Bazoo
Member
I bought a Lyman 55 a while back to play with.
I currently use two lee PPMs and they throw consistently. I give a little knock on the upstroke. They leak but they throw good and stay set. And they were cheap.
Back to the 55, it needed some cleaning up which I did. Applied graphite inside the body and on the slides and reassembled.
What is the prefered knocking rhythm for the 55? I'd rather not use the knocker thing unless I have to. I see where some people don't like them, then others love them. I want to love it, since I already have it, and I would like a third measure so I don't have to unset one of the others all the time.
I mostly will be doing small pistol charges. I test tried 7.0 unique and it was not consistent, varying by .2. I used the middle slide and just opened it till it was right with the scale. Then I did a few and rechecked and it was higher by .2. I gave up and used the lee as I was wanting to get it done and not mess with a new measure that night.
So how do I proceed?
I currently use two lee PPMs and they throw consistently. I give a little knock on the upstroke. They leak but they throw good and stay set. And they were cheap.
Back to the 55, it needed some cleaning up which I did. Applied graphite inside the body and on the slides and reassembled.
What is the prefered knocking rhythm for the 55? I'd rather not use the knocker thing unless I have to. I see where some people don't like them, then others love them. I want to love it, since I already have it, and I would like a third measure so I don't have to unset one of the others all the time.
I mostly will be doing small pistol charges. I test tried 7.0 unique and it was not consistent, varying by .2. I used the middle slide and just opened it till it was right with the scale. Then I did a few and rechecked and it was higher by .2. I gave up and used the lee as I was wanting to get it done and not mess with a new measure that night.
So how do I proceed?