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We fired ~60 rounds of mixed brass. The Tula were the only ones that did this. If it was Starline brass bulging like this might blame the gun. I'm calling this thin cases in a fast cycling delayed blowback. This upper has ~350 rounds through it in total. No other fired cases bulged like this, well none I was able to find.

That was sarcasm. They are going in the recycle bucket.

Was shooting some of my practice loads from our suppressed Banshee with the wife the other day. Didn't bother to pick up the brass until today and look what I found. These were mixed brass, 147gr MGB @ 135PF loads. Only the Tula brass did this. Roll sizing should fix it right up. I'll report back if any other brands of brass behave this way. The Banshee upper has run damn near 100% so far. Nice to be able to slap an upper on any standard AR lower and have it actually work properly out of the box with no mucking about.

(4) #8 2" wood screws have held any press I have owned with no trouble. The 3/8" bolts and T-Track are far, far stronger. Even 1/4 T-Track should be good enough.

Thanks! 1/2" of memory foam 23"x23"

First, get over picking up brass, try a brass wheel / nut wheel. Makes life a little better. Also bring a tarp and place it where most of your brass lands in practice. I've used this guy before and his stuff was fine. https://brassmanbrass.com/ I usually just buy new Starline and take the time to pick it up.

Mine is on a >100lb 2" thick 2'x2' marble slab, the slab sits on 1/2" foam pad. I am going to make a tall 2'x2' cabinet and screw it to the wall & floor for the scale when I get around to it.

Please bring all your conservative friends and family. We've had a staggering number of customers move up here.

I used the "Heavy Duty 7/8" Wide that takes 3/8" bolts. If I did it again I think the thinner standard 1/4" bolt head stuff would be fine. The mounting holes on the Dillon Strong Mount for my 650 & 550 and also my MEC9000H mounts are 9" on center so they can be bolted down easy. Since I'm using 3/8" bolts I did have to enlarge the mounting holes to 3/8" on all of them. I'm guessing the 1/4" holes in the mounts should have been a clue to me. Oh well, lesson passed on. The Mark 7 1050 I use for small primer stuff comes on it's own base so I can move it whenever my back feels up to it.:-) Still need to make mounting plates for the RCBS presses, the 1050 setup for Large Rifle and various accessories like the Giraud trimmer. I'm building two more benches more or less the same as this one, just taller. This bench is only 30" tall, otherwise I would need a step ladder to fill the bullet and case feeders. The other benches will be 36" tall. When I looked up info on using T-Track for a loading bench I found very little useful information. It does not seem like much but just these couple of paragraphs represent hours of research. I hope it helps someone out.

No, just a get away from the state that hates me for owning guns and cars etc. move.

Moved from CA to ID and am finally getting around to my reloading / man room. Feels good to get the first presses set. I used old fire rated doors from the local Habitat for Humanity for counter tops and set 7/8" Heavy Duty T-Track into them. The T-Track is 9" on center and works perfectly with the Dillon Strong Mounts. The RCBS, MEC etc. will be on 11"x whatever mounting plates made from 3/4" plywood. Ahh . . . progress.

My 7000Pro worked just fine with the occasional reset, like twice in the last two years. I keep it in the little rubber protector they sell and try not to bang it around too bad. In the last month or so it started for no discernible reason illuminate the buttons, and nothing else and become unresponsive. It stays like that until the battery dies or I take it apart and pull the battery, which is a pain in the butt. Takes a day or two on a full charge for the battery to run down in the buttons lit, failed state. It takes a really small screwdriver to take the cover off, smaller than what I normally carry in my range bag I found out the hard way when it first started acting up. With CED dropping support for the 7000Pro after such a short (compared other shot timers) product life I'm guessing these are not the most reliable electronic devices. One of the local clubs uses the standard 7000 and I've not heard anyone complain about them. Should have kept my PACT C3.

I ordered two in mid November and they showed up last Friday. Great parts, perfect fit. And if they are welded up Mossberg parts, that guy can weld. Seriously, they look like new stampings to me. The parts took a while to show up, but nothing like the 2 years 6 months and 21 days my J. Allen M1A stock took. Not that I'm bitter about waiting 2 years 6 months and 21 days.

I've found after going back and forth between many powders for 147g loads the best so far have been N320 and what seems to be it's brother from another mother, Ramshot Competition. I've shot endless rounds over the chrono with sorted brass and Hornady HAP and MGB TMJ 147g bullets. 3.2 to 3.5 grains of both of these powders produce almost identical velocities and felt recoil.Primers don't seem to matter much, 20fps at the extreme. OAL is 1.145" or less since we shoot it out of several CZ's. 3.5g of Bullseye works well also, not quite as smooth.

Ramshot Competition is really damn close to N320.