old. So when I pull the shell out of the expander the sticking is causing some flex and moving the shell out of the shell holder.
So, my work bench is 2 base cabinets...
I reinstalled the powder through expander from scratch. The instructions say, lower it till it touches the shell holder and back out one turn. I did it till it barely touches and it bells way to much. When I back it out enough for it not to stick it is not belling enough to hold the bullet...
I am using Win 231, eyeballing it, it looks to be just a little more than half the case. I will check the bell, it is not real easy for me to place the bullet in though already.
I loaded up 150 rnds of 9mm for the second time and noticed that when coming down from dropping the powder the case sticks, then almost comes out of the shell holder. A few times it fell out spilling powder on the floor.
I am trying to keep my stroke even and the same each time.
Any fix...
Update
Well I got my new safety prime head and it started out well but now has the same problem.
I took it apart and found that the spring is coming out of its hole, on the front side of the head. The hole is just barely deep enough to keep in in place. The spring drags out and scratches...
I got mine working, and I noticed that when it is on the Media moves/cascades over its self but the brass does not.
I have only used it once, is the brass supposed to be moving also? I am using corncob from walmart and nufinish.
I have less than 100 shells in it and it is at least 2/3rd...
Problem Fixed
Based on some other posts I just opened it up. one of the leads had broken off. Looked like it was crimped to tightly and the vibration caused the wire to break.
My Frankford Arsenal 29.99 tumbler died, after I used it once. I am sending it back to Midway. Should I replace it or get another brand?
If you have one has it been reliable?
I am kinda of ticked about spending 1/3 of the price to send back a defective product.
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