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I just finished 500 38 SPL , no a single problem As Homer would say WO HU! next 1000 9mm

LOL he gets home late from work and while his wife heats up his dinner , he reloads 50, those were 300AAC, which takes a little time and he has a routine . He now is doing 100 rounds of 9mm nightly , next 556 , then 30 carbine

Update: it now has been a few weeks since we received the 1st upgrade. My Buddy Tim has been doing 50 rounds a night, every night, (except sunday) for the past 2 weeks and he reports not a single problem I have purchased another one for my set up and look forward to using it soon. Thanks for the reveiws also Scott

thanks mpssrh I am looking forward to trying it

Hello fellow reloaders, it has been some time since I have been back on Brians webpage, I have been reloading over the past years with a 550b and wy buddy has the same setup. we have been reloading for 3 years with the 550's since I sold my 650 We both have the issue with the primer not picking up the primer periodically. We have been disassembling the units and cleaning, lightly sanding as Brian has recommended and we go from there on for a few thousand rounds and we are back to the problem. I saw the posting from linedock of the upgrade and I have ordered one (for now to test) but it has not arrived yet. I wanted to see if you have any more input on this that have it and your comments Attached is the photo of the newest version thanks scott

Best light I have found so far, http://inlinefabrication.com/collections/lighting plus he makes the barriers for the Akro bins to keep the brass from falling out the front http://inlinefabrication.com/collections/press-accessories/products/bin-barriers

That may work great for once fired brass but I just started on 3000 brand new starline 9mm cases. I am at 600 case mark and am really getting preturbed. I use to have a XL650 and never had a problem with new 10mm starline cases expanding and releasing off the expansion bell die. Now I have a 550 and it gets really stuck sometimes. If i pull up too quick to break the stuck case, I throw some powder out. I was noticing fine brass shavings on the indexing plate around the cases. I figured the expansion bell was drawing / scraping off the brass on inside of the cases in station 2. At the 300 round case mark, I tried first recleaning around the expansion bell. At the 400 round case mark, I tried using a sponge sandpaper fine grit to buff it out. it helped for about 50 rounds. I do not have any One Shot. I do have Dillon Case Lube. Any info would be greatly Appreciated

I did end up having my original handle shorted and the stroke worked perfect for me. No extra effort on the up stroke or downstroke.I am doing 10mm and use a Lee Carbide resize /taper crimp die on the 5th stage . My bench is 35in and the press had the strong mount on it. Sadly I lost my job last june and had to sell off all my safe queens and finally my whole 650 system to keep my family a float. If I still had it I would have gladly sent you pics.

Thanks Steve,

Yes, you are or they are good at hiding from you

I guess I was lucky to find it on Ebay when I did. I had tried the empty case fix prior but always had to mess with it to work. I thought I would have the same problem with the kinked tubing but when the press is operated it has just the right length to straighten out and drop those pesky little guys.

this is my info on the purchase http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=280404037487 hopefully you all can see it I have done 500 rounds since the install The only drilling needed was to drill holes on the strong mount and he even gives a template and longer machine screws to install to the press the cap has three plastic tangs that hook into the drilled holes on the strong mount Also the flange inner unit swivals so that as the plastic tube goes long and short the plastic hose doesn't bind or kink The flange is really sweet his username on e bay is subinc

Hey I just bought an primer catcher system off e bay that replaces the little bucket for $25.00 comes with a replacement flange that bolts directly onto the reloader Sweeeeeeet !