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You can fashion a simple cover for the primer attachment to keep powder granules out. The picture below used cut paper but you can use many other materials, like blister/clam shell plastic packaging so you can see throughcottersay said:
Got you covered. Check out posts #65 and #67 from the Pro 1000 support thread.
Post #65 covers pre-reloading session steps and QC checks - http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=7773536#post7773536
Post #67 covers detailed workings of the primer attachment, why primers flip and get caught under the shell plate, how to troubleshoot and repair primer attachment - http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=7877744#post7877744
Other tips I can offer for smoother primer attachment operation:
- CCI/Winchester/Magtech primers work better with Pro 1000 primer attachment than Fiocchi/PMC/Wolf/Tula primers with slightly larger primer cups.
- Make sure the pin on the primer attachment "rides" the channels on the frame rod to shake the primer attachment/tray. If it is not making contact, loosen the shell plate carrier and rotate the carrier until pin makes contact in the channel and tighten the hex bolt. You can also wrap zip-ties around the frame rod for "positive" shaking of the primer attachment/tray to feed the primers (wrap 3-4 ties spaced out evenly up and down the rod).
- Insert a folded piece of copy/printer paper in the primer attachment channel and burnish the surfaces until they are polished so the primers slide easier (directions and picture in post #67). It is easier to burnish with the primer attachment taken apart. Remove the pin and CAREFULLY pry one end and then the other end so as to not break the tabs (ask me how I know
).- As the shell plate rotates to move the resized/deprimed case to station #2, watch the primers in the attachment as the case sensor drops the primer push rod down to allow a primer into station #2. If you don't see the stack of primers move down, use a pen or other pointed object to push the column of primers to insert a primer into station #2.
- If the primer attachment feeds primers regardless whether there is a case in station #2 or two/multiple primers are found on top of the primer push rod or at the base of station #2, case sensor spring may not be installed properly and applying pressure on the primer push rod which keeps the rod from rising up to prevent extra primers from sliding into station #2. Picture on the left shows incorrectly installed case sensor spring which will hold the rod down, allowing extra primers to slide into station #2. Picture on the right shows correctly installed spring which allows the rod to stay up when there is no case present in station #2 and block primers from sliding into station #2.
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