This is a great thread one I think Hornady can learn from. I loved my hornady LNL past tense, I made one tweak to it for the primer dimple in where I drilled and tapped it and threaded a steel screw under the primer punch even though hornady says it is not needed and self limiting. http://www.dayattherange.com/?p=3884
I believe this customization gives me a much better feel on the seating of a primer. Now to the past tense comment, I loved it until I added the case feeder. It adds to much to go from one caliber to another for my liking. Out of frustration I have not used my press after loading 3K rounds of 45acp and 1k rounds of 44 magnum because I hate switching it over. Also where the black punch actuates the swipe the black rubber piece which guides the punch has come totally out and I believe that is due to the twisting that most are talking about in this thread. I believe my case feeder will be coming off this weekend. Having it all sitting there just to look at and upset that I spent the money is not doing any good
Apologies for the rant so early in the morning.
Nope I get it. It takes alot of tuning to get that stupid thing working. Ive wanted to smash mine multiple times in the past. I do run mine feeding cases by hand from time to time. I just take off the pusher foot so I can slip in the case. Then I can leave my case feeder setup for high production runs.
Excellent point on the primer punch as well. I used a small piece of steel strapping under my primer punch, with a drop of superglue on the back side.
Great website BTW. Keep the content coming.