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Last Month I broke open a case of Wolf Large pistol primers from 2009. This was part of the Sandy Hook Obama panic stash. I have two different presses. A Hornady LNL AP I have owned since 2006, and a Dillon RL 550b. Currently I am loading .45 acp on the Hornady, and .44 magnum on the Dillon.
The LNL has always required 3x more force to seat a large primer than the Dillon. Over the years I have changed and adjusted the primer punch and slide on the Hornady and it is still harder to seat primers than on the Dillon.
I am finding that the Russian primers are extremely difficult to seat on the LNL, many do not seat flush even with extreme force on the handle.
So I tried them on the Dillon and they seat easily and fully with little effort.
Conclusion only use them on the Dillon press.
Why doe it take so much effort to seat a primer on the LNL? The LNL is a larger Ram and should have more mechanical advantage than the Dillon.
What gives?
The LNL has always required 3x more force to seat a large primer than the Dillon. Over the years I have changed and adjusted the primer punch and slide on the Hornady and it is still harder to seat primers than on the Dillon.
I am finding that the Russian primers are extremely difficult to seat on the LNL, many do not seat flush even with extreme force on the handle.
So I tried them on the Dillon and they seat easily and fully with little effort.
Conclusion only use them on the Dillon press.
Why doe it take so much effort to seat a primer on the LNL? The LNL is a larger Ram and should have more mechanical advantage than the Dillon.
What gives?
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