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Thanks for the reply's, I have been reading these posts for some time in preparation for using the loader so many of the points and suggestions were already on my "things to watch for" list, especially the primer feed and keeping it clean. Thus far I have only had one problem with the feed due to some powder making its way into the slide, I am keeping some canned compressed air and a nice new 16.00 big art brush handy to keep everything cleaned out. Starting out it seemed I had way too many things to keep an eye on but now I have learned some of the key items to watch and take preventive action on. Funny story, after I got the press my wife and I went to Cabelas so I could buy a lot of the extra reloading goodies I needed, the "reloading expert" there who was assisting us wanted to know if I had reloaded before and I said no, my wife chimed in and said, yes you have, and I then admitted to reloading some shotgun years ago on a Lee Loadall (I also have a Possness (cant remember the spelling))anyway, he tried every way in the world to talk me out of the LNL progressive as that it was to complicated for a beginner and that I would "shoot my eye out", (she bought the press from Cabelas)anyway, everything he recommended I get was "old school" which was not a problem but I just wanted everything digital, had to argue my way into getting what I wanted. No, I do not have the case or bullet feeder as I wanted to take my time with the press and not try to do too much to quickly. I have a birthday coming up in April and hopefully I will be comfortable enough to add the case feeder then, right now it is on the top of my wish list, but honestly, I am having a lot of fun just loading like I am right now. We are loading 9mm and .380 auto as this is what we are shooting to get ready for our CHL here in Texas. After I bought my wife a new .380 and me a 9mm it was not long before I remembered how much fun it was to reload and so I became as excited about that as I did the shooting. Seating the primers properly? I have learned already that the key word is "feel". After having about a half dozen rounds come through without a primer and dealing with the lose powder I decided I better learn how to feel the primer seating properly. After paying more attention to the feel of the seating push I have not had another problem. I made sure that I cleaned everything before I started using any of the components or dies, don't think I have had any issues due to lubricant residue as of yet. I did add the RCBS lock out die and I like it so far. Thanks for the photos, I like your setup, will try to take some of mine this weekend and post. I think Hornady has a lot going for it with this loader and I do like their support but I do believe they need to improve the design of the quick change bushing to allow for some type of wrench to be applied to help hold it in place with working with and setting dies. They hard to hold and they do move around when you least desire, I have been using a cresent wrench to tighten the lock ring down, but still, I think it could be improved. OK, thanks again for your comments, I really appreciate it. Steve

Newbie here trying to get comfortable with the Hornady LNL AP my wife got me for XMAS. So far so good but I do have one burning question that I am probably too slow to figure out myself. What is it with the quick change bushings? I mean I spend a lot of time trying to either get them to stay where I want them or to come lose. When I am putting in new dies and setting them, or trying to take them out, the bushings always want to either move when I don't want them to or won't stay tight. Is there a tool that I need to have that I did not get with the press that will help? Maybe I am the only one who has this problem. I like the idea with the bushings but it seems you need to have some way of holding them in place when working the dies into position.