davidjon_99

That sounds awesome! Thanks!

Could be the reason. Seems a bit petty, though, since you're shelling out $2k+ for their drive system. I don't think any of their competitors offer it either though.

I've not misled anyone. Watch the video and see for yourself. According to Jason at Mark 7 the software in the tablet for Mark 7 press autodrive is different than the software for the dillon press autodrive. He said they had talked about adding bottom slowdown to the dillon autodrive software. But that had been voted down for one reason for another. His words. I'm a bit miffed with Mark 7 for not having that feature for Dillon presses. I don't see any reason for excluding it. I sure hope you pay more attention when you're loading than you do when replying to questions. Facts matter. Watch the video. There's facts there that are important to my question. I live on earth, where do you live?

This is correct. I was asking about bottom slowdown. That is different than index speed.

Just got a reply from Mark 7. They said bottom slowdown is only available for drives for Mark 7 presses.

I was watching a video by Mark 7 that gives an overview of their autodrive. I was impressed to see a feature called bottom slowdown. The guy in the video said it was designed for when you are trimming brass. I can see that this would be very useful when converting 223 into 300 blk. Well, I just set up a Mark 7 1050 Pro on my Dillon RL1100. I upgraded the software and the firmware and I don't see this feature. Is this just on the autodrive used with the Mark 7 presses? I sent a message to Mark 7, but it was after they closed. Just thought I'd drop this same question here. Thanks! Here's the video and it is mentioned around the 3:10 minute mark

Already done. I made the mistake of not closing down the large charge bar when I started using it with 223. Powder over flowed from the case when I first tried the powder measure. I'll be cleaning up powder for weeks.

Thank you. Although, as I suspected, it has not stayed that organized. Lol

Yes, I store all my brass in the used cat litter buckets. Pretty soon I'm going to have to build a storage shed just for my brass. My wife told me not to buy the litter in buckets anymore because she feels bad just throwing them away. I told her I haven't thrown a bucket away in 3 years. Having 4 cats requires a bit of litter.

Thanks! No guarantee it'll stay that neat, but I'm going to try.

Spent some time this weekend getting my new reloading bench and new presses set up in my garage. After I bought the RL1100 I thought I would still use my Lee Loadmaster for some of the calibers I load in smaller quantities. I plan to use the RL1100 for 223 and 9mm. I'm also loading subsonic 300 BLK and just getting into 308. Both of which I was planning to load on the Lee. I had my Loadmaster mounted to the bench and everything and started lamenting about how I can never prime with it because the priming system is just not very reliable. Also, the case feeding system is finicky and the press just requires a bunch of tweaking. Processing brass on the Loadmaster is a pain because primers are caught inside the ram. Every so often you have to loosen a bolt at the bottom of the ram and open the spent primer release. Well, that bolt also keeps the shell plate carrier in position. So, as you tighten it you have to make sure the shell plate carrier is in the right place, otherwise your indexing is all messed up. So, the obvious solution was to buy an XL750 and retire the Loadmaster. I plan to process 223, 9mm, 300 BLK and 308 on the RL1100 because it can swage. Then I'll load 223 and 9mm on the RL1100. 308 and 300 BLK will be loaded on the XL750. I occasionally load 357 Sig, 45 ACP, 40 S&W, 400 CorBon and 40 Super. I'll process and load those on the XL750 as they don't (usually) have crimped primers. And, conversion kits for the XL750 are a lot cheaper than the Rl1100. I processed 1500 300 BLK cases on the RL1100 and it really took no time at all. Then I loaded 50 300 BLK rounds on the XL750. Just wanted to get a feel for it and shoot those to make sure I'm getting the velocity I'm expecting. I was really happy with the priming system on the 750. I also loaded 50 223 rounds on the 1100. The cases were already primed, a holdover from having to prime cases in a separate step for my Loadmaster. So I disabled swaging and priming. All in all, I'm very happy with my two new Dillon presses

Lol, never used one on my Lee Loadmaster. Well, I tried the Double Alpha powder check but never could get it to work consistently with the mixed range brass I typically use.

I never used a powder check on me Lee Loadmaster with 223 or 300BLK. Though I did keep a close eye on the powder dropper and would check powder weight every 100 or so rounds. Maybe it'll just take me a bit to get used to and trust the Dillon powder dropper. Edited to add: I've tried aiming an endoscope down the opening of a 223 to see powder, but I've not had much luck yet. Such a small hole.

I've never seen that. Thanks!

Thanks everyone for you comments. I suspected that I would get different opinions, but I do appreciate all the responses.