As you may have seen from my other thread, I was having terrible trouble with the powder die/assembly of my 550B getting it set up for 223. Turns out I had idiotically mixed up the powder inserts and PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT - A 45ACP POWDER INSERT WILL NOT WORK WITH 223. Thank you for your time.
HOWEVER
In my zeal to figure out the issue, I sprayed some CLP on the moving parts of the powder assembly - which I see in hindsight is absolutely a horrible idea for many, many reasons. So once I got the correct powder insert in, everything worked great........until I put in the powder. Which, of course, stuck horribly to every surface which had lube on it, which turns out is most of the *interior* of the powder assembly, how that got lube on it I have no idea.
So I've disassembled it as much as possible and now I've got lube and damp powder all throughout this thing. Do you think I can wash it in hot water and then hit it with degreaser? Or should I soak all the parts in something? I know now which portions to lightly apply grease to once it's all over....
Many thanks, all!!
HOWEVER
In my zeal to figure out the issue, I sprayed some CLP on the moving parts of the powder assembly - which I see in hindsight is absolutely a horrible idea for many, many reasons. So once I got the correct powder insert in, everything worked great........until I put in the powder. Which, of course, stuck horribly to every surface which had lube on it, which turns out is most of the *interior* of the powder assembly, how that got lube on it I have no idea.
So I've disassembled it as much as possible and now I've got lube and damp powder all throughout this thing. Do you think I can wash it in hot water and then hit it with degreaser? Or should I soak all the parts in something? I know now which portions to lightly apply grease to once it's all over....
Many thanks, all!!