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Aric

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  1. I also use the Kobalt mixer.  I have water and soap spillage but I modified the paddles to agitate the brass.  The 1/2 hp motor is more than enough power to start the drum with a 5 gallon bucket load of brass and water.  It isn’t as loud as a steel drum mixer, but still loud.  With the garage doors closed you can hear it but it’s not disturbingly loud.  

     

    I’d like to see a picture of how you seal the mixer.  

  2. 2 hours ago, levellinebrad said:

    I need to call SV and see about adding some mags.

    I bought two 170’s off their website a few years back, before going to nationals.  I didn’t have time to test them before but I thought new SV magazines would run in my SV.  I loaded them up and found out that they only held 26-27 rounds.  Ok, I’ll use them on the shorter stages or where I am going to reload early.  They both had FTF issues the first time I used them.  I set them aside and didn’t use them for the rest of the match.  When I got home I figured out that the springs were too weak. Grams springs and followers fixed that.  Also when I put them in a magazine gauge, I had a few MM to spare so I went with a larger base pad.  They now hold 29, reloadable.  

     

    I would recommend that you build your own 170’s or buy MBX magazines.  If you do buy from SV, make sure they know what you want: maximum capacity that is reliable that barely fits into the gauge.  

     

     

  3. If you cut them, pay attention to the direction that the base pad slides off.  I have had some where the cut end of the spring will wedge in between the base pad and the magazine body.  Cut them so the sharp end of the spring won’t bind up when you take them apart.  

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