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No, I'm still waiting, too. hack Just received my subplate today and just installed it. Haven't tried reloading with it yet, but did cycle some empty brass and some loaded rounds (.223). It's alot better than snagging on the spring ejector and having some go flying across the room. Not go flying across the room - that sounds good, I'm still waiting. Hack

A Powder Through Expander (PTE) will do it, but like hdiker1 said, you probably already have a "belling" die. If you ignore your resizing die and you bullet seating die and still have a third die, that's it. To be sure, run a case up into it a good ways and see if it bells / flares the mouth of the case. This is done to make seating the bullet easier. Hack

No, I'm still waiting, too. hack

Seems like they're gone again, but Midsouth has some (Low stock, though) http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item...sku=00005392645 hack Mine came in yesterday. Hack

Thanx, I just went there and ordered one. I've been in the market for a while. Says "Low Supply", so if you want one, better hurry. Ordered mine at 11:10 PM, Apr 23rd Hack Mine came in yesterday. Hack

Seems like they're gone again, but Midsouth has some (Low stock, though) http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item...sku=00005392645 hack

Thanx, I just went there and ordered one. I've been in the market for a while. Says "Low Supply", so if you want one, better hurry. Ordered mine at 11:10 PM, Apr 23rd Hack

I called them back a moment ago (Fri, Apr 17) and talked to "Bob". I discovered that I am #65 on the list, with 110 kits shipping out next week. Maybe it won't be long now. I reminded Bob my LnL's S/N is 13XXX. Bob said I got the right kit, because the price I am being charged is $29.99 (the other is $59.99). I guess LnLs under 7000 have to get the more expensive kit. Hack

25 bucks seems a bit steep for a short tube with a cone shaped end. Hack

Not sure, but I guess the old "wire eject" LnL must be under S/N 7000. Hack

Someone on another Forum told me they were sending out 150 kits next week. I hope I'm in that number. Hack PS - As I was told, I now know that they do work on the wire subplate

Please let us know how it does. Hack

I’m still in line to get Hornady’s EZeject kit. The 8 shell plates that I sent to Hornady on 3/20/09 were returned to me, retrofitted for the EZeject, yesterday, 4/14/09. Each in a real nice plastic container of its own - even had the Shell Plate Number on the case. But there was no EZeject kit. So, I called to see why. I wondered if they had forgotten me. I talked to Jennifer. She asked if my press’s SN was below 7000, I said “yes”. She said there was a list of folks getting the kit and proceeded to look for my name on it. She found my name, I’m on the list, so, I’ll just have to be patient – She said they were on “Backorder” and couldn’t give me an ETA. Well, with the return of my shell plates I think can again use my “old” LnL – I read somewhere that the retrofitted shell plates still work on a non-EZeject LnL press. We’ll see. Hack

I bought a red one to replace the blue one I sold to a friend. He doesn't know that I got the better press. Hack

Range Report – Standard Small Rifle Primers vs Magnum Small Rifle Primers, in 223 I was wondering about the difference in velocities of reloads using Standard Small Rifle Primers as compared to reloads using Magnum Small Rifle Primers. I know for a fact, that Magnum Large PISTOL primers produce higher velocities than Standard Large Pistol primer. I experienced it while shooting rubber bullets (no powder) from a 44 Mag case with only a primers, no powder. I wondered if the same was true of small RIFLE primers. I used Federal Standard Small Rifle Primers and CCI Magnum Small Rifle Primers. I wished I could have used Standard and Magnum primers of the same brand, but didn’t have one brand of both kinds of Small Rifle Primers. I shot them from my Olympic Arms AR15 with its 16 inch barrel. All reloads contained 20.0gr (trickled for exactness) of H4198 powder. All reloads contained 55gr SPBT bullets purchased from Berry’s. I used a Chrony F1 Master Chronograph to get their velocities. Sky Screens 15-20 feet from muzzle. So, muzzle blast shouldn’t have been a factor. My hypothesis was that Magnum Small Rifle Primers (MSRP) would produce higher velocities than Standard Small Rifle primers (SSRP) – same as Large Pistol primers. My hypothesis was not supported by my experiment. I found that: the velocity of a bullet fired with a SSRB was, on the average, 2767. the velocity of a bullet fired with a MSRB was, on the average, 2722. My conclusion is that MSRP, with their thicker cup, contains less primer accelerant (powder). Here’s the data. Velocities are in chronological order (so I can more easily so the range), not the order produced when the string was fired. However, the 2 slam fires are where they happened. Standard Small Rifle Primers Stan Sm RI Prim 20.0 ! - H4198 3/21/2009 1 2677 2 2715 3 2738 4 2741 5 2763 6 2770 7 2773 8 2781 9 2781 10 2787 11 2804 12 Slam Fire 13 Slam Fire 14 2810 15 2828 2766.77 Average Give or Take 61.23 Magnum Small Rifle Primers Mag Sm RI Prim 20.0 ! - H4198 3/21/2009 1 2651 2 2675 3 2682 4 2684 5 2688 6 2694 7 2721 8 2734 9 2735 10 2737 11 2751 12 2756 13 2771 14 2776 15 2781 2722.40 Average Give or Take 58.60 BTW - The thinner skinned SSRP produced two slam fires during their string of shots. The thicker MSRP had none. So, if using SSRP use good range safety – as you would do anyway. But, I often point the AR upward as I depress the lever to send the bolt forward, loading the first round of a new mag. I was on the porch of the cabin myself and my brothers built on our hunting property. I’m glad I didn’t have any slam fired then, or I’d shot a hole in the roof. Hack