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  1. so I have to embarrass myself on front of the entire world! A lesson learned. There was a S&W .40 cartridge mixed in with the .45s in my box of rounds. Outside, in the cold, and I managed it load it in the magazine. (same color shape round). Turns out that it fired, but didn't eject. Which I missed. So when I fired the next round, an actual 45, the bullet pushed the .40 case down the barrel......till it stopped. Please keep this confidential!!!
  2. anyone find Clays anywhere? Not sure its in production anymore.
  3. Experienced an unusual event the other day. I fired a 200 grain round nose bullet, plated, behind 5.5 grains of HP 38. It was the fourth of seven rounds in the magazine. All the other rounds fired previously from the same reloading session had no problems. The first three rounds also exited the barrel with no trouble. But on the fourth round, I pulled the trigger and much to my surprise semi burnt powder blew back into my face out of the ejector port. The slide was forced all the way back, jammed against the frame and unmovable. The spent cartridge was stuck in the extractor. I used a small screwdriver to work the cartridge out of the extractor, but was unable to move the slide. At home, I removed the pin and whacked the back of the slide a couple of times with a rubber mallet. The slide broke free. I removed the guide rod, removed the bushing, and had to tap out the barrel, as it seemed stuck in the slide. Turns out the bullet was halfway down the barrel, and quite stuck. I’ve been unable to get it out despite much hammering and now it’s soaking in kroil oil. There may be a very faint bulge in the barrel where the bullet is stuck. But I don’t know what happened. It was not a double charge, and the prior round exited the barrel with no trouble, then something happened to stop the bullet partway down the barrel and blow the gases out of the ejector port into my face. thoughts anyone?
  4. Ah, now I see. Supposed to be a washer at the end….which either didn’t come w it or I lost somewhere. Hmmmm….time for trip to hardware store
  5. I installed a Galloway precision guide rod in my Rival, polymer, and find that on returning from recoil the guide rod end catches on the cut out in the front of the slide, just below the barrel. The result is the slide will not go into battery. Anyone experience this or have a fix?
  6. I tried the Hornady puller, but it did no better. Purchased one of the Franklin pile drivers which is a pretty good idea though not particularly durable. I’ve been going through many years worth of problematic rounds, and have taken apart two or 300… Including from that moment, when I ran 50 to 60 rounds with no primers in the tube. Very embarrassing. I’ve had to do some jury rigging and replace one $15 part. The small cartridge insert works with nine and 40. To do 45 you have to get the large insert. I wouldn’t bother using it with rifle rounds. Stick with the RCBS unit. for handgun rounds go with Franklin. your shoulder will thank you. And your elbow.
  7. I load blue bullets to 1.5–1.6 find it’s almost impossible to get them out with the RCBS. Not enough flat material for the collet to grip.
  8. W 9mm part of the problem may be that I’m using truncated cones. Hard for the collet to get a good grip. It’s a 9mm. farmer, what do you mean by shell holder? Shell holder just holds the case down.. second the Lyman.
  9. I’m trying to disassemble some 9 mm, and some Smith & Wesson 40, cartridges loaded with coated bullets. Specifically Blue bullets. I’m using an RCBS bullet puller, which works great on copper plated, etc. rounds but slips off the coated bullets. Anyone have a solution? I’m trying to avoid using an impact puller, that hammer thing, whatever one calls it.
  10. For what it’s worth, my 1100 press started doing that with .40 brass after loading with no trouble for some years. Dillon customer service said I needed to swage the primer pockets. Which I was not doing. Once I started doing that, it solved the problem. why it occurred in the first place after so much time I don’t know. If that’s not NATO brass, and is indeed, federal, it’s very weird
  11. So I accidentally loaded about 30 rounds of .223 w 22 grains of N133 and a 55 grain bullet to an OAL of 2.21..... Will I blow up my rifle? Can I use them?
  12. Loaded 100 rounds with the FW priming system and I gotta say it's great. Very nicely machined and very well engineered. Easy to install, took about 10 minutes. It is more solid and simpler than the Dillon priming system. In fact don't tell the FW folks but I'd say it's over engineered. Very sturdy. Best aftermarket product I've purchased for the 1100. The only downside, and it's a minor one, is that the roller that the primer lever indexes on will have to be moved from tool head to tool, takes a minute or two, or you could buy extras for $25 or so for your various tool heads. It seems, at this early stage, that it will not suffer from the idiosyncrasies of the aggravating Dillon lever system. I was loading .40 pistol ammo and found no interference issues with the powder funnel.
  13. Been waiting for someone to improve the priming system. Just ordered one. Will report back.
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