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André

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  1. I've been handloading for 40 years and have made it a habit to keep my bench empty of powder and primers between loading sessions. I guess habits no longer change when they're so deeply ingrained.
  2. When loading a batch of several hundred rounds without falling out of primers, how do you stage and fill the primer tubes to evenly match the supplies of primers and cases (NB : you can't totally empty a tube and 11 primers remain after the buzzer alarm). Ex. : loading 200 cases : 1st tube = 100 primers -BUZZ- 2nd rube = 85 pr -BUZZ-3rd tube = 15 pr, or else ? I'm curious about your comments.
  3. BA 10 is a popular French powder (SNPE)in Europe. It is a very fast pistol powder comparable to B'E in performance (cleaner burning, though) but I'm not sure if it is available in the U.S.
  4. Dillon dies come with a spring loaded decapping pin to avoid this problem.
  5. To stop primer feed, take off the primer cam as already explained. To temporarily block case feed, insert a "U" bent wire in the casefeed body bushing (invert "U" and insert one leg in the bushing and the other one over the body assembly) to keep the casefeed arm from swinging forward and drop cases through the former.
  6. I'll second Tom S. I bought a separate tool head and powder die per caliber + a complete priming system. Caliber conversion would be even faster by adding a powder measure for each caliber but that's becoming expensive.
  7. Among the several calibers I handload with my XL650, the hardest to operate is the .44 Mag (NB : Dillon dies too). My shoulder gets tired between 50-100 rounds and what started as a pleasure becomes hard work. I wonder about lubing the cases to smooth up the operation but am held back at the thought of gumming up the insides of the case distributor and powder funnel.
  8. As compared to other calibers I'm loading, some .45 ACP cases (greatest offenders being S&B cases) seem to stick to the powder funnel/expander. Case mouth flaring is OK and I've mirror polished the outside of the funnel body. It helped but they're still a noticeable friction retention when lowering the ram. Any similar experience and solution ? Thanks in advance.
  9. After filling the tube with primers and before turning it up, I like to use the indicator rod to push down primers to the bottom of the tube, then turn over both together. I also leave the rod in the tube until I pull out the pin and the added weight makes the primer column fall straight down the magazine. I feel this eliminates primer flipping.
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