ScottyPotty

I wonder what the OP and Forster did? Its been quite some time now.......

I kind of like the clang.....it reminds me of the cha-ching of a cash register.

thanks for the info, I need to do some more testing.

When I was getting into class II stuff, my wife told me she didnt want any part of it. I was going to do a trust, but found out my CLEO would sign off so I went that way. I told my wife she isn't allowed to have access to my safe because of the SBR an silencer. It was funny, one day I was talking to the wife and she asked me "dont you have like 3 or 4 AR15's?" I had to bite my tongue because the black rifles in my safe have been breeding and I had just built my 9th AR, I just said yeah something like that.... Last summer I went to CMP to pick up a M1 Garand and she went shopping, it was a win win. Then for Christmas we got her a laptop and I bought a glock 19, that worked good too. She was OK when I told her I wanted to spend $1200 on reloading equipment. The one thing is funny, if I sell a gun or something - then in her eyes the money is now "our money" but if I trade, then all is well. I do alot of trading. I keep trying to get her to approve the machine gun, so far no luck......

2.255 COAL Crimp = yes Mixed Head Stamped I could have some loose pockets.

thanks for the info guys, Ill have to get some more loaded up this weekend and see what I get. I should get out my 16" and 20" barreled rifles and see what happens.

I bought some 55gn FMJ (M193) and some BLC2 since H335 was out of stock. My book say starting load 23gns - max is 26.5 for a 55grain bullet Something doesnt seem right...... at 25gr I get 2300 FPS out of 14.5" barrel at 26gr I get 2550 FPS out of 14.5" barrel but the primers look fairly flat. CCI #400 Seems pretty slow for a 55gn FMJ Does this seem right to you guys that have used BLC2? I am NOT trying to duplicate M193 but would like to have a decent load with approx 2800-3000 FPS.

what you describe has nothing to do with the detent-ball spring. Need to take a closer look at the powder measure/hopper itself. Something is not right there if powder is ended up on *top* of the powder-bar. The OP had/has two separate issues.

I have the bearing, and it probably helps enough to justify the purchase but its not a fix all.

Cutting the spring will help and its not really a big deal just cut a little at a time. Sometimes I grab my next bullet and place it on the case on the way down (as the ram is lowered - and before it snaps into position) and use my fingers to control the shell plate as it enters the next position. You then control the speed of the shell plate entering into position and it helps keep the snap out of things.

That will probably not work on your lee press. The Lee ram is a larger diameter than the RCBS and the cap on the swager will not fit on it. Get a case gauge - this is one of the most important tools for reloading. It is also very very important for auto feed rifles. If you new to reloading then I would strongly suggest starting off with a few thousand pistol rounds. Before jumping into rifles - especially auto feed ones.

what powder measure are you using?

When I have large batches to do, I use a 30' vac hose and put my shop vac in the other room. I run it with an extension cord and a power outlet strip and use the on/off switch to run it. Keeping the vac in the other room helps keep the noise down.

needed more airflow to carry away chips. did/does it work?

why drill the holes in your trimmer vac housing?

This line of thinking (I hear a lot) I often wonder if these same people buy the cheapest guns possible (High point, Ravens) or do they buy nicer higher end guns? I wonder what kind of cars they drive, do they have a rust bucket? or did they buy a nice car? Because that line of thinking takes only the price in the equation. Its all about the price........ pride of ownership or how well it works has nothing to do with anything. I reload because I like it - I enjoy the process, I can reload to relax and be involved in shooting sports when I cant shoot. Being able to load on machines that have less overall problems make reloading more enjoyable. Just like buying a nice M1 Garand, over an SKS - yes both shoot buy I enjoy the M1 much more.

This has been my experience with Lee too - Priming off the press, have trouble, make adjustment, runs good then has trouble, make another adjustment. When I picked up my 650 and got it tuned in it was the first time I could prime on the press and run and run and run with out stoppages (except for powder, primers) I like Lees turret press, case feeder, universal decaper,

I needed/wanted to up grade too, I also need a few extra missing parts. I was quoted me $53.00 + shipping or a new one complete one for $73.00

Thanks for the info - So do I need 1/4" bushings for these to work correctly in a 550?

Mine are different - Ill take a pic tonight. But the 550 are shorter I'd be interested to see that - because they shouldn't be different. For the same caliber, there's one SKU number for a Powder Funnel that is used in all the presses Caliber Conversion Kits. be The only thing I can figure is that they used to make different lengths. The short ones are in 550 caliber conversion sets. The "E" Funnel = .45 I have 3 differnt ones - notice the radius on the bottom of the 2 longer funnels. The one on the Left came out of my .45LC Here are the "D" funnels - .38/.357 Here is the 9mm "F" funnels

Mine are different - Ill take a pic tonight. But the 550 are shorter

According to the product description on the Dillon Website: "Extra powder dies allow you to move your powder measure from toolhead to toolhead without changing the "belling" adjustment.Toolhead not included. These are for the RL550, XL650,and RL450 equipped with the automatic powder system" Hope this helps. That is the powder die - Not the powder funnel, the funnel goes inside the powder die. The funnels that come in the 550 conversion are shorter than what come in the 650 conversion.

Anyone know if a 550 powder funnel die will work on a 650? I think they are shorter.........

Take a picture of the press were these broke from - that will give us/me a better understand of what happened. I sold my LM and picked up a 650 - little learning/setup curve but has been great.

This... I bought a used 650 and had some trouble setting it up properly. With everything you hear about these Dillons you would think that they would just go. Like you I had issues and became a little flustered, but once I figured out the issues and how to set things up it was amazing! Round after round of ammo, started pouring off the press. It was so different then the loadmaster (what I came from) which requires constant adjusting. I have loaded about 2500 rounds of 223 without messing with anything - the best part? Priming on the press with mixed head stamps. Something I could only dream about before.