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  1. 58 minutes ago, Service Desk said:

    The wax probably does reduce the sizing effort a bit, but nowhere near the reduction provided by Dillon Case Lube or Oneshot. I only lube when using a U die...or Hornady TiN sizer. The brass stays bright for much longer with ArmorAll Wash and Wax, so I guess that may be the wax. Give it a go and see if you like it.

    I've used One-Shot. In fact, it was my exclusive go-to way to lube. I would put a couple squirts into a 1gal zip lock bag, put in the brass, the shake and tumble for a couple minutes. The problem I had is that after about 6mo, some loaded ammo got sticky and I had some FTF issues with my 1911 45acp. After some investigation I noticed the insides of the mags were very gummy. For now, I assume the one-shot caused this? Can't prove it.

    Right now what I'm doing is, and it's a huge PIA, is after done in my brass drier, I put the brass in a dry media tumbler with clean corn cob and mineral spirits.

  2. I have a Frankfort Arsenal large wet tumbler, it holds about 6qrts. 

     

    I use hot water

    1Tbs Dawn

    1 45acp case full of Lemmie Shine

     

    Tumble for about 90min

     

    Works fantastic. However, I had to make some other changes as well.

    1. I now decap before I wet tumble. (I had a bad experience at a Bullseye match with wet primer pockets.) I have a Lee Loadmast with a tool head with only a universal decanting dedicated to decapping after a match.

    2. Dry in a brass drier for at least an hour, 2 is better.

    3. Lube. Wet tumbling gets brass WAY more clean than dry. Even 45acp and 9mm cases need some kind of lube. I was doing the Hornady One-Shot in a zip-loc bag trick until I found that as ammo ages (1yr for me) it gets gummy and had feeding /mag issues. So, now after it's dry, I dry tumbler with corn cob and 2Tbs of mineral spirits for only 15min. (It's an extra step I didn't want to do, but its been a good move).

     

  3. 13 hours ago, AHI said:

    Spare parts kit.  should have the parts you need. Try calling again or use ther email system. Don't reference the first call. It will just delay a response. And cause other issues.

    I sent an email to their warranty system 4 days ago and got an auto reply that someone would contact me within 24hrs.  I'm about ready to throw this SD to the curb and write off Dillon.
    I'll try calling again today. 🤞

    (And no - the spare parts kit doesn't have any of the stuff I need. The press came with one and I double checked the bill of materials on their website).

  4. 23 minutes ago, TimBoettcher said:

     

    ^^ This!! If those nylon bushings are installed dry, they will wear out. 

    Yeah, put it back together with Triflow synthetic grease. But the damage had been done.

     

    Ironically, right after I made that video, the flat spring that returns the white plastic primer stopper pin broke in half, right at its flex point.

  5. 5 hours ago, TimBoettcher said:

    Post a good video where we can see and hear… 😉

    Here you go:

     

    It seems like the bushings are wore out. They didn't "look" too bad when I had it apart. I mean, they didn't look new either. But those obviously are not close tolerance joints.

     

    I'm just curious if new presses do this too and should I not worry about it? Or are new SDB's tighter and smoother?

     

     

  6. I picked up a used, older, Square Deal over the weekend. 
    I've been using Lee's since I started reloading 10yrs ago.  9 of those years were on a Lee Classing Turret.  Last winter I purchased a Lee Loadmaster. I like the Loadmaster in concept, but I it does take some putzing to get it to work.  But after replacing 2 1911 barrels from squibs off the Loadmaster, it decided it was time to drink the blue kool-aid.

     

    Anyway, this Square Deal seems to "clunk" when operating the ram.  I completely dismanteld it, cleaned everything, lubed critical parts, and re-assembled. The clunk is still there. It appears as though the Delrin bushings have some play in them.  Since I hear and read so many great things about Dillon's customer service, I thought I'd call and see if they'd replace the bushings. Lets just say, my experience was not what others rave about. The person I spoke to on the phone was rude and short.  "If the press still works and makes ammo, I'm not going to warranty those parts for you."

     

    Have others had this issue with the play in the link arms?  Is this normal for a SD?

    I'll be hanging on to the Lee until this gets resolved and I get a better feeling about this Dillon experience....

  7. I have an EAA Witness StockII and SEVERAL mags for it. 
    I'm thinking of selling the gun, but wondering if the mags are compatible to CZ-75's?  CZ75 Shadow? Tactical Sport?

     

    I bought the gun in 2017 with plans to compete. I put the extreme internals in it (all from Patriot Defense), and the EGW grips.  But it turns out I got into shooting Bullseye instead and don't really need a production race gun.  I have barely even used the StockII.

  8. I found a great load (for accuracy) for my EAA Witness Stock II: 4.8gr N340, Precision Delta 124gr JHP @ 1.100".  
    This a great outdoor load, but the club I belong to doesn't allow JHP's at the indoor range. I've been trying to find a comparable load with some Xtreme 124gr RN.  I haven't found the same accuracy yet.  Is it possible with plated bullets?  

     

    My main sport is Bullseye / Precision Pistol with .22LR and .45ACP.  For some reason, I just feel like .45ACP is inherently more accurate than 9mm.  I've been reloading 9mm for 9yrs and 45ACP for 1yr, and 45 just seems to be so much easier.  Maybe it's caliber? Maybe it's the swaged SWC bullets?  Maybe it's the 1911 vs. the StockII?  Too many variables.

  9. 1 hour ago, emjei said:

    10 drop test.....by the 5th pull you should know if you are in the .05 area  

     

    3.25 = 32.5 at the 10th drop

     

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    I've done a few capability studies on my Lee Auto Disk as well as my Lee Auto Drum.  To do a true capability study, you need more than 30 specimen (30 drops).  I calculated a Cpk, but it's a bit skewed because you have to have an upper and lower control limit that is set by the tolerance, which in the case of dropping powder I don't know what that is. If it were a print dimension for a part I make, that's determined with GD&T tolerance stack up, but in the case of reloading, it's arbitrary. Nonetheless, I decided to use ±0.1gr as my tolerance.  It turns out my Lee Auto Drum is has a Cpk of 0.43, which is horrible!  Cpk tells you what percentage of your product (or powder drop in this case) is going to fall within spec.  Here are process yields for some various Cpk values:

     

    Cpk     Process Yield

    0.5     86.8%

    0.8     98.4%

    1.0     99.7%

    1.2     99.97%

    1.33   99.99%

     

    In manufacturing, a LOT of money is spent on tooling and process controls to achieve a Cpk of 1.33 or higher!  I would suspect one would have to spend a LOT of money on custom built reloading equipment to do the same.

    I think I'll spend more time and energy perfecting myself before I worry any more about what my powder drop can do.

  10. 30 minutes ago, johnbu said:

     

    Sartorius scales and Ohaus can do it.  Practum 124-1S is one, but the investment is a grand or better. And you need environmental controls.

     

    I've given up on finding "perfection" in loads. 135+ pf with accuracy is all i need. 

     

    I agree 100% with this!!!  I have found that the user (ME) operating the firearm has more variation than any other component or step in my process of reloading.  I have cooled way down on fretting over the details compared to when I first started.  Now, if I were doing long-range bullseye rifle, that might be a different story.

  11. 11 hours ago, emjei said:

    I must say...... Loads are always 3.2 , 3.3 etc etc......buuuuut there is a world between 3.20 and 3.30

    I have some 3.25 to test.....update coming soon



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    I would love to know you're equipment's capability of holding 0.05gr.  Not only your dispensing equipment, but your measuring instruments as well.  If you can pull it off, I want to know how you're doing it! I'm not be sarcastic, I'm serious.  I fret over details like this.

  12. 1 minute ago, emjei said:

    Is that 3.3 a 3.3ish ???

    I always do the 10 pull test and load to exacts

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    Sigh... short answer, yes. Drives me nuts. I've done said test but don't have it accessible right now. 

    After being involved with doing gravemetric tests at work for cleanliness, trying to accurately measure down to 10mg with less than 1mg variation in a gauge R&R, I realize how inaccurate reloading equipment is. We bought a $7,000 scale in order to pull this off.  I tried to buy outer old scale but no luck.

  13. 1 hour ago, emjei said:

    I keep seing Load Data of 3.2 for a 147gr Bullet

    Either my two Stock 2 are lazy or 3.2 means 3.29 ........ both guns were in the 860 FPS with 3.20

    3.30 tests coming soon

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    My Stock 2 (with reamed throat) does the following with 147gr and N320 @ 1.142" COL:

    3.3gr - 893fps

    3.5gr - 949fps

    3.7gr - 970fps

     

    3.3gr is most accurate of the three.

  14. 25 minutes ago, MemphisMechanic said:

    4.75" polygonal Stock 3 was about 20 fps faster than a 4.25" conventionally rifled M&P this weekend.

     

    I honestly didn't see much difference. 

     

    Here's my comparison between the manual vs what I actually measured (upper table). The lower table linearly interpolates a velocity based on the user entering a charge weight. These numbers are linearly interpolated from the upper table.

    Hammbone147grN320.JPG.98b40c428ed5b69dde773928f8a554c2.JPG

  15. I'm the proud owner of a new Stock II.  Joe at Patriot Defense hooked me up with all the goody aftermarket parts too.  So basically I have an Xtreme in standard Stock II cloak.

    Nonetheless, I'm new to this polygonal barrel.  I use Hi-Tech coated bullets. I have a few 135gr laying around, but a lot of 147gr.  These are similar to Bayou's, but they're made locally to me. The biggest difference is that these do NOT have a lube groove.

     

    I'm also sitting on 4lbs of Vihtavuori N320.  I loaded up some experimental loads over the weekend and tested them out. A few at 3.5gr and a few at 3.7gr.  COL was 1.142" (length to ogive was 0.838").  Then I chronographed 10 of each load.  I can tell you they move a LOT faster than the Vihtavuori manual suggests.

     

    Here's the deal: I thought I had a game plan going into this, but now I'm second guessing myself. So the question is; what works well in Stock II's with 147gr hi-tech coated bullets and N320?

  16. 12 minutes ago, kneelingatlas said:

    ...it will function provided you have a heavy enough hammer spring to make it run.  If you tune your Stock II for a super light DA it won't set off 22.

    Ah hah, great point. I'll keep that in mind. 

    And yes, I believe the Stock2 in question is a large frame.

  17. I have a 22lr conversion for my Witness Elite Match large frame. 

    I'm looking at selling the Match and getting set up with a Stock II and some goody parts from Patriot Defense.

    Can anyone tell me if the 22lr conversion will work on the Stock2? It won't be a deal breaker, I just need to know if I should keep it or sell it.

     

    Also, will Match magazines work in the Stock2? 

  18. I'm still waiting for a boat to show up from Italy...

    I've been doing a lot of thinking; I've tried to figure out ways to get rid of the Match when it shows up. In conjunction, I'm looking at CZ Custom and CGW models. I've really been turned off by the lack of aftermarket part options and holsters for the Match. But, I've finally turned full circle and decided to keep the Match when it shows up. Because you guys are right. It IS a great gun! And it treated very well. I even won a centerfire bullseyr competition with it at my local club.  When it gets back, I think I'll install a Henning flat trigger.

     

    ...I may also look at an Accu Shadow, Shadow 2, or Tanfoglio Stock2 (possibly Xtreme) to add to the collection. Any insight here would be welcome. 

  19. On 5/6/2017 at 7:50 PM, johnbu said:

    Ok, they are (it sounds like) paying return ship and Ffl fee.  you could probably push and get your ship $ refunded.  or... ask for a couple mags or some such.  don't borrow trouble, the model is a great gun. But... you could ask about "upgrade" cost to a limited or similar.  would cost more, but a better platform.   just options.

     

    Your defect is the first one I've seen here.  so, while bad... it looks uncommon. My Match is trouble free. 

    Yeah. It sounds like I'm going to have a deal very close to that. 

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