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  1. While you have that primer disk apart, just give it a flat rub on a sharpening stone You will be surprised the burs you will then see Also take your primer seating punch out, soak it in paint thinners or something like that as your punch may not be returning all the way back all the time & rubbing on the bottom of the disk Your problem is either burs, scratches or its just a bit dirty somewhere I have had this problem before & chewed up parts before finally fixing it Yes this will drive you nuts until you find it
  2. I also purchased ILF LED lighting kit but found it very hard to keep stuck to the press when it is on for a serious duration of time, it seems to heat up & the tape releases YES I did clean it with alchol swab supplied, Zip ties will hold it in place And for all you guys running the shell plate thrust bearing - do away with the bottom washer as the is no need for that bottom washer, it will run better without it Is anyone using ILF's 650 modified press handles? How do the handles perform?
  3. I can & have always been able to adjust mine with just finger tightening Maybe something is a miss? Would like some input from others please
  4. +1 for rigger The 5.7 is hard to reload for die to case design Be very careful, don't exceed bullet weights especially keep em under 30grs Dillon doesn't want anything to do with it because this is one that is just too dangerous FN has their own specialized powder developed for use in the 5.7 You won't get anywhere near the factory velocity with it, not safely that is You are playing with danger there experimenting
  5. Cecil Before I had the major problems this also happened to me every now & then Basically something is either dirty or you have a burr somewhere First I would run a couple of pipe cleaners saturated in alcohol of Thinners back & forth to clean your feed tubes Take your circular primer disk out & put it FLAT on a sharpening stone with oil & polish it flat cleaning both faces, then take the right size drill bit & clean the chamfers on the primer disk holes where the primers go in & ride Lastly before re- assembling it all check out the aluminum base of the press where the primer disk rotates, if you have ever blown a primer you may have burrs on the base from an anvil Or You've got an anvil that has put a nick in the base It will be something small so take a real good look It doesn't take muck of an imperfection in the primer disk or the base to screw up the feeding of primers LASTLY I have adopted the policy of not recycling good primers that come down the ski jump when I am having issues like this, just throw em in the trash as the stress factor far out weighs the cost of aggravation & the perceived primer value You might just find the offender being an irregular primer that you are re-cycling Likewise any primers that have fallen on the ground need to be deep sixed If you are or ever run a RF100 you will learn these lessons very quickly The primer cost loss is nothing compared to the stress of primers stuck in a feed tube & the associated danger of trying to get an out of round primer dislodged from a feed tube, been there, done that I recently blew a primer in a RF100 feed tube & shot myself in the finger with the anvil DANGER DANGER A lesson quickly learnt
  6. Hi guys, For those of you with a 1050, what is the going rate to punch primers, re-size & trim to length bulk 223/5.56 brass? It's all LC & I have approx 4k that I'm thinking of farming out to a 1050 owner that's set up to do it economically
  7. No I haven't at all I couldn't believe dust could get in there as much as it was
  8. Well I found the problem I finally got on to Dillon with Brains help (Your a gentleman Brian, thank you immensely) After pulling it down for the third time, I noticed scratches on the underside of the primer disk that wernt there last time, Upon further investigation I found the primer seating rod wasn't retracting all the way & sometimes slightly grabbing the primer disk & not allowing it to index 100./' correctly Then cam the woozie, The primer seating conversion that screws in from under the press base had come loose & wound out partially from the threads How did this happen????? If you look down from the shell plate, The primer disk indexes counterclockwise and the primer seating conversion punch unthreads clockwise (from the top side anyway) What was happening was as the disk scraped it actually was undoing the primer punch on the seating conversion When I got the seating conversion out of the press the punch was 1/8" proud of the face of it, stopping the punch retracting properly I soaked it in paint thinners for an hour, then worked it back & forth in the thinners until I got all the gunk out How gunk, dust actually, can get down in there is beyond me!!!! Dillon have a replacement primer seating conversion on the way to me, in the meantime this one will get me by That punch conversion had been in there for about 11k rounds From now on I will store my primer conversion in a glass jar of alcohol With it all back together again, it is running sweet as ever Thank you again Brian & also Dillon Much appreciated Peter
  9. I just got it all back together & after playing with the business card spacing, its worse, I am getting at least 1 maybe 2 very badly crushed primers per 100 as per Franko79's pictures on the previous page & maybe 3-4 not so bad, but unusable per 100, its unacceptable. If only I could get onto someone at Dillon
  10. I've spent more time taking it apart, trouble shooting & getting angry than I have loading cases It ain't right yet
  11. +1 for Sarge ONLY install the top washer There is no valid reason to have the bottom washer, in fact it is detremental to the cause of what is trying to be achieved That bottom washer increase height unnecessarily & may lead to other issues In fact first thing this morning I tried doing away with the bearing all together BUT I still had the powder slosh & snapping issue so I clipped the spring twice @ max half a coil & while that did help it wasn't good enough so the bearing minus bottom washer went back in I'm still having problems & have only loaded approx 900 in 2 days I'm about to pull my hair out
  12. I will also replace the priming punch from my spares kit I should be able to compare the 2 primer assemblies & see if something is obviously a miss
  13. Thanks Rob That idea about grabbing the case might work, but really it sucks Dillon are so busy they aren't answering the phone, I've been trying to call but can't get through This morning I am going to pull it down take a real good look as I have a new unused small primer conversion at hand & try & see what's going on I may even change out this small conversion to large & see what happens That bottom bearing washer is definitely going as well I'm really wondering if I should be trying to source a replacement spring from someone like wolf gun springs? Something is definitely awry as I have started badly wearing that 2nd primer cam in less than 1k rounds
  14. Thanks dog I pulled the primer assembly apart and cleaned it first up I'm sure my shell plate is 100./' correct tight You know what is bothering me? I did the shell plate bearing conversion about the same time this issue started as my press had very bad backlash problems to the point that I couldn't use powders like unique After doing the bearing conversion it solved my powder spilling problems and at the time I was over the moon about the conversion BUT now I'm having second thoughts????? Over the last few days I've loaded approx 7k 45acp and I have bent 1x 13662 Primer indexing arm, also badly chewed out 1x 13670 Primer cam & are starting to wear another My theory is that with the shell plate bearing installed it is more likely or possible to get the priming operation out of sync ie- there are times where you hesitate or move the handle back a bit & then continue & by doing that you mess up the indexing of the rotary primer disk??? I would like some input from others about this please My intentions at this time is to clip half a coil from the shell plate indexing spring and also to remove the bottom washer from the bearing conversion??? I do know this is frustrating me immensely and really FWIW Dillon should really have addressed the issue of 650's sloshing powders as the shell plate indexes to the next station
  15. Thanks dog I pulled the primer assembly apart and cleaned it first up I'm sure my shell plate is 100./' correct tight You know what is bothering me? I did the shell plate bearing conversion about the same time this issue started as my press had very bad backlash problems to the point that I couldn't use powders like unique After doing the bearing conversion it solved my powder spilling problems and at the time I was over the moon about the conversion BUT now I'm having second thoughts????? Over the last few days I've loaded approx 7k 45acp and I have bent 1x 13662 Primer indexing arm, also badly chewed out 1x 13670 Primer cam & are starting to wear another My theory is that with the shell plate bearing installed it is more likely or possible to get the priming operation out of sync ie- there are times where you hesitate or move the handle back a bit & then continue & by doing that you mess up the indexing of the rotary primer disk??? I would like some input from others about this please My intentions at this time is to clip half a coil from the shell plate indexing spring and also to remove the bottom washer from the bearing conversion??? I do know this is frustrating me immensely and really FWIW Dillon should really have addressed the issue of 650's sloshing powders as the shell plate indexes to the next station
  16. Have you found the problem? I have this issue as well, maybe 2 rounds per 100 my cruising issue seem to damage one side edge of the primer I have always used 150 federals & this issue ONLY started when I switched to Winchester blue box primers It is very frustrating & I hope someone has the answer
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