swordsmn

Jan 20th order I referred to in two earlier posts was delivered Mar 19th. (Dillon 1050 in .45) Brian provided the best customer svc throughout this process!

Well I lied... My ofc told me all my dillon stuff arrived on the 22nd of Feb. Turns out everything BUT the press itself arrived ... Misc accessories box (cover, powder check, extra pickup tubes, flip tray etc) , my tumbler & media separator all arrived 22nd.. Soo Jan 20th order for a 45acp 1050 still waiting patiently But I will be waiting longer for my Bayou bullets so I can stand it a bit longer.

Thanks Doug, With regard to the coated bayou bullets, Did you mean decrease the fmj start load by .2 gr or .02 ? Not sure we deal in hundreths of a gr? Fyi., Accurate has no lead data for aa#2. Start load for fmj 230gr is 4.6gr. I need to get my load books delivered and research the net for 45acp bayou bullet start loads with AA2 or AA5. From current research though it looks like 4.6 wouldn't get me in trbl though. Regarding my accessory fretting, After Merlin's comment and yours I'll likely just give it a go stock for a bit before I go adding such optionals. I do like the idea of such easy micrometer tweaking of powder/seating/crimp but adding $240 ish to all I've spent is a bit excessive esp since I haven't ordered the Mr Bulletfeeder yet, lol Initially I am going with the Bayou 230gr RN so if I do my job with COL, I should be ok on feeding in the guns. From other research their coated lead feeds a-ok in the Mr Bulletfeeder. We shall see how it does in the spring assy and the dropper. Thanks for the encouragement as I jump back into this. You folks are a great bunch here. It may be weeks till Donnie gets these bullets to ATL. I have loads o time to get my act together...

My Jan 20th order for a 1050 in 45acp arrived Friday Feb 22. Not sure why but I did not get a shipping notif. Not complaining, it was a nice surprise. (Atlanta Area)

Thank you Merlin, I'll remember that.

Money aside, Midway is OUT of the Uniflow and the Competition variant with integral micrometer. To that I'd need to add the $70 linkage kit. So, if they had the hdwe, and I went your route jj I'd be out of the sliding bar type of measure which I admit always scared me for throw consistency. Part of me hates to just chuck the included measure, but you might be spot on... Ya'll remember, I'm contemplating that arredondo bar/micrometer at $105 just because I remember driving myself nuts with a wrench back n forth trying to dial in charge wt on the SDB... I should probably just suck it up & try it as is. For a goodly while I'll just be using the AA#2 (6 lbs worth) and AA#5 3lbs worth. Looking for someone to say either "yeah doug, the arredondo micrometer deal will handle your AA2 & 5 charge weights - you're NOT a wimp for wanting the micrometer even with the limited variety ur planning" OR "Doug, even with the AA2 & 5, the dillon measure shouldn't be that big of a PITA to dial in with a standard wrench" I'm looking for easy but I'm not necessarily dying to spend $$... I already overkilled on press choice :-)

Just received my 1050 ordered via BE. Getting back into reloading after several yrs for indoor target shooting/plinking FYI: Will be reloading initially for 4 different .45's two SW1911's , a P220, and a Springer Mil-spec Looking for some advice re: powder meas. & seating In past I used a SDB press doing .45's & .38WC's , did fine but I recall I always fretted the powder throw settings and seating/crimping stage Believe it or not, In those days I used AA#2 exclusively and had fine target loads - I always stayed within a tenth or two of all start loads This time around, all these years later & all I could get from Powder Valley was.... wait for it... AA#2 & AA#5 so I got some of each and the only LPP they had Tula.. Note: I have no fine motor control of my left hand (birth forcep injury) so it'll be pretty much a one-hand tuning/operational thing. (I'll have son's in law helping with some setup though) I am considering adding 3-4 accessories to make my life a little easier #1 a Mr Bulletfeeder I ordered some 230Gr RN from Donnie at Bayou (great guy) #2 I think I really want a micrometer like setting device on my powder measure. I have seen the Uniquetek device and I'm sold but I don't want to try the install myself so I am perfectly willing to just buy the pre-fab Arredondo bar with micrometer ( http://www.uniquetek.com/site/696296/product/T1267 ) just so I don't have to wait to send my stock bar to Uniquetek to have the micrometer fitted. Here's my worry: I'll be using AA#2 & AA#5 for awhile in start load quantities with .45's . This Arredondo bar is designed, it seems, for super small throws of fine grained vectan sp2. How will my AA#2 & AA#5 start load "bulk" do in that bar - will it handle the Qty.? I read AA#5 (being also fine grained) used to cause some folks problems with the Dillon bar so if this "new" bar will hold enough, I will feel less silly spending the $$ to get my ease of charge tuning micrometer. I have not researched a start charge for Lead 230gr RN but AA's site shows 4.6Gr start charge for AA#2 & 7.8Gr of AA#5. Someday, when I can find some I want to try W231 This may be a stupid question but as I said, I can't get a feel for the capacity of that Arredondo bar #3 A Redding Micrometer equipped seating die Coming from the SDB, I'll now have separate seat/crimp dies in the 1050. I thought it'd be nice to just be able to thumb dial a depth as I fine tune the seating. As I've inferred, I used to have fits one handed loosening lock rings with wrenches adjusting, tightening stuff as I could not hold the dies as I tightened rings etc. Anything to make one stage of die setup easier is worth the $$ to me. No, I won't be changing bullet types A LOT, or any to begin with but "dial a depth" sure looks easy What do u think? #4 Finally the 8$ added baffle for the Powder measure from Uniquetek (what can it hurt) Final question: I am going to have a problem I fear finding any start load data for Bayou's 230 Gr RN lead with the powders I have access to (AA#2 & #5) Heck Accurate doesn't even list a lead bullet on their site. What resource would you use if you wanted to load this combo within a tenth or two of start loads? Finally, in the old days Start Loads for FMJ'S always ran my P220 just fine. Now that I am loading for 3 bone stock 1911's, do you think I'll have any cycling issues with those? (No I won't load 2000 before testing but I'd just like ur gut feelings Thanks guys, it has been a pleasure lurking here & finally buying the press from Brian was a great idea. BTW I ordered the 45 equipped 1050 on Jan 20th & got it Feb 22 thanks, Doug, in ATL aka swordsmn