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Instead of setting up an additional toolhead to use the AT500, is it possible to remove the powder measure and just put a funnel over the powder die for manual charging? Would I need some kind of adaptor to hold the funnel in place? Use a Dillon funnel, or RCBS, or other? This is for some low volume runs of .223, and I would like to just use my existing toolhead and dies to manually charge. Thanks in advance.

The original issue is pretty much resolved now. I will occasionally still get contact between the Lee decap pin holder and the case mouth, but much less frequently now. Pjones - are you referring to the primer adjustment tool, or is this something else?

Thanks for the tips. I will try it next time I'm near the 550. If I start now, I'll be stuck reloading well into the night

My 550B has performed flawlessly reloading .45, and I'm finding out the hard way that reloading .223 is a different challenge. I have 2 toolheads setup. In the brass prep toolhead, I have a Lee Universal decapping die in station #1 and the RT1200 in station #3. The Lee decapping die has a square shoulder where the pin transitions to the shaft, and apparently, the die is not concentric to the case, and causes the shoulder to hit the edge of the case occasionally. At this point, I have to poke the case to get past this blockage. On the 2nd toolhead, I have a set of Dillon dies, and must say that the decapping pin is much better designed, in that there is no square shoulder but rather a nice taper in the transition area. So, even with die/case misalignment, the case is gently guided to the opening of the die, tilted and "funneled" in. Now,even though the press is not getting stopped from the case hitting the pin, I'm still concerned about this misalignment (see attached photo). The shellplate has been correctly tightened, the cartridge spring is not touching the case, the toolhead is snug. What am I missing?