Turkey Flats Jack Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 So this just happened. I was reloading new starline 38spl brass. I've never used case lube on straight walled cases but after this I will be in the hopes of not going through this mess again. The carrier separated from the ram. Not a difficult fix but definitely not something I'd expect to do with less than 1000 rounds on a press. Loosen the hex head and apply locktite to the textured portion of the ram, put the carrier back on and crank the hex bolt back down spreading the ram for a tight ffit.if it happens again I will cross drill through the carrier and ram and install a roll pin to hold them together. The concept is great but I'm starting to lose faith in lee progressive presses. The last one I had that was problem free was the pro1000. That was back in the early 2000s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 6 minutes ago, Turkey Flats Jack said: So this just happened. I was reloading new starline 38spl brass. I've never used case lube on straight walled cases but after this I will be in the hopes of not going through this mess again. The carrier separated from the ram. Not a difficult fix but definitely not something I'd expect to do with less than 1000 rounds on a press. Loosen the hex head and apply locktite to the textured portion of the ram, put the carrier back on and crank the hex bolt back down spreading the ram for a tight ffit.if it happens again I will cross drill through the carrier and ram and install a roll pin to hold them together. The concept is great but I'm starting to lose faith in lee progressive presses. The last one I had that was problem free was the pro1000. That was back in the early 2000s. You might want to contact Lee, send them a couple pictures and see what they have to say. Maybe they will do something for you. I’m assuming you were using a carbide sizing die. I’ve looked at most of the stuff on the high road and I belong to the six pack pro Fb group and your the first incident of this I’ve seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 9 minutes ago, Buckshot Bob said: You might want to contact Lee, send them a couple pictures and see what they have to say. Maybe they will do something for you. I’m assuming you were using a carbide sizing die. I’ve looked at most of the stuff on the high road and I belong to the six pack pro Fb group and your the first incident of this I’ve seen Yeah planned on calling them tomorrow or Monday if they're not in. I tried to comment on your post in the fb group but forgot I'm on a ban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 4 minutes ago, Turkey Flats Jack said: Yeah planned on calling them tomorrow or Monday if they're not in. I tried to comment on your post in the fb group but forgot I'm on a ban We’ll see what the collective has to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 Maybe they will want it back to see what happened and you’ll get a new press out of it . I would think it would rip off a case rim or two before that should happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 So a little more of an update now that I've had a chance to sit down and load some quantity on it. The above mentioned malfunction was about 10 rounds into the 500 38spl rds I just finished. Now that I have the jam nut tightened down to 14 ft lbs it hasn't pulled free again. I have an email out to Lee to find out what the torque spec is for it and I'll adjust it to that once they answer. Until now I hadn't tried to load anything at a regular pace. The biggest issue I ran into was with the primer tray. The new style triangle style tray hasn't ever been great. The press runs smooth so it doesn't bounce around enough to let small primers flow through properly. That causes an interruption in loading having to shake the tray. I have one of the old ones laying around so I switched to it and most of those issues disappeared. However once the tray is empty the weight of small primers wasn't enough for them to push into the primer pickup arm. This is the large primer pickup. The small is still installed and it was easier to get a pic of this one. I took a file to the small pickup and made the opening more like this instead of the 'C' shape it was and now the primers flow all the way to about the last 3 or 4. I still haven't loaded any quantities of large primer stuff but I haven't remotely seen any of these primer issues with large primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 In case anyone was wondering the 44 caliber bullet feeder works great for 44-40. It was great timing for it to hit the market and be available at titan reloading. I broke my 3d printed one while cleaning my homemade bullet lube out of it. This one showed up earlier this week and I put it on today and ran a quick 50 rounds through it. Works very well. For the $60 shipped if I need more in the future I think it's worth the little extra over the 3d printed ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 2 hours ago, Turkey Flats Jack said: In case anyone was wondering the 44 caliber bullet feeder works great for 44-40. It was great timing for it to hit the market and be available at titan reloading. I broke my 3d printed one while cleaning my homemade bullet lube out of it. This one showed up earlier this week and I put it on today and ran a quick 50 rounds through it. Works very well. For the $60 shipped if I need more in the future I think it's worth the little extra over the 3d printed ones. That’s the first time I’ve seen a black powder set up on a progressive does it spill much with the full cases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 8 hours ago, Buckshot Bob said: That’s the first time I’ve seen a black powder set up on a progressive does it spill much with the full cases You definitely can't just rip on the handle. Smooth and steady wins the race. Been looking at the FB group. There's a fellow that made a longer twist on the index rod which smooths out the operation. I might try it at some point but I don't fill the case all the way to the top. It's about ⅛" from the top and after seating the bullet there's about that much compression. It works well for me. I did the same on my load masters too. Just couldn't have the bullet feeder on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 9 minutes ago, Turkey Flats Jack said: You definitely can't just rip on the handle. Smooth and steady wins the race. Been looking at the FB group. There's a fellow that made a longer twist on the index rod which smooths out the operation. I might try it at some point but I don't fill the case all the way to the top. It's about ⅛" from the top and after seating the bullet there's about that much compression. It works well for me. I did the same on my load masters too. Just couldn't have the bullet feeder on it. The six stations are nice, I can see why people tend to like the eight station rcbs presses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 20 minutes ago, Buckshot Bob said: The six stations are nice, I can see why people tend to like the eight station rcbs presses I almost went with the Lyman all American 8 but ultimately I wanted a progressive. Was fully stoked to find out about the pro6k. Despite the hiccups with it I'm going out on a limb and say it's the best lee progressive press to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 2 hours ago, Turkey Flats Jack said: I almost went with the Lyman all American 8 but ultimately I wanted a progressive. Was fully stoked to find out about the pro6k. Despite the hiccups with it I'm going out on a limb and say it's the best lee progressive press to date. Did you contact Lee about the Ram ? Or just put it back together and move on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, Buckshot Bob said: Did you contact Lee about the Ram ? Or just put it back together and move on Both. I sent an email. Haven't heard back yet. I should probably check my spam folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted May 21, 2023 Author Share Posted May 21, 2023 Lee came out with a new indexing rod to smooth out the advance of the shell plate, if your having powder spillage issues or bullets falling off . Only works for 223 or shorter cases https://leeprecision.com/six-pack-pro-soft-twist-index-rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 Titan has the new slow index rod in stock , just ordered one to try https://www.titanreloading.com/product/lee-six-pack-pro-soft-index-rod/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder SASS #13056 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 On 4/21/2023 at 9:29 PM, Turkey Flats Jack said: Yeah planned on calling them tomorrow or Monday if they're not in. I tried to comment on your post in the fb group but forgot I'm on a ban Good for you! They often put me on bans for a few days at a time. They have provided a good service for such an evil company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 On 5/26/2023 at 8:35 AM, Marauder SASS #13056 said: Good for you! They often put me on bans for a few days at a time. They have provided a good service for such an evil company. Lol I'm on a permanent restriction where all of my post and comments are moved to the bottom of the news feed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted June 4, 2023 Author Share Posted June 4, 2023 Think I might give this a try, drums are cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 I only use the drum for dropping filler. I use the other style for powders. I would like larger hoppers for both types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted June 4, 2023 Author Share Posted June 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Turkey Flats Jack said: I only use the drum for dropping filler. I use the other style for powders. I would like larger hoppers for both types. There is this one, I bought one excellent quality and you pay for it. Isn’t the new powder bottles top supposed to screw on to a 1lb powder bottle? https://dramworx.com/lee/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Buckshot Bob said: Isn’t the new powder bottles top supposed to screw on to a 1lb powder bottle? They do but you can't see when they're getting low. So that's a no go for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Couple tweaks that I like. I agree about the triangle primer tray being less than stellar. I never thought to drill a hole in the lid though. I'll be doing that soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circuit Rider Jeff Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 I'm using mine at present, so here is the skinny. It's not to bad to set up, I took components for my turret press and moved it to the six pack. I have it equipped with bullet feed and case feeder. There is a alot going on to make sure you don't run out of primers, cases or bullets. The cases sometimes fall over when feeding which jams up the flow, also if you run out of primers the primer tool jams in the case and doesn't release. With that said if you really concentrate and stay slow you can run off 300 to 400 per hour with replenishing things. The weak link is the case feeder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Circuit Rider Jeff said: The weak link is the case feeder Getting it adjusted just right will eliminate a lot of that. Most of the time if I have one fall over it's the last case in the tube. There's a couple 3d printer guys that have a spring loaded door that completely eliminates the cases from tipping over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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