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If Hogrider doesn't take it I will.
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17 hours ago, Thomas918 said:
I’ve been having some issues with my OAL being quite big. I chalked it up to brass issues for the most part but I am wondering if my press has the issues you had. Which bearings did you replace? The main bearing inside the press, I guess? And where does this shim go for the shell plate?
Yes the big main bearings. The shim goes under shell plate between press and bearing of shell plate. You can get the shims at Mcmaster Carr P/N's 98089A513, 98055A513 and the main bearings were these KOYO JAPAN 6910 2RS Deep Groove Ball Bearings 50x72x12mm 6910RS 61910-RS takes two of them
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1 hour ago, McHaggis said:
Hey Miranda. Thanks for your reply.
GAMountians. Thanks for posting what issues you’re actually having. If that was me having those issues I’m sure I’d think it was junk too.
However…Most times there’s issue like you’re talking about it’s either caused by adjustment not being 100% correct or alignment issues caused by a stack up of machining tolerances with put things in slightly the wrong place. I know next to nothing about the X10 which is why I’m looking around for posts of reloaders experiences to gauge if this press is worth considering as I see it’s currently on sale with a free bullet collator, which makes it even more attractive.
I currently run a LnL AP with I’ve got running great but it took a bit of playing with and a few mods but now the only annoyance is the raining brass from the collator, which I’ve almost conquered, yet most people say this press is junk too, simply because they’ve never used one and simply repeat what they’ve heard, or they never set up the one they used correctly. I’m happy with mine but I simply want more stations which is why the X10 is on my radar.Id love to hear from anyone else that’s had good, average or bad luck with this press.
I had an LNL and also took me awhile to get running but was running well. I went to x-10 cause of swaging and extra stations so I can run powder check with bullet feeder. Didn't take me too long to get running well. I did shim shell plate up .008 at 20,000 rounds main bearings started making noise and my COAL went from +-.005 to +-.010. The bearing journals are a little big and bearings start to move. I replaced bearings with Koyo bearing and used green loctite and press is a lot smoother and my COAL is +-.005 or better. I've had problems with priming station but mostly from forgetting to put primer rod back in jams happen when you run it out of primers. The only issue I have now is the occasional station 1 brass not going in to shell plate but that's less than 1% of the time. I'm happy with the press and would do it again. I have not used powder drop I had a the Hornady already set so been using that so can't speak to any issues with powder drop. An I have a Mr bullet feeder that was on my LNL.
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23 hours ago, GAMountains said:
I have owned this press since Nov'23. Between the constant press lockups and case failures for my 9mm and 223 rounds, I've loaded maybe 75 - 9mm and 0 - 223. I'm retired and have nothing but time and have worked on this junk since purchasing. FA told me I had a bad small primer assembly and sent me a new assembly. Put on the press and the third pull of the handle it locked. That was with NO dies, No cases and only ten primers in the tube. Primers either get crushed or turned sideways causing the press to lockup.
I'm not new to reloading as I own Dillon 650 and 2 - 1050's. I've reloaded for over twenty-five years. Love the blue.... It works
Now FA has ghosted me....
Did you call or email? Even on there facebook lives they say to call don't email.
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6 hours ago, Thomas918 said:
I’ve used my sizing die above the swaging station since I had the press. The included hold down die is in the priming station. I’ve noticed that the hold down die makes the tool head rock a lot(Variances in brass worsen it since I have it set pretty low/tight). I’m thinking of moving my sizing die into the priming station and removing the hold down die altogether. Since I’ve decided I’m not gonna use the swage station anymore I think that’s my best bet.
Any thoughts?
I had same issue with factory hold down then switched to FW arms dynamic hold downs they are spring loaded so case variation isn't a problem anymore for me.
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I use FW arms dynamic hold downs in swage and primer station. When I had expander in priming station I had a big variation in primer depths and swaging after I put hold down in both stations no longer an issue for me.
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are you using hold down dies in swage and priming station?
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At about 5 minutes talks about trimming your spring.
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Hunters HD gold are awesome and now they make a red lens that makes the dot even better. I've only used gold lenses as I live in Oregon and overcast most of the year the golds will get darker when suns out.
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I run RMR 124 HP with 3.8 of titegroup close to 140 PF
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3 hours ago, zzt said:
Some things do drop in. For instance, if all the holes are in the correct positions, some well made ignition kits will drop in and be perfect. That's exactly what happened on the last four Open builds.
On My prodigy EGW ignition parts dropped in but had to refit the stock thumb safety.
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Last weekends match 58 shooters not one production shooter and this coming weekend 82 signed up no production shooters. Level 2 Sectional match coming up in July has 167 shooters and 4 production shooters.
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4 hours ago, Sarge said:
All guns are different even prodigy to prodigy. On mine there were a few parts that dropped in but some did not.
Just like some say a simple ignition kit dropped the trigger weight to under 3#. Mine barely dropped at all to around 4.5#So mine will go to a gunsmith eventually if I like LO.
I put in the EGW kit and the tuned sear spring following this video and I have a nice 2# trigger.
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4 minutes ago, Dr Mitch said:
Most modern 1911 style guns accept standardized small parts as drop in. Thumb safeties and grip safeties always have to be fit. The days of 1911s being poor quality manufactured goods requiring custom work for any modifications largely ended years ago when real machinists started building these guns and their respective parts.
I put an EGW fire control kit in my prodigy had to refit the stock thumb safety also had to fit Atlas trigger shoe and bow.
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11 minutes ago, icestud said:
Thank you All for your replies
Why not Slide Glide? to heavy?
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That picture is from the rule book.
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14 minutes ago, matteekay said:
This is the 2024 update:
8.5.1.6 Outside the waist holsters must carry the firearm in a neutral (vertical) or muzzle rear cant and may not protrude more than 3" (7.62cm) out from the shooter's body as measured from the front of the holster. The rear or vertical cant angle be no more than 15 degrees.
I haven't seen it put into practice at a major yet so I don't know if they're measuring at the beltline or whatever part of your body is closest. To phrase it differently - my tactical chub means I could probably run a drop offset but I'm not going to risk it. I actually had to take all of my holsters off of QLS forks as they all started to push the 3" limit.
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1 hour ago, zzt said:
That is only true of 9mm. It sizes down about 3/8". On 40sw and 45 it sizes the entire case, because they are straight walled. When using the FCD you do not have to roll size 40sw and 45 cases. You DO for 9mm.
Even with .40 and .45 die can only go down to shell plate.
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On 8/10/2023 at 6:49 AM, tiro6 said:
Forgot to add in my C2 and Prodigy (post work)
What grip is on your prodigy and did you have to do any fitting?
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45 minutes ago, brian45acp said:
Lock back in jp5 is iffy. If you take the upper off and look how it works when the follower engages the lever to lift it there is very little
force to do so. The little tab that is lifted by the follower also just barely sits on the flat shelf of the followers If you move the mag side to side while its seated the follower will miss the tab and fall off as well.
I have found Glock mags to give me trouble anywhere from 1 year of use and on and can’t figure out why. Researching here the consensus is the mag body gets weak and spreads which I agree with. I will begin to gave double feeds and I’ve even had rounds pinched inside the mag body and stuck. For this reason I use MBX mags and they also don’t lock the bolt back. We don’t ever need the bolt to lock back so I don’t worry about it.
If you Shoot IDPA bolt locking back is beneficial as they make you download magazines often and have reloads on the clock.
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I've made a few purchases no issues.
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Shootsteel are nice. I have 3 mini poppers.
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12 hours ago, 67isb said:
The answer is yes and no. All current production titanium carbide pistol dies are "NxGen."
NxGen sizing dies have a longer titanium carbide ring/insert than the non, "NxGen" dies.
The exception being the 9mm sizing die. The titanium carbide die ring/insert is the same length so there is no reason to buy the "NxGen" sizing die.
Unless you can't find the Titanium in stock? Thanks for the info.
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19 minutes ago, Zachjet said:
Yeah it is… in all honesty. I don’t see why you couldn’t cut down the keys feeder stand a little bit.
I still haven’t gotten my bullet feeder to see if that would be a problem. It’s suppose to ship today/tomorrow
The holes in post below the case feeder are for bullet feeder that's why its so tall. If you cut it down won't be able to mount FA bullet feeder.
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Wasn’t to bad maybe an hour.