lockmup68

This made my day, but was looking for Harlan, KY location.

^^^^this. you said you took it apart and put it back together. Get a surefire and shine it in and look down the tube. It has to line up perfectly. Get some metal shims and adjust it (the bolt that holds on the half moon thing on the primer slide stop). This is what causes smashed primers most of the time IMO. There is a huge thread on these issues http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=169411.

Scale, weight of completed round, zero on empty bin, weigh at end, divide by total round weight = number of completed rounds.

The single stack Spartan was $800 or so.

Dawson CRP STI.

Get the hardware pack from c4m3ron and swap easy. http://www.thec4m3ron.com/my-story/

And it is a 1/4 inch bolt there. Too long in the garage.

You are right. .01 is what I need I believe.

That's a good idea. Thanks. Btw, needed to order an index ball spring as mine is not popping up like it should. Dillon's line has been busy all day. Finally got through about 5 min ago. Was 18th in line. lot of folks must have been loading yesterday.

I have "made" shims/washers with biz cards, but they wear out. Just dealing with this yesterday. Called fastenal this morn and the thinnest washer they show is .015 fiber washer. I was hoping for a .001 shim, but no joy. Anyone have a source for a .001 shim for a 1/8 diameter hole ( or is it 3/16?)

Dawson CDP STI Spartan 9mm with Dawson mags. My 10 yo daughter shoots it for ZSA and IDPA matches. Pink Posey VZ grips and pink kydex holster and mag pouches. I love shooting this gun and will probably get a STI 2011 for my big mitts down the road. Converting me to 1911s they are so fun to shoot and accurate.

don't forget the shellplate change.

Forgot, glorious pic of my labors today. The best part is seeing a bin full of ammo. Good thing is I case gauged about 100 of them and all are gauging perfect.

Update 3 I think: walked away for a couple of days, got back on it on Sat. I took everything apart and cleaned again. Replaced the primer seating punch spring as suggested (old one "looked" to be same length as the replacement one, was still tight). Also got some stuff in the mail, so installed the plastic detent ball vs. the stock metal one. I also got the roller bearing kit from Hit Factor (along with the knobs and such). Directions said to grease the roller bearings, but I don't actually like a lot of grease on the shell plate, so I soaked the oring and bearing in Balistol over night, wiped off before installing and put it on. I do have to say the roller bearing and plastic detent ball are much overdue upgrades. Totally took the snappiness out of the stroke. I also like how you can snug down the shellplate tight and how tightening up the tabs on the ringnut doesn't totally screw up the action of the shellplate. Reinstalled everything and readjusted the primer tray with the surefire, dropped 10 primers down one at a time and they all came out of the plate flat and perfect. The new spring took the hang out of the primer slide as well. I now remember why I love the 1050. I actually was able to get a normal stroke and finally some production of actual rounds. Loaded 900 or so in an hour and a half. No powder spillage from snappy plate. Still getting 1-2 primers spit out per 100, but I hear them come out and I pull the brass from the powder drop station so I don't spill any powder. I kept those 8-10 pieces of brass and ran those through individually at the end and they all primed and loaded properly. I really love the upgraded swage rod my engineer buddy from John Deere fixed for me. That extra 1/4" of length, the extra width, and the longer threads really made that piece stronger and with a more "firm" feel when swaging. So, with mil-brass, is 1-2 per hundred the norm for smashed primers. Looking at the primers that come out, it clearly looks like they get caught on the edge of the primer pocket and the center of the primer is pushed up. What's the average for production with mil-brass? Thanks for all the help. Going to knock out the rest of the 124g's and then knock out the 147s. When I get all the 9mm done, then I'm going to figure out 223 processing and loading. I'm a virgin for rifle reloading, so I apologize in advance. I have all the brass tumbled and shiny to start, but it is all mil brass too, so expecting a big learning curve like the 9mm was. I'm also glad I started with 45 and 40 as I don't know if I would have kept with it so long if I had started on 9mm with mil brass. Question, where can I get some .001 shims for the primer slide tray adjustment? I have cut up business cards in there now, but all the taking apart has smashed the cards down and I had to add two new ones in there, so real shims would allow me to keep consistent adjustment. Thanks, Shannon

Southern Wake County, SW of Raleigh. Have good buddy in Travelers Rest...