Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933
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Posts posted by Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933
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Sounds about right. The mini comes with a powder funnel that goes in the Dillon measure.
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Not sure I understand the question. The dies in a 650 go in the order I listed. I have taken the 650 off the loading bench to try out the X-10 so all the dies have been removed and the 650 is sitting on top of a safe. Here are two photos that might help visualize how the bullet feeder is set up.
On the Dillon 1050 mine is set up as shown in this photo. On the 1050 things move counterclockwise so starting in the front it is:
1. Sizer/deprime
2. Swager (which I do not use but is built into the machine)
3. Priming station
4. Powder measure
5. Bullet feeder
6. Bullet seater
7. Lee factory crimp die
Most of the time the cause of a double charge is short stroking or double stroking the press. On the 1050 you cannot do this as it has a ratcheting mechanism so the handle cannot be short stroked. So I decided to run without a powder check. If I was running a powder check it would go where the bullet feeder is located, the bullet feeder would move one station to the left and a seater/crimper combo die would go in the last hole.
On the X-10 I decided the powder check would be useful so it is set up like this photo. Again the X-10 rotates counterclockwise. We do not need to worry about the dies in the front so starting with the powder measure it is:
1. Powder measure
2. RCBS powder lock out die
3. Bullet feeder
4. Bullet seater
5. Crimper
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11 hours ago, watab kid said:
why not use a shotgun powder for both you shotgun loads and you revolver cartridges ? its so easy to use red dot/clays/700x etc
I do not know where you are from but Clays has not been available for years and the other two are SCARCE. You cannot just walk into a reloading supply store and have your choice of powders. Most of the time there is little if any choice.
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.45-60. Brass is easily formed and bullets easy to find. While the other two are theoretically offered finding anything for the .45-75 and .50-95 is a real challenge. Almost bought a .50-95 that was hanging on the wall at a local gun shop last year. After investigating and finding how hard it is to find brass, dies and bullets I gave up on the idea.
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The drag queens doing The Last Supper was also a crowd pleaser.
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16 minutes ago, Mountain Man Champ said:
Dillon xl 650
The question was in response to Texas Maverick's question. Hopefully he has the same press. The way my 650 is set-up is:
Station 1 - Resize, deprime
Station 2 - Power drop, prime
Station 3 - Powder check die
Station 4 - Bullet feeder
Station 5 - Seat/crimp die
On a 550 you cannot run a powder check as it only has four stations.
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1 hour ago, Texas Maverick said:
I have the case feeder already and it does work great. I thought with the bullet feeder I lose my powder check. Doesn't the feeder replace the checker?
See Toranado's post. What press do you have?
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With a case feeder and bullet feeder all you do is pull the handle at a leisurely pace and listen for the low powder and low primer sensors.
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The mini works fine and I have four magazines left over from when I used one. The only downside is it takes quite a bit of time to manually fill the magazines. Once filled you can zip right along.
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1 hour ago, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said:
New manufactured STS, made since the take over.
Same as the old ones. Remingtons are known for having plastic flash around the primer holes. Remington primers are shorter than most other primers so when you reload them the first time with another brand of primer there is often a problem seating them.
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43 minutes ago, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said:
Has anyone bought any of the new Remington shells
You have to define what you mean by this. What new Remington shells? Remington makes all kinds of shells.
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PLUS, sometime in the past 15 years my computer started using thumbprints to enter the password. I have no idea what it is.
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SHOTGUN AMMUNITION
- Shotgun size must be number 4 lead birdshot or smaller for all events (no steel or
plated shot).If these were, in fact, shells using steel shot the MD should have DQ'd or MDQ'd the shooter.
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Abilene should be taken to the woodshed and beaten savagely for resurrecting this dead dog.
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I also have a Frankfort Arsenal X-10. They have a bullet feeder but it is not nearly as versatile as the Double Alpha. So I made an adapter and attached a Double Alpha to the X-10.
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Hundreds of people. I have posted photos of the ones on my 1050 and 650 several times. The Double Alpha stepped funnel is specifically made for the Dillon.
Here is one mounted on a 1050. It mounts the same way except it is on the left side on a 650. The 750 requires a little more work to install because of the way the powder measure mounts on the 750. The fix is on YouTube and Double Alphas website.
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11 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said:
Do your reloads easily drop all the way into the shell checker? or do you have to give them a little push with your finger?
3 hours ago, Doc Altman SASS#74468 said:I do have a Slix shotshell checker, but I can't tell that it helps much with the new(er) AA hulls.
Just to make sure everyone is on the same page. Slix use to make a shotshell checker that just checked case size. Then they came out with the model that tapers the crimped portion of the shell . It is much larger. If you ammo does not drop FREELY right up to the rim in the new style checker then chances are it won't shuck well. This is the new one. The old one was shorter and was just the knurled section at the base of this one.
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This was in response to this same question a while back.
"I've emailed Winchester and asked them about using 231 for shotshell. The reply was a straight forward "It is not suitable for shotshell reloading." They didn't elaborate on why just a plain "not suitable." I have enough 231 for about 16,000 .45 s. I now have friends! A bright side to everything."
(I was not the emailer to Winchester. This is a copy of a post on a shotgun loading website.)
Generally when there is NO loading data for what you are trying to do that is a pretty good indication it won't work.
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10 minutes ago, Go West said:
I have a Sizemaster that makes nice shells and have almost run out of Remington Game hulls
One of the advantages of living near the Ben Avery Clay Target Center is myself and the other cheap cowboys can go out there and scrouge the empty hull trash cans. If you did not live in a suburb of Naco I could give you some. How far is the Tucson Clay range from you? They have a huge range with lots of trash cans.
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4 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:
I don't remember my current password.
What do I do?
You will have to sign up for the optional 4 factor authentication. Do you remember your first dog's name?
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FYI if you cannot find STS hulls look for Remington Gun Club hulls. They are extruded and identical to the STS on the interior and use the same loading data. They do have steel rims which is no problem if your press has a collet sizer like that on the Mec Sizemaster or the Super Sizer. At SASS velocities the steel head does not expand and they shuck just fine.
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As you note they are lighter than the 1145 or 1200fgs loads but no where near as light as the LNLR Winchesters. If you are having trouble with AA reloads you need to check your loading equipment/procedures. Do you have one of those Slix or Roger Rapid taper tools?
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Yep, I clicked the wrong post for the quote. You are right and as innocent as the freshly fallen snow.
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14 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said:
It adds 5 seconds to the start of your browsing session; if your time is so valuable that you cannot afford the extra 5 seconds, so be it.
My browsing session is 30 seconds during commercials many times a day. Right now once logged in I stay logged in. My question was is this going to change? I have numerous sites I visit. The only ones that have two factor authentication are generally those having to do with money. Banks, IRA, retirement accounts, etc. I have never run into an enthusisst or hobby site with 2FA. How valuable my time is is no one's business but my own.
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Posted · Edited by Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933
Take the empty revolver and close the gate. Does it work? If so load one dummy round and rotate the cylinder watching for interference. What the previous posters have said. Loose screw or gate has an edge sticking into the chamber area. Loose screw - tighten screw. Ruff edge - stone it off.