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Rainier's listed minimum load for their 45acp 200 gr plated bullet is 4.6 gr of 231, you aren't using a Rainier bullet, but it is plated so should be similar.

Redding has a lifetime warranty, so you could send it directly to them. Redding Reloading Website

If you turn the powder measure a little bit, so the safety arm is straight, you can't get the pin out, if the new ones are shorter, that's probably why they shortened them! It wasn't an issue before the safety rod was added for the B model, it didn't make any difference what direction the powder die was facing before that.

I'm not quite sure why you got the u die, I haven't seen any problems with 9mm brass, the u die for the 40 is intended for the Glock brass problem that doesn't exist in 9mm. I have certainly seen some bulges in some cartridges over the years, but it's never been anything more than just a cosmetic problem, hasn't interfered with functioning at all.

I got a complete caliber conversion, dies, toolhead, new powder measure etc., it works fine with the original pins. I have seen some interference between the pins and powder measure when setting up a new toolhead, the cure is to rotate the powder measure slightly to the point where the pins will clear without interference. In the photo you will notice that the rod for the powder measure is canted slightly, this doesn't cause any problems at all. The press and pins are the originals, the toolhead, dies and powder measure are all brand new.

I have an original 550 that I bought new, it didn't come with a track bearing, I don't believe there would be any clearance for one as it stands now, my primer bar works fine as it is, so I'm not planning to change it. I did upgrade my powder measure and add the return bracket a long time ago. I'm not sure what you mean about the toolhead pins, I just bought a new caliber conversion from Brian, including a new toolhead, and I'm still using the original pins that came with the press 19 years ago.

The first thing I would try is mineral spirits, it's pretty good at cleaning things up.

The brass I was using was in 9mm so it may be different, but the case heads were an extremely tight fit in 2 different shell holders that I had, those dimentions weren't referenced in the illustration, I have labeled them F and G in the illustration.

CBC is one of the headstamps that I put in file 13, seems like they are a different size from SAMMI spec, they don't want to fit in the standard shell holders. I have tried reloading them in the past, they just seemed "off", I had a similar experience with Amerc, if I find I have picked up either one, they go in the trash.

From what I read on these boards they are a good bullet, I haven't used them but was planning to order some in the near future.

I reload in a semi sitting position, I sit on the front part of a stool, the bench is too low for standing while reloading.

I always used 12 gr of 2400 behind a 110 gr bullet, worked great for me.

Every once in a while I'll pick up a berdan primed case, that would ruin your day trying to decap that sucker!

Don't you sort your brass after cleaning? When I get home everything gets sorted by caliber, then goes into the tumbler, after cleaning it's sorted again to separate military from commercial brass, and to weed out any berdan primers that might have gotten picked up by accident. A small primer would stand out like a sore thumb in 45 brass.

I'm surprised anybody would shoot a lot of 38 S&W, it's an obsolete round, now 38 special, that's something entirely different.

According to the label it doesn't affect powder or primers, so it's perfectly safe to use.

I have a 550 I bought new in 85, I've reloaded around 40,000 rounds on it. There are very few differences in the older models, the B model added a safety bar to the powder measure, I got that as an upgrade after the B model came out, I hear there's a replaceable surface where the primer bar slides on the new models, but mine shows no visible wear at all. IMHO If it's in decent condition the pre B model is a good press, if it hasn't been upgraded to the safety bar on the powder measure I would get that done!

I've only had one dud, and that was a long time ago, before I got my Dillon. I was shooting my 9mm loads, I squeezed one off and only got a "pop", I had never had that happen before but I knew exactly what it was, checked and had a bullet stuck in the barrel, there was no unburned powder so the case obviously didn't have any charge, the primer propelled the bullet enough to stick it in the barrel. Anything that doesn't feel right when shooting, stop and check it out, same thing with reloading, if anything happens, check carefully before restarting, so you know exactly what's going on and where you are at in the process.

I bought my 550 before they had the safety rod, I loaded quite a few rounds thru it without any problem. BUT When they came out with the rod, I looked at it and determined it was a really good idea, Dillon offered kits to upgrade the powder measure and I got one, I think the rod is a valuable safety item.

No chrony was available at the time.

I have the RCBS primer pocket swager, it works fairly well on small primers, poorly on the large primers. I have a substantial quantity of 45acp military brass and the RCBS doesn't work well on the large primers in the 45, it's a pain. I also have a large quantity of 9mm military brass and have had good results with the small primer pockets. I guess I am going to have to break down and buy the Dillon, from everything I have read it works extremely well.

I had 25 of those bullets from the original bunch, I loaded those up with 5 gr of 231 and loaded to the length currently recommended by Ranier, I finally got out today to do some testing, shot about half those thru the old AMT and the rest thru the Kimber, no pressure signs at all, the fired cases were in good condition, so it was the OAL after all. Going back to the origin of this, when I got those bullets several years ago there was no loading information available specific to that bullet, so I used the same OAL that I had been using with the 200 gr SWC lead bullets. When I started shooting those I had some really outrageous over pressure signs, I dropped the charge back substantially but they were still pretty hot. That situation had been bugging me for years, so I posted the question to mine the accumulated knowledge of the board, and the board came thru with the answer, test loads made up, fired and with good results, everything is good!

It shortened about .01, but that was after repeated chamberings, and you could see some deformation on the nose of the bullet, so I don't think it was any big deal, like I said it didn't budge at all when pushing hard on the bench. The nose of the SWC bullet showed some deformation, it was probably trying to hang up on the feed ramp of the old AMT, it's pretty finiky about feeding SWC's.

Yesterday I made up a dummy round to set the seating depth and check for setback. I took the dummy and tried to push the bullet in against the bench, no setback occurred, then I took the dummy to check for function in the two 1911's, loaded into a magazine and cycled it through both pistols several times, a check for length after doing that did show a reduction in length from being chambered several times, so I did go back and dial in a bit more taper crimp.

Click on the URL, there are buttons on the left side of the screen, reloading info is the top button, then click on Midway for the list, scroll down for your caliber and information. Ranier Ballistics