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I also have had similar problems as roadapple, and probably some additional problems as well. The folks that you call at Hornady for service don't seem to know a lot about their equipment either. For instance my latest problem is a broken toggle casting caused by the pawl adjustment screw breaking while running the press. I called for warranty parts and after seeing the e-mail confirmation of the parts being shipped I noticed that the grease fittings were not included on the order. These grease fittings are the drive type (not screw-in type) and can't be re-used. I called back and told them that I thought the grease fittings needed to be added, and the guy I talked to treated me like a fool and assured me they would be installed on the toggle as they always are. Today I receive the parts and no grease fittings to be found anywhere. Now I wait another week until they send me the fittings. The press, and especially the case feeder, has been a headache since day one. Personally, I'm not at all satisfied with the product nor the service.

Not a controlled, scientific test, but I have done a lot of Ransom Rest testing @ 25 yds with my 9mm 1911 clone. I have used both Montana Gold and Precision Delta bullets and my results seem to indicate that tighter groups are possible with JHP bullets. This purely anecdotal, and may be because I haven't stumbled on to the right load with RN bullets or it may be my particular pistol, but my best JHP groups are about an inch tighter than my best RN loads @ 25 yds.

Are you using the rotor with the small hole (pistol rotor)?

Many have glued a dime over the dimple to fix that problem.

Just curious, what is TAP? I tried to find some clear tubes like that but HD and Lowes dont seem to have anything like that. Thanks. Adam Googling TAP gets a lot of garbage. I assume he means www.tapplastics.com

Cocobolo, would you please describe this piece of cardboard further so my feeble mind can see what you mean? Better yet, can you post a picture of it? Thanks.

Your seating die may be dirty, especially if you've been loading a lot of lead bullets. Bullet lube and small slivers of lead will make the die act just like yours. Take the die apart and see if that is the problem.

I just measured the 3 variations of 9mm MG bullets I have on hand and got different numbers. I used a vernier micrometer to do the measuring as I'm not comfortable using a caliper for accurate 3 or 4 decimal place measurements. 115 CMJ = 0.3552" 115 JHP = 0.3555" 124 JHP = 0.3550" So, I guess there are variations batch to batch.

Graf's has it up on their web site already. Shows as "out of stock" so I guess they are taking pre-orders. Their price is $245.00 for the feeder and $24.00 for the caliber specific dies. http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/search/keywords/bullet+feeder

I've purchased 5 or 6 case lots over the past two years and all were delivered to my residence in a flat rate box by the USPS. MG did not charge my CC for the extra $5 on any shipment.

Guys, all I reload is 9mm and 38 Special, and the metal door has worked fine for me. Mine goes well past the center of the opening in the clear funnel, and as long as I keep it adjusted so only one slot in the feeder plate can be open at once, mine seems to do fine. I expect the fact that we are dealing with molded plastic parts leads to wide variations in dimensions and fits. Probably the reason some work well and others need baffling and shrouding. I have had to put a piece of card stock on the bottom of the drop tube, so that it almost touches to shell plate when the shell plate is in the up position, to keep the short 9mm cases from bouncing and turning over and rolling away. It is just a semi-circle of card stock, with the open side towards the brass shuttle to allow it to move in and out, that I taped to the bottom of the aluminum drop tube funnel. This "fix" was suggested on another forum and works 100% for me.

The issues at the inlet funnel on top can be helped a lot by adjusting the slotted metal piece on the left side of the funnel. You can see it, and its slot, in Mush from PA's pics. It has an allen head screw that can be loosened to move that piece to the right, and essentially accomplishes what Mush accomplished with his card stock. It does take some trial and error to get it adjusted perfectly (if that's possible), but you should be able to solve 90+% of your issues at that funnel, as well as the cases flying out on the floor.

Neal, thanks so much for the info. Just what I was looking for. Jeff

I've been thinking about the Ransom Rest and found what appears to be a PDF file of the factory instructions (http://pdf.textfiles.com/manuals/FIREARMS/ransom_pistol%20rest.pdf), which leave a lot to the imagination IMHO. The instructions suggest you fire approx. 20 shots to settle the handgun into the inserts before firing for test groups. From the pictures on the Ransom web site it looks like the grip inserts completely cover the grip of the 1911 shown, and I'm wondering how you would drop (looks like the mag release is covered) and replace the magazine, since none of my handguns hold enough rounds to fire 20 and then shoot groups. Can someone tell me how one goes about reloading a handgun while clamped in the Ransom Rest, or point me to some pictures or videos that demonstrate its use? Thanks.

Recently (in the last few months), EGW got a bunch of 9mm "U" dies from Lee that were too undersized and caused the ring, ridge, etc. at the point where the die stopped its downward travel on the brass. I had one of these dies and contacted EGW about it. They immediately shipped me a new, properly sized "U" die along with a postage paid envelope to return the bad die. They know these "bad" 9mm dies are out there, but since they don 't carry unique serial numbers, they don't know where they are. You need to contact them and will gladly replace the bad die. My new, properly sized 9mm die DOES NOT leave a ring, ridge, etc. on the brass.

I am confused by this post. The MG web site does not show a 9mm 125 gr. JHP. It does show a .38 125 gr. JHP which is advertised as having a diameter of .357". I have in my possession a case of these .38 125 gr. JHP bullets that were received less than 2 weeks ago, and the handful (8 pieces) I measured read .3565" to .358" using my non-Starrett digital calipers, which I'm sure are subject to slight intrinsic errors and operator errors. Hope this helps.

I've loaded about 4K of 9mm with the new EZject w/ #8 shellplate and they eject just fine. No problems whatsiever.