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For their .40's, the recommendation is every 2,500rds. A test you can conduct (with a rendered safe weapon and no mag in the mag well), point the weapon muzzle up, then pull the slide to the rear, slowly control the slide as it is moving forward until the barrel and slide initially begins to lock up, slowly release the slide to see if the recoil spring assembly has the proper tension to lock the weapon into battery. Or if in doubt or at scheduled intervals, just buy the $5 part.

Do you have a link to that video? Thx.

The jarring of the powder bar as it returns and as the powder measure drops down causes powder to spill from the die as the shellplate indexes away. I'm using BLC-2. Is this residual powder that is still in the funnel due to some sort of static? There shouldn't be any powder left in the funnel to fall out, correct? I tried slowing the up stroke, but how else do I make the "reset" smoother. Thanks.

Thanks for the info so far. The swage idea for the 650 was mainly to free up space on the 1050 if the KISS took too much space, but that doesn't sound like the case.

I’m new to reloading and in the process of researching how to best set up a “reloading” program for my department. We cannot sustain our rifle training with the increase in ammunition costs and inconsistent supply. We project using roughly 200,000-250,000 rounds of .223 a year. We don’t have unlimited funds to buy the necessary equipment, but want the process as automated as possible (a camdex would be nice ). Savings spent reloading may not make up for the man-hours, but with costs and availability being more of an issue it’s worth it to us. This will void the warranty on our rifles due to reloading, but whatever we break we’ll be able to fix/replace. So here’s the concept we are looking at, but would like to tap into your experience base to see if it’s practical; (1) Super 1050 dedicated for only loading a basic .223 55gr FMJBT practice round with a KISS bullet feeder and powder check. Even with eight stations, is there enough room to accommodate all the accessories? We were going to dedicate a XL 650 to process the brass we shoot to keep costs down. Can the 650 be set up to swage the primer pocket and free up another station on the 1050 if the accessories we want don’t fit? What is the best way to set up the XL 650 to process brass once it’s been cleaned and inspected (to include decap, resize, trim, swage and anything else I forgot) Thanks for your time, John