cbrussell Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Has anyone had any experience or know anyone who has purchased the Mark 7 drive unit for the Dillon 1050? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrenchmonkey Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I found them at SHOT Show. They seemed promising, but I can't justify the cost. Not when you can get a Forcht conversion for nearly half the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonBullit Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 They have a website up now with an online store at http://www.markvii-loading.com/. I was shooting a steel challenge match with the owner of the company yesterday and he showed me a video of (one of) his running at 1800 rounds per hour churning out 38SC major pf ammo. Even at that speed there wasn't a drop of powder spilled. It's a sweet setup, I could get a years worth of loading done in a day, but I don't load enough to make the investment worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brassaholic13 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 (edited) search "mark7" from the main forum search. There's no less than 4 threads. Edited June 21, 2015 by Brassaholic13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigels1911 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 All, please visit our vendor tent here for more discussion on the Mark 7 Autodrive. As Brassaholic13 mentioned, a number of threads here on Enos have been discussing the Mark 7 Autodrive. @wrenchmonkey - While the Forcht conversion is cheaper than the Mark 7 Autodrive, you really do get what you pay for. The Forcht conversion is a permanent modification to the 1050 which you have to send out to modify. Our Mark 7 Autodrive requires no permanent modification and is easy to install on your Super 1050 or your RL 1050. The Mark 7 automatically calibrates and digitally adjusts for: dwell time, torque limits, and index speed - all from the tablet. The Mark 7 Autodrive is also belt driven and there is no need to physically change gears like on other autodrives. @BostonBullit - Great to hear you had a chance to meet our CEO, Jay. The Mark 7 Autodrive was his idea precisely because he was having so much difficulty with the other autodrives on the market. As someone who shoots upwards of 5k rounds a week, he needed a better way to reload. Here is a recent video of the Mark 7 Autodrive reloading .40 S&W at 1800 rounds per hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 FWIW with a VFD and 3ph motor you can "digitally" vary speed on any of the others as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brassaholic13 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Well, I just hope that Mark7 includes a replacement link arm (p/n 11063) with their kit. Because it's already been well documented that manual operation will cause that link arm to fail. Dillon knows there's an issue, because they etch a date on every one they send out. I also hope Mark7 has a means to detect full stroke on the press. That's the major downside of the Ponsness-Warren due to flex. The Forcht may require modification to the press, but the modification done causes no harm to the press, and does not prevent it from being returned to manually operated if desired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigels1911 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 @Brassaholic13 - the Mark 7 Autodrive is designed to not overdrive the press at the bottom or top of the stroke, thereby reducing the overall wear on the 1050 link arm. Also, our calibration sequence detects full stroke on the 1050 upon startup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I also hope Mark7 has a means to detect full stroke on the press. That's the major downside of the Ponsness-Warren due to flex. This is why I have both upper and lower limit switches on my PLC controlled 1050. If something jams or the tool head does not make it all the way on either end, it stops. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrFhnDQ-eUU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul-the new guy Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 All, please visit our vendor tent here for more discussion on the Mark 7 Autodrive. As Brassaholic13 mentioned, a number of threads here on Enos have been discussing the Mark 7 Autodrive. @wrenchmonkey - While the Forcht conversion is cheaper than the Mark 7 Autodrive, you really do get what you pay for. The Forcht conversion is a permanent modification to the 1050 which you have to send out to modify. Our Mark 7 Autodrive requires no permanent modification and is easy to install on your Super 1050 or your RL 1050. The Mark 7 automatically calibrates and digitally adjusts for: dwell time, torque limits, and index speed - all from the tablet. The Mark 7 Autodrive is also belt driven and there is no need to physically change gears like on other autodrives. @BostonBullit - Great to hear you had a chance to meet our CEO, Jay. The Mark 7 Autodrive was his idea precisely because he was having so much difficulty with the other autodrives on the market. As someone who shoots upwards of 5k rounds a week, he needed a better way to reload. Here is a recent video of the Mark 7 Autodrive reloading .40 S&W at 1800 rounds per hour. looks like the Mr. BF is almost having trouble keeping up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 MBF will work well over 1800/hr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradsteimel Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Well, I just hope that Mark7 includes a replacement link arm (p/n 11063) with their kit. Because it's already been well documented that manual operation will cause that link arm to fail. Dillon knows there's an issue, because they etch a date on every one they send out. I also hope Mark7 has a means to detect full stroke on the press. That's the major downside of the Ponsness-Warren due to flex. The Forcht may require modification to the press, but the modification done causes no harm to the press, and does not prevent it from being returned to manually operated if desired. Just broke mine 2 weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echotango Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 My mbf has no issue keeping up with the mark 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Well, I just hope that Mark7 includes a replacement link arm (p/n 11063) with their kit. Because it's already been well documented that manual operation will cause that link arm to fail. Dillon knows there's an issue, because they etch a date on every one they send out. I also hope Mark7 has a means to detect full stroke on the press. That's the major downside of the Ponsness-Warren due to flex. The Forcht may require modification to the press, but the modification done causes no harm to the press, and does not prevent it from being returned to manually operated if desired. Just broke mine 2 weeks ago. Where exactly did it break, and have you been lubricating it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradsteimel Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Well, I just hope that Mark7 includes a replacement link arm (p/n 11063) with their kit. Because it's already been well documented that manual operation will cause that link arm to fail. Dillon knows there's an issue, because they etch a date on every one they send out. I also hope Mark7 has a means to detect full stroke on the press. That's the major downside of the Ponsness-Warren due to flex. The Forcht may require modification to the press, but the modification done causes no harm to the press, and does not prevent it from being returned to manually operated if desired. Just broke mine 2 weeks ago. Where exactly did it break, and have you been lubricating it? down by the threaded eye-bolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWFAN Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 That's the swage rod, not the link arm. Buy the Fast and Friendly Brass swage rod to replace that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradsteimel Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Bought it. Installed it. Hoping for a long prosperous life for this one Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kf4zra Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 That's the swage rod, not the link arm. Buy the Fast and Friendly Brass swage rod to replace that one. my factory swage rod died at about 10k pieces of prepped brass. the F&F one is 20k in and looks brand new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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