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My journey was over 20 years....owning lots of machines, owning machines one for large primer and one for small. Do this, do that... At the last cross road, I sold a spare 550 and a Square deal. Purchased a dedicated 1050 in 9mm. IT's been fun. I am now spoiled my the 1050 and want to go .40 full time. My loading partner Jack Russell is going to have to kick in and buy dad a used 1050 for .40

Depending on the gun, I use 3.8-4.o grains of WST, SNS 180 FP. Mild, accurate and clean in several guns.

Dillon Dies on everything except a Redding Competition Seating Die. Works for me

Wish I could find a line on a nice 1050 to be my dedicated .40 machine

have owned a 35 and 24. Still have the 24. However I do indeed qualify as an old timer. I was shooting full autos and IPSC before some younger folks were born. LOL

My experience with loading the .40 on my 550 was painful evolution. Got a free pair of RCBS dies so I ordered a . 40 conversion and set up. Quickly learned the RCBS factory sizer created some problems and the seating die a few more. Worse than your rounds look. Ordered a Dillon set of dies and a Redding Competition Seating Die. Sizing issues and crooked seating issues went away. Set my crimp die to barely straighten the bell from seating. All those old problems solved loading for 7 different .40's. My experience with the Lee FCD is it does more harm than good.

Thank you! second version opened right up on my Mac. A wealth of data and experience there sir.

I like Glocks and have owned a small herd over the years. A couple shoot head and shoulders above others. All of them shoot great. But there was this one 34 that I could not get to shoot. Different locking blocks, loads, sights, different barrel. Just never could warm up to this one. Not often but every now and then the gun needs to find a new home.

sns 180 sns nlg. 3.8-4 grains of WST, whatever primer is on sale.

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I want a reasonably priced video screen to check powder drop in my 1050. Please share suggestions, photos and where to buy. Old eyes need a little help.

I like Ramshot TAC. Meters great on the 550.

Everyone has different thoughts on small base dies. I use them for my AR's on the dillon and never have problems.

Interesting thread-my shooting skills are not a benchmark. I still think it boils down to the individual gun. I have a 17L that is scary accurate at 100 yards. A 22 that shoots less than 3" at 25 yards and an early Gen 4 17 that is the single most accurate Glock I have ever owned. Sample size over 50 guns since Gen 1. This is with a variety of loads, both factory and handloads. Iron sights and Leupold Delta Point.

Ok I admit to rotating the herd to visiting the armorer at GSSF matches. Might as well have fun with your toys. One of my police trade in 22's was shooting perfectly. Guy replaces everything short of the barrel, slide and frame. What a difference it makes to replace springs. All my guns are stock except sights and -connector. Short version 5k rounds and I let the armorer decide. YMMV

I wish I could let you come over and load 9mm on the 550 and then step over to the 1050. I like the greater room the 550 provides over the Square Deal and I owned several square deals. Buy once and love it. Go 1050! Priming on the downstroke and no fear of crimped primer pockets is a wonderful thing. As you get older and can no longer load for hours at a time....the 1050 shines. Its like owning a pickup, you will always have friends.....LOL

I load my PCC with 4.0 of WSF and Delta 147's. Powerpistol will work but it has lots of flash and you can feel the difference even in a carbine. I have a lots of PP just dont care for it in my carbines. If you just want to burn the PP in your carbine. You can start around 4.5 grains and work towards 5.0 grains.

3.8 grains of WST with a SNS 180. Soft, accurate and reliable in all of my guns

Two quick thoughts-I have have at least 6 550's in the past 20 years. Best case scenario- the occasional tight primer pocket, flipped primer, gremlins and the x wife are blamed for the random failures. Then I returned to the 1050 for 9mm. The percentage of rejects went down and my satisfaction increased....

Zero 147 JHP, 4.0 WSF, COAL 1.10, I prefer CCI primers, federal do in a pinch. Accurate in every gun I own. Mild and clean. I prefer the recoil impulse of WSF to VVn320.

I use One Shot on every pistol case I load. It makes a nice difference.

Older Hornady manuals list WST. Hornady 4th edition shows 124 jacketed with WST--start 4.8-max 5.4 If you google search skills are really strong, you can still find original Winchester Load data for WST. Use this tip carefully. ....you can generally take a published load with 231 and reduce the load by .1 and use the data for WST in 9mm WST will perform best with 147's and coated lead. My personal favorite is 3.6-3.7 grains of WST with a 147 Bayou flat point or the Zero 147 JHP Darrell has published several spreadsheets on this forum showing his load data with various lead bullets. Lots of excellent WST data in those sheets

I shoot 124 PD with 5.0 grains of WSF at 1.10 using cci primers. Very accurate and mild recoil in half dozen different guns. As I increased the powder charge towards 5.0 groups became smaller and the load burned cleaner.

Love my 1050. At the moment its a dedicated 9mm machine. Getting ready to purchase a toolhead for .40. My 1050 supplements my 550 as the dedicated multi caliber machine. Sold my first 1050 years ago while moving and grieved for a long time. Dont plan to be without one again.