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  1. UniqueTek makes a 1.5x and 2x hopper which seems to be much better. I leave my powder in there all the time.
  2. Try the Cb1100 (aka waa12sl) pink wad. It should work better and provide a taller component stack up and result in a better crimp. The CB-1118 is intended for 1 1/8oz loads.
  3. This will more than likely eliminate any primer drop/feed issues that you may have with the SL900. Looks like I'm not the only one who ran into this issue. Surprised Dillon hasn't addressed it. Maybe it was an isolated production issue. As I mentioned in the video, I got my SL900 in Dec 2012.
  4. Clays isn't a diversion for me...it has become my primary shooting sport. I shoot sporting clays, skeet, trap, wobble trap and 5-stand. I enjoy all of it.
  5. SteveZ

    New to clays

    That's one big things that caused burnout for me after nearly 20 years of IPSC shooting...standing around for 5 hours to shoot for 2 minutes.
  6. Bingo! And that just one of the reasons I got the SL900. Glad to hear it's working right for you now Eric.
  7. Let me know how the new arm works when you get it. It should fix the problem.
  8. 1/8" of movement is not right. If mine moved more than 1/32" I'd be surprised. Just to make sure we are talking about the same movement...if I took the arm and tried to push it toward the BACK of the press or pull it toward the FRONT of the press, it might move 1/32". If you want to see what I'm talking about , I could skype you or FaceTime if you've got an iPhone.
  9. Hi ya Will! Eric, it looks like your trying to shove a 12ga wad in a 20ga hull :-/ as an experiment, flare the mouth of the hull so it's almost round at station 2 ( you'll probably have to increase your precrimp depth to counter the excessive flare) and see what happens. It's odd that Winchester hulls are OK but Rem GCs aren't. Like Will suggested, maybe those wads just don't work with Rem GC/STS. I just checked my fore/aft movement of my wad guide arm and there is very LITTLE movement. If yours is loose, that might be the problem. You may want to give Dillon a call and get a new one.
  10. Hi Eric. Two thoughts, first make sure the wad guide arm is centered correctly...there is a small centering screw that you can adjust to accomplish this. I adjust mine until the guide is centered in the tool head. Second, you might want to "flare" the hull more back at station 2 when it drops powder. I was recently reloading some 6 pointer 12ga hulls and had to do this so the wads wouldn't catch the hull at station 3.
  11. I've got both. Since everyone else has discussed the micrometer adjuster, I'll talk about the powder baffle. I recently ordered the 2x powder hopper for my Dillon SL900 (see Powerfactor Show episode #157 for a review) and at the time hadn't had a chance to measure drop variances using the baffle. Since then, on two different occasions, I measured successive powder drops and found that it threw the exact same amount for at least 5 successive drops using Hodgdon Clays powder. So I'll call it better than +/- 0.1 gr which is the resolution of my scale. I don't have the micrometer adjuster installed on the SL900 (it's on my 550b).
  12. I'm shooting nearly the same thing as Eric. I shoot 7/8oz of 8s @ 1220 fps for trap and sporting clays and 3/4oz of 9s @ 1220 fps for skeet and they break clays just fine.
  13. I've reloaded the AA-HS hull using the CB-1000 wad and 7/8oz and had good luck reloading them on my SL900.
  14. I've never used anything but new shot in my SL900 so I can't offer much advice but if this shot has been sitting around for years, I wonder if it got damp and may have some surface oxidation and is clumping together?
  15. We're here all week. Try the veal and don't forget to tip your waitress! :-)
  16. I wish that Beretta would have stayed with the oil finish on the 682s. Mine has the gloss-poly finish and I got my first dent in the forend a couple weeks ago. It "cracked" the poly finish and looks ugly. I think an oil finish would work better.
  17. Gary and Nik....I think the exception actually adds confusion. Nik my question about "why the exception" was not trying to suggest its a DQ. If you start with the assumption that its NOT a DQ ( putting your finger in the trigger guard during the COF while standing still (not moving, not changing position...NOT A DQ) is no different than putting your finger in the trigger guard during the LAMR step...regardless of the gun platform)...then there is no need for the exception at all...there is no protection necessary because there is nothing to protect...if its not a DQ. I think the exception causes confusion because the way it reads is that "its a DQ to put your finger in the trigger guard during loading...unless you have a gun without a decocker and then its OK to lower the hammer". I understand the "step process theory" (you're loading when you stick the magazine in...then your loaded...you're loading again when you chamber a round..then your loaded)...but I think it would be physically impossible to do either of those actions while trying to lower the hammer at the same time with a decockerless gun. I think the exception is causing confusion and creating "wrong headed RO's".
  18. Then explain the need for the exception if its not a DQ'able offense. If its not a DQ, then there would be no need for putting in an exception for lowering of the hammer of a gun without a decocker. Why is the except there then if you're allowed to put your finger in the gun's trigger guard?
  19. I just recently bought a 682 Gold E 32" Sporting from Joel Etchen ($3500) switching from a Browning Citori Lightning. Its like going from a truck to a Ferrari.
  20. So here's my thoughts on this. As we all know...pointing a muzzle over the berm isn't a safety issue...guns don't just go off on their own it takes something else and typically that something else is a finger. If a club initiates a local rule (and it was somehow allowed under USPSA, eg they changed rule 10.5.2 to the "IPSC" version), the shooter will have to learn a new technique and thats keeping the gun flat during loading/reloading/unload. Ok, but the primary safety issue still exists...a finger in the trigger guard during those events that causes the AD itself. I would suggest a better line of thinking would have the shooter learn the a "new technique" of keeping their finger out of the trigger guard during loading/reloading/unload.....hey, don't we already have a rule that prohibits that? Of course we do. Creating a "muzzle pointed over the berm" rule is subjective for the RO to assess...how far is the berm from the shooter, how high is the berm...whats the angle of the muzzle....how fast can I do trigonometry...did I bring my calculator...did I leave the coffee pot on at home? For those clubs that want to initiate some club rule to help prevent AD over the berm and out of the range...I would suggest educating them first and then if they MUST initiate some local rule...suggest they have something about finger in the trigger guard when its not supposed to be (loading/reloading/unloading) and forget about the direction of the muzzle...if they're really wrapped around the axle about muzzle direction...then suggest "finger in the trigger guard with the muzzle pointed over the berm". From a USPSA perspective, we could care less about the second part of the condition (muzzle direction) but we do already have rules about fingers in trigger guards...and THAT we can enforce within the existing rules. The club is happy because they've got their safety rule....USPSA is happy because they still have a sanctioned match.
  21. How is Ardena doing? It looked like the heat was really getting to her there at the end. Yeah..next year if I can figure out what evil has bestowed my gun....it ran like a sewing machine right up until Sunday....now
  22. Lesson #1 learned at the airport, don't forget your keys to unlock your guncase. TSA bolt cutters work really well!
  23. 15 lb mainspring....Cylinder & Slide Ultra Light hammer....normal length FP and CCI primers.
  24. A fairly simple solution exists to remove the bulge from Glock'ed brass using the Dillon dies. I don't shoot a Glock 40 but I do end up reloading a lot of "Glocked" brass for my STI using this modification...and have NEVER had a feed failure due to bulged brass: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11063&hl=carbide
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