Asking Santa for a progressive reloading press?

[Walkalong]

I was asking if the LNL was viable for 50 round rifle sessions with the occasional 500rd pistol session.

I load anything from 1 round to 1K+ rounds on my LNL. Need 18 test rounds? Knock them out. Need 1K 9MM, knock them out. From .32 ACP to .458 Win Mag, I do it all on the LNL.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

Mine has a case feeder that I keep set up for 9mm only. I still load all different calibers of pistol rounds on it, I just don't use the feeder for longer cases like .357mag. The case feeder works extremely well and fast for all the short ACP type cases, that's what I bought it for.
For longer cases I set them on shell plate by hand or if they fit, drop them down the case feeder funnel when it opens on the up stroke, it's still much faster then Single Staging and just as rewarding.
Whether you use a case feeder or not, it will get the job done with short or long runs.

The nicest thing is you don't have to worry about becoming a slave to your press because of how long it takes to load a couple thousand rounds at a time on a single stage.

 

[Jessesky]

Spent a few hours today mounting, setting it up, and undstanding everything that’s going on when I pull the lever. The press is at a very slight angle 85 degrees instead of a perfect 90. Will this have an effect on how the powder meters ?

 

[tightgroup tiger]

The press is at a very slight angle 85 degrees instead of a perfect 90. Will this have an effect on how the powder meters ?

No, Mine isn't mounted on a perfect 90 either, and the powder measure is the most accurate on the three that I have. It's very accurate with powders that meter well. Most of the different brands are. Mine is off about half a bubble from plumb.

With yours being new it will have the same problems all new measures have. Mine was a bit of a pain when it was new but after a couple thousand rounds it settled in and very seldom varies more than .1 of a gr now.

They all very .1 of a grain but most of the scales won't always pick it up because they are + or - .1gr accuracy anyways.

That's why when I post a recipe I usually say 7.3-7.4gr or whatever. That drift is normal with all measures.

Once mine is rolling I get tired of checking it because it is always the same. It mostly will stay at 7.3 but I will find a 7.4 once in a while.

When I start a session I will check every 10 cases for a while and when I know it's settled in I will jump that to every 30 or 40 or when I think about it.
I fill it 2/3 full, set my control panel alarm for 1/3 full and when it goes off I fill it back up to 2/3 full and my load never leave this .1gr range.
I don't use Unique, 800x, Blue dot or any of the other problematic powders in my AP measure.

If I'm using Bluedot or some other brand of cornflakes, I run it through my Auto-Charge or just scale it.

I have no illusions that powder like that will meter to what I consider accurate, through any volumetric measure that I can afford to buy.