jgh4445
Member
I was loading some 9mm with 4.3 gr of Bullseye. I had been watching the lockout die and it was functioning fine. I continued to load, now just every once in a while looking at the die. After all, its supposed to lock the press up on an overage or underage of powder. I pulled the handle and something just didn't feel right. Pulled it again and it was hard to get the ram all the way up. Thought I had an un-lubed case in the sizer die and it just was taking a bit more pressure. Something was going on so I pulled one more time and noticed that while the lockout die didn't reach the indicator mark, it didn't stop the press. Pulled once again and noticed the powder measure was loose and not going at full cycle. The lock out dies did not lock the press up on too small of a powder charge. I thought it was supposed to. I intentionally ran a case up into it with no powder and although it had a sluggish,drag type feeling, it allowed me to continue loading. This was the way the press was feeling when I first noticed it and thought it was the sizing die. You guys using the lock out die, beware.