How to suck the fun out of reloading, Buy a Progressive Press!

[alfsauve]

Yes, yes. You must have multiple tubes so you can get that chore out of the way all at one time. I have 4 small and 4 large tubes. Probably going to go with 9 ea soon. I may try the Dillon pickup tubes with my LnL.

On cost however I'm not sure I agree, comparing 650 (5 station auto-index) with LnL AP.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

What's it hurt to leave one in the tube. The next time you fill it you will have 101 and one will stay in the end and you are still putting 100 in the press.
Different people do it different ways.

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

Does the last primer always stick in there and need to be pushed in with the primer dowel or similar

Yes, push it out with the follower.

Does the nylon tip loosen up after use

Maybe after a looong time. I ream them out with a small file or drill bit.

Also does that primer weight follower supposed to act as a lock out when out of primers. It goes in the primer slide hole.??

Yes

 

[Rule3]

What's it hurt to leave one in the tube. The next time you fill it you will have 101 and one will stay in the end and you are still putting 100 in the press.
Different people do it different ways.

I must have 50 or 100, just anal OCD about that! Then I would spend hours looking for a lost primer.

I had purchased extra prime tubes but sent them back, It serves no purpose to me, Fill one or fill 4 you still gotta fill them, Same amount of time spent. Unless of course one buys on of the ridiculous expensive auto primer tube feeder gadgets. I am not in any hurry to load 100 and then immediately load another 100 rounds, Need to take a break and waste time on the internet!

 

[dannyd]

I must have 50 or 100, just anal OCD about that! Then I would spend hours looking for a lost primer.

I had purchased extra prime tubes but sent them back, It serves no purpose to me, Fill one or fill 4 you still gotta fill them, Same amount of time spent. Unless of course one buys on of the ridiculous expensive auto primer tube feeder gadgets. I am not in any hurry to load 100 and then immediately load another 100 rounds, Need to take a break and waste time on the internet!

You could be like me I only load 50 at time. Even cut the tube shorter.

 

[Dudedog]

Need to take a break and waste time on the internet!

Progress, Made it though 50 rounds with NO issues

Good, glad things are getting better.

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

You could be like me I only load 50 at time. Even cut the tube shorter.

Why?

 

[Skgreen]

(Double post)

 

[dannyd]

Why?

If the primers ever light off only 50 going off not a 100.

 

[Skgreen]

The KDS squared UFO light is worth the money, I like it

I have the same light and it's OK. I like it better now that I've shrouded / blocked the output of the vertical LEDS to rid myself of their reflection off the ram when it's raised. The light from Inline Fab appears to have the 'downward' direction only w/o the possibility of 'ram glare', but it's a bit spendy for what it is.

Does the last primer always stick in there and need to be pushed in Yep, I use the follower. No harm done if you just leave it there I suppose, other than having 99 primers on that first run,,,

Also does that primer weight follower supposed to act as a lock out when out of primers. It goes in the primer slide hole.??

What I did:
With the primer slide closed and the primer feed tube empty, drop the primer follower rod in the primer feed tube. Take a Sharpie or a marker of sorts and draw a ring around the rod right where it meets the top of the feeder tube. Next time you see the 'ring' getting close to the tube, you'll know its about time...
When the ring meets the top of the tube, the last primer is in the slide. Yer shootin blanks after that,

 

[George P]

If the primers ever light off only 50 going off not a 100.

Why would they light off? Sorry, WAY too uch OCD worrying about this stuff.
Back before Al invented the Net, we did all sorts of stuff safely, like pushing out live primers from messed up brass and shotshells, reusing brass, hulls and other components, the HORROR!

 

[alfsauve]

I drew rings on my primer follower rod at every 25.

Used LED buttons from Super Bright LEDs to light inside my press.

 

[higgite]

If the primers ever light off only 50 going off not a 100.

But why cut the tube shorter?

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

If the primers ever light off only 50 going off not a 100.

If I thought the primers might "light off" I wouldn't prime on the press.

 

[rtz]

Good series of videos:

 

[tightgroup tiger]

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[Rule3]

Good series of videos:

Videos on Dillon Reloading Machines? Say it isn't so!

At least pick the CORRECT video!

 

[alfsauve]

?... Even cut the tube shorter.

Hornady makes/made 50 round pickup tubes. I have one they sent me by mistake.



More importantly, how often does firing off a primer in the press happen?

I'm closing in on 100,000rnds, mostly pistol, with my LnL AP and have never had one go off. That includes, not infrequently, trying to put a LP primer in a SP .45 case, or trying in vain to get a primer in a previously crimped pocket that isn't debured.

 

[Skgreen]

Videos on Dillon Reloading Machines? Say it isn't so!

WHAT!!??!!!

I thought the blue ones were so easy, all ya had to do was take it out of the box, plug it in, stand back, and just empty out the bin when it gets full...

 

[dannyd]

Why would they light off? Sorry, WAY too uch OCD worrying about this stuff.
Back before Al invented the Net, we did all sorts of stuff safely, like pushing out live primers from messed up brass and shotshells, reusing brass, hulls and other components, the HORROR!

I was reloading before the internet. Just the way I do it. Always better safe than sorry.

 

[Rule3]

WHAT!!??!!!

I thought the blue ones were so easy, all ya had to do was take it out of the box, plug it in, stand back, and just empty out the bin when it gets full...

That is what the Blue Kool Aid Cult would have us believe, Kinda like the Democrooks!

 

[GW Staar]

Just like us mere mortals, progressive presses are all imperfect and different. I could be happy with any of them.........okay, I might have to paint the powder blue ones another color. Just not pink or powder blue. Black would be okay.....even yellow.....nah.....black or grey.....just personal....I prefer muted colors....of the bright ones, red I can put up with.

5 stations are minimum for my druthers....7?......at first I wasn't sure they were useful....now I get giddy....no limitations, except maybe a 1050 style swager.....but swaging isn't perfect either. Besides all the 1000's of brass I have now is swaged or commercial.....so it's a moot point. I don't need a swager on the press.

What do I need, now? Time unfettered by distractions.....that's still my #1 Waterloo. Has been for 40 years.

 

[DRAINSMITH]

Hornady makes/made 50 round pickup tubes. I have one they sent me by mistake.



More importantly, how often does firing off a primer in the press happen?

I'm closing in on 100,000rnds, mostly pistol, with my LnL AP and have never had one go off. That includes, not infrequently, trying to put a LP primer in a SP .45 case, or trying in vain to get a primer in a previously crimped pocket that isn't debured.

There has only been 1 confirmed primer tube detonation from Hornady. It was on a generation 1 press. It happened when the primer slide got stuck. The loader tried to pull it out and it wouldn't come out but he did manage to push it a little further. After he couldn't get it to come out he loosened the screw on the Primer tube body housing. Due to the fact that he had not disconnected the primer slide spring, it slammed back as soon as the housing was loose enough causing the tube to go off.

Now, most of the primer tube detonations that you have all seen on YouTube have been on the Dillon 650. Now, I am going to be the first to say it is not Dillons fault. It is the loose nut pulling the handle. If you are running your press and you feel any resistance STOP. You might have power stopping it you might have a crimped case you might be trying to force a large primer into a small primer hole. You might get away in force it every now and again but eventually, it will bite you in the butt.

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

If you are running your press and you feel any resistance STOP.

This and keeping it as clean as possible will prevent most of the problems with a progressive press.

 

[Risky buisness]

The problem with doing this is that once you start filling all the stations things are going to change. Seating depth, amount of crimp, possibly even powder drop.

I'm not sure what your setup is, but I run single cases through, set up my dies powder fill and measure the results, if something changes Im the one doing it not the machine,