dirtdarte

I'll stick out my neck here and say that (very recent super 1050 purchase through Brian) I believe Dillon has redesigned the profile and are shipping out new presses and tool heads with the change. I purchased the modified case feed cam anticipating potential problems but have experienced nothing but smooth sailing with my new press. The aftermarket modified feed cam thingie is a very well made addition that seems to be a solution to a problem that I don't have. It now has a home in my spare parts bin...

Well, I have a project... thanks for the tip.

Can you explain how you do the shaping of the pin on the Lee decapper? It seems the problem I was having was the main rod bottomed out inside the case and the pin was too short to fully punch out the spent primer.

I was having a problem with the Lee die... The decapping rod didn't have the length in the pin portion of the rod to completely punch out the primers from the crimped primer pockets. About every 10th case made it to the swager with the spent primer still clinging on by just a hair. When the swager came up it pressed the spent primer... the clinger... back into the primer pocket... THe Dillon sizer has more "pin" and punched the spent primers out without issue... I think that with an uncrimped primer pocket, the spent primers will come flyin out with the lee die...

I just set up my brand new 1050 that I ordered through Brian.... Thanks for your help Brian... I'm very pleased with the service and support he has given me through this entire process. Anyway.... I just processed 2000 .223 cases in 1hour and 45 minutes. I am STUNNED. Sized ... trimmed... crimp removed... ready to load... I just want to say that now I know why the 1050 is so highly praised. It ran flawlessly after I pitched the lee universal decapping die in the trash and decapped with the Dillon sizer. I was kinda apprehensive about going ahead with this machine... It's expensive and all that... BUT, the way I feel right now is absolutely no regret... just totally happy and pleased that I threw down and just went for it.

Check your case insert slide... it can be configured two ways... the long ramp for pistol calibers and the short side for rife or longer case calibers. That will fix your problem.

Back off the sizing die a couple of turns so that the body of the case and shoulder aren't sized. Size the case (neck). Load the case into the chamber of your rifle and see how it fits and how the bolt closes. If all is good, Load up a few rounds and see how the bullet is held in the neck. It should be fine. This is the cheap way to go and accuracy will improve but this is firearm specific. You may run into problems if you are firing these rounds in several different guns.