tcoz
Member
I apologize in advance for the length of this post but it has some useful info in it for T-7 users.
I'm always impressed by the excellent customer service that we receive from most firearms related companies so I want to recount my latest episode and also pass on a couple of tips I was given at the same time.
I recently bought a Redding T-7 turret press from one of our members. Last Sunday I spent a few hours mounting it to a Lee reloading stand using some really great quick change hardware from Inline Fabrication. It got pretty late and I was tired but I figured I'd go ahead and assemble the press. Without thinking I dropped the detent ball for the turret into the channel for it without first inserting the spring that maintains pressure on it. The ball disappeared into the channel and no amount of shaking, "mortaring" or even (this is embarrassing to admit) trying to suck it out with a McDinalds straw would budge it.
The next morning I called Redding and Chris, the CS Tech told me not to worry. The would send me another detent ball and a spring that they would cut to the proper length to compensate for the diameter of the ball that was stuck at the bottom of the channel.
I was really impressed by this as I know that Redding has a lifetime warranty but this was my stupidity that caused it on a second hand piece of their equipment.
During our conversation I also asked him about the forum posts I've read from a few people who said that they've experienced a slight amount of front to back deflection when resizing heavy brass. Thus was the written response I received from him that might be good to know if you use a T-7....
"A turret press has to have some clearance, otherwise the turret head
would not be able to rotate. There will be some deflection when
running a case into a die. With the T-7 the Turret Head will tip back
and make contact with the support block in the rear of the frame. At
this point the press is a rock solid as any single stage press. This
deflection has been accounted for in the engineering design of the
T-7 Press. The mounting surface of the turret and support block are
cut at different heights and each turret head has been matched to a
bushing that is .001" taller than the turret.
I have talked with customers who have tried to tighten the deflection
by polishing down the bushing only to find that the turret will no
longer turn. Fortunately the bushing are not that expensive.
I have instructions on the proper way to lap the turret bushing
should you feel there it too much play in your turret please let me
know and I will gladly email the instructions."
Along with this he told me if I have more than one turret, not to mix up the bushings with the turret heads because they're matched as he referred to in the email I quoted above.
Thus is all good info that I wanted to pass on. Again, sorry for the length.
I'm always impressed by the excellent customer service that we receive from most firearms related companies so I want to recount my latest episode and also pass on a couple of tips I was given at the same time.
I recently bought a Redding T-7 turret press from one of our members. Last Sunday I spent a few hours mounting it to a Lee reloading stand using some really great quick change hardware from Inline Fabrication. It got pretty late and I was tired but I figured I'd go ahead and assemble the press. Without thinking I dropped the detent ball for the turret into the channel for it without first inserting the spring that maintains pressure on it. The ball disappeared into the channel and no amount of shaking, "mortaring" or even (this is embarrassing to admit) trying to suck it out with a McDinalds straw would budge it.
The next morning I called Redding and Chris, the CS Tech told me not to worry. The would send me another detent ball and a spring that they would cut to the proper length to compensate for the diameter of the ball that was stuck at the bottom of the channel.
I was really impressed by this as I know that Redding has a lifetime warranty but this was my stupidity that caused it on a second hand piece of their equipment.
During our conversation I also asked him about the forum posts I've read from a few people who said that they've experienced a slight amount of front to back deflection when resizing heavy brass. Thus was the written response I received from him that might be good to know if you use a T-7....
"A turret press has to have some clearance, otherwise the turret head
would not be able to rotate. There will be some deflection when
running a case into a die. With the T-7 the Turret Head will tip back
and make contact with the support block in the rear of the frame. At
this point the press is a rock solid as any single stage press. This
deflection has been accounted for in the engineering design of the
T-7 Press. The mounting surface of the turret and support block are
cut at different heights and each turret head has been matched to a
bushing that is .001" taller than the turret.
I have talked with customers who have tried to tighten the deflection
by polishing down the bushing only to find that the turret will no
longer turn. Fortunately the bushing are not that expensive.
I have instructions on the proper way to lap the turret bushing
should you feel there it too much play in your turret please let me
know and I will gladly email the instructions."
Along with this he told me if I have more than one turret, not to mix up the bushings with the turret heads because they're matched as he referred to in the email I quoted above.
Thus is all good info that I wanted to pass on. Again, sorry for the length.
