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Cool, I think you will like it. Disclamer; I'm not saying I am the end all for reloading, I just have been doing it for a while and have been there, done that on a lot of stuff. You are the ultimate decision maker for your set up... That being said, I for one don't think you need another press, even with the volume you do. I do similar volumes of 9mm, 40, 45, 223, and 308 on one 1050, and have gotten good at reducing press time. I am not automated and don't have a bullet feeder... Now let's look at your process, again, you can do what you want, I'm just saying what I have figured out over years of trial and error. Processing 9mm (or any pistol brass) is a total waste of the time you are spending processing it. Clean the brass, and load it. Pistol primer pockets do not need to be cleaned after decapping. One pass is all you need to produce excellent ammo. 1.Decap/size 2. Swage/expand 3. Primer 4. Powder. 5. Empty or bullet feeder 6. Seat 7. Crimp. You can run over 1k rounds an hour just coasting on pistol ammo this way. For 223, you will need to process, and end up cleaning the primer pockets after processing, but that is not the porpose of processing. It's actually because you will need to trim, and the head won't allow for enough dies because the size of the trimmer will not allow dies to be placed in the positions next to it. Also, you MUST lube rifle brass, and you will need to remove the lube after processing. As I indicated before, glock023 has the right idea for the 2 different heads used to end up with loaded 223 ammo, everyone has their own tweeks they do. For example, I use the swage hold down die for case mouth expansion instead of a Mdie. jmho...enjoy jj

Ghost, CR Speed, AA, Safariland, and a couple more that I have forgotten. Personally I use a Ghost, most of these you cannot remove the gun from the holster until you release it by way of the retention device built into the holster...

Nevermind...

Oh, I have confidence in Jeremy...

Oh yeah, I put my dot as close to my eye as possible, that way the "window" I am looking thru is as large as possible. Same for the dot on my shotgun...

Why do you need to prep 9mm? You can swaged it on your 1050 if it's mil brass, and it should not need trimming. Just clean it and run it thru the 1050, it's got more than enough die spots for one pass. I just do one pass on all my pistol ammo. As for 556, glock021 has the answer above...don't forget to use lube on the 1st pass and tumble/remove it before the 2nd pass...

Jer, Some will say you don't need a dot with the 1-6s &8s, but I think it's nice to have. I run a 8moa jpoint on a JP mount. Works great. Don't need a tiny dot (2-4moa) cause it's usually used for pistol distance targets. Enjoy the dark side! jj

Oh yeah, when set correctly all the primers are all properly stacked in the tube.

Yea, just a tiny bit, so it picks up the primer, and goes maybe a 10th of an inch or less past.

I have thought about doing something for my setup, but then I remembered that the bin holds about 100 rounds, and that's about as many as I am willing to pull the bullet from if I discover that I have made a drastic mistake...

Yes, 2 minutes to load a tray of 100. Ater you set up the RF, you dump a tray and go back to loading, so those 2 minutes are not taken away from loading time. You do not need to load 10 tubes at a time, one at a time is actually faster.

Ahhh, the 1050 primer system...my experience with a new 1050 was, at first, a hateful time. But now, after 100s of thousands of rounds later, I seem to nearly never have problems with the primer system. Maybe it needed to be broken in??? I used to replace the primer mag tube tip a lot...can't remember when i last replaced either the blue or red tip. Removing the rubber tubing from the primer slide was a big help, but had to adjust the arm. After that it seemed to work better. Adjust the slide so that on the backstroke it is straight under the tube but just a tiny bit past is necessary, and can't be stressed enough. Clean the tube amd slide area often, primer dust is very nasty, having it in the slide area or in the tube can mean the difference between a single primer igniting and the entire tube igniting. RF100: Again, a wonder machine, but frustrating at first. Level the RF so it's plumb, but leaning forward just a smidge. Keep it turned down so that it takes the entire 2 minutes to load the whole tray, so you can eliminate flipped primers. Watch a few hundred drop into the tube. If they don't flip at the top as they drop, they can't flip at all until they are in the slide and being pushed into the case. Keep the metal top of the RF and the tube clean of primer dust, and keep the clear plastic top guard installed. There is probably other stuff I have missed, but those are the main points I can remember ... jj

Shouldn't need a clear tube. Just adjust the rf100 properly so it doesn't flip primers and you should be golden. Once the RF is set right and you don't see any primers flip as the enter the top of the tube, they cannot flip while in the tube. The only other place they can flip is while in the 650s primer wheel or at the primer punch, and the main cause of flipped primers here is the shell plate not being tight enough against the primer wheel.

Just proves how silly the box is... And there is nothing at all wrong with open division, that's what it's for, new innovations. The other divisions are equipment restricted for several reasons, one being to keep from having to upgrade equipment every 3 months

The insert slide is indeed adjustable. Loosen the hex head screw and move the slide back and forth...

"loaded gun abandoned not on safe" I guess you can refuse to discuss it, but with the poll written like it is, it cannot be answered properly because of reasons noted above.

That's a great idea!!! ??????????

Richard, Your terms are a bit skewed. Unsafe abandonment would mean that for some reason the gun is not safe in it's abandoned condition. For example, not placed in the proper receptical, or placed in some way that it's pointing toward someone or where they will be later in the stage. The gun that is abandon properly but loaded and not on safe is not an unsafe abandonment, it's just what it is; a loaded gun abandon but not on safe. Said another way, not having the safety switch in the safe position is not an unsafe abandonment if the gun is otherwise properly abandoned jj Eta; a properly abandon gun with empty chamber empty mag inserted is also not an unsafe gun. It has no ammo...not a DQ or penalty.

Should have asked Sarge, I would have sent you my g&p. Not at all happy with it, the rifle bullets I pulled are not reusable because of it...not sure about pistol bullets... jj

RJH, You have already seen this question asked and answered in the post below started by Kelly Neal. You commented in it several times as well. Apparently you didn't take "no" for an answer then either, so let me summarize; NO ?

Bought the grip-n-pull for some rifle rounds I loaded too hot, totally screwed/deformed the bullets, ended up using the hammer...

Ya think??? ?

Not really... It's just Open with mag restrictions. And I find the box thing totally rediculous. And by the way, neither of the above pistols are legal, the slides are not truly parallel with the top. (Unless the rules are even more bloated by saying something like "within 1/4in of being parallel...") Agree with Dar, divisions need to be more distinct from one another, all the 1x2x3x4x6 stuff is just more reasons to get a participation trophy. Maybe one 2x4, but it's gone off the deep end. Eta; oh yea. The hoops that have to be jumped thru by ROs and match staff to accommodate 2x4 in a 3gun match is crazy. Having to reset the stage in a different manner depending on division, wow... Shoot the stage like the it was designed with the guns you chose to bring. If you can't hit a 400 yd tgt with a pcc then take the FTE.

https://www.ghostholsterdirect.com/shop/ghost-holster-the-one/ This is what I use, added a muzzle cup to stabilize it even more than stock. Makes no difference what kind of accessorise are on the pistol, it still holds it securly. A pistol fitted properly in this holster will NOT come out until the lever is flipped by your finger in the back jj

Have fun...