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This helps. If the RO waits until the shooter appears to be ready by their body signals, then the RO need only give the shooter 1-2 seconds after the "Are you ready" command to reply if they are not ready. When ROing I was looking for an affirmative head nod which I now consider an incorrect practice.

I am a C class shooter and have started to work on ROing to help with matches and to try to learn more. What is the proper timing between the "are you ready?" and "Standby" range commands? The rule book does not give any guidance. After I have given the "Make ready" command I waitmg until the shooter has settled down, stopped moving and has assumed the correct start position. After that I will give the "Are you ready?" command. Since the shooter is suggested to but not required to positively indicate that he is ready, how long should the RO wait before giving the "Standby" command. As a learning RO, I worry about disrupting the shooter's concentration or freezing him out by waiting too long.

Looking for opinions on the Vortex Viper PST 6-24 scope. How do the optics compare to a Leupold Vari-X III 6.5-20x50 long range target? I have a Viper PST 1-4x24 on my 3 gun rifle and am very pleased with the scope. My Vari-X III LRT has a target dot reticle. I want a reticle with subtended marks. Trying to decide if I should send it to Leupold to change out the reticle or just sell it.

I purchased a RT-1200 trimmer to process .223 brass on my XL 650 press. I chose the RT-1200 over the Giraud trimmer because I can do almost everything on the 650 with the case feeder and minimize how much I have the handle each piece of brass by hand. I plan to run a full length sizing die in station #1 when loading so that I can clean the flash hole and expand the neck. My question is is it best to set the sizing die in the loading toolhead to fully size the case and bump the shoulder or should the die be set high so that it only cleans the flash hole and runs the expander ball through the neck? How should the trim/size die for the RT-1200 be set in either case? Will the RT-1200 trim the case well if the trim/size is set high and does not bump the shoulder? Will the die be able to hold the case correctly with only the case neck gripped by the die? I think that the better process would be to have the sizing dies in the loading toolhead set to fully size the case so that if a case that has not been trimmed somehow makes it into the loading process it will get properly sized and will chamber.

One possible cause is a weak magazine spring. The shell will not be pushed back far enough on the lifter. If you pop up the lifter by pushing on the bottom of the lifter with your finger and the shell loads, then the magazine spring is the culprit.

This is likely a sel inflicted problem. My Benelli M2 has ejected a live round when the gun cycles a coue of times in the last two matches. I have not seen exactly what the guns does, but on time the RO said a live round was ejected out and hit him. I definitely know that the gun is loosing rounds because the gun has ran dry after pulling the trigger 8 times (8 +1 capacity). Before the gun started doing this I had removed the shell latch and bent it some to try to tune the latch and make loading the magazine tube easier. The latch will retain all shells in the magazine when the butt plate is rapped on the ground. I suspect that I have bent the shell latch just a little too far andjust need to bend it back ever so slightly. But I am perplexed how the gun can eject a live round and still load one inthe chamber.

I had Jeff weld the lifter for my Benelli M2. It fit right in without any adjustments or other tunning. The gun has run perfectly with the welded lifter. Jeff performs excellent work and has a quick turn around time.

I have reloaded on a RCBS Rockchucker single stage press and also had a Piggyback progressive add-on for that press, so I had some experince with a progressive press. The Piggyback is somewhat tempermental, so I learned how to get it to run. I was not satisified with its performance, so I purchased a Dillon 650. Before purchasing I researched both the 550 and 650 machines. I asked Brian Enos for his recommendation and he recommended a 550 for me based on the the calibers and monthly volume that I load. I decided on the 650 because I wanted a case feeder that would work for both pistol and rifle cartridges. I was really tied up about going against BE's recommendation, but I am very pleased with the 650. I think that having prior experience with another manufacturer's tempermental progressive press and my mechaincal aptitude has helpded in the successful operation of the 650. I have also changed my reloading habits and increased the number of rounds that I load before changing calibers. My personal opinion is that if you have the mechanical capabilbity to understand the more complex machine and your are willing to pay more for the machine as well as caliber conversions, then the 650 can be a good choice for a first progressive machine. You might outgrow the 550, but you are not likely to outgrow the 650 unless you go big time in loading a bunch of rounds per month.

That did the trick! Moved the baffle out to reduce the size of the opening and now cases that are mouth first bridge the opening until the base clears the opening and then the case falls into the funnel base first every time. I went back and read the troubleshooting in the casefeeder manual and it mentions a "casefeed baffle" not in place, but it is not included in any of the illustrations or photos.

I have had a few instances where my 650 case feeder has dropped .223 case upside down into the clear tube. I have watched the cases drop and the cases are orientated both base first and mouth first on the small rifle plate. If it is base first the case drops into the funnel correctly. If it is mouth first it usually does not drop until the base reaches the opening above the funnel. But sometimes a mouth first case will drop before the base clears the opening and then the case is upside down in the feed tube. What causes this and how is it fixed? How can you clear the problem other than the obvious of dumping the feed tube or waiting until the case bounces off the station#1 locator ramp?

If you have a problem with a case in station #1 are there any tricks to remove and replace the case? Do you use the Allen wrench like a hook to pull the case all the way back through the station #1 locator? I have been lowering the ram so that I can manually pull the case feed slide and cam back and load a new case in the locator.

What are some of the methods to clear problems on a 650 press and restart? For example when a case with a crimped primer pocket makes its way into station #2 and the primer will not seat. Can the whole process be suspended so that the other rounds on the shell plate be finished through the cycle without sending unused primers down the ski ramp?