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Pappy1

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  • Birthday 03/03/1960

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    Pat Papasergia

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  1. I just bought a light that fits into the tool hole head base from inline Fabrication. this will not inter fear with the linkage arm anymore
  2. Never thought of that. I recently did a lot of maintenance on the press. I always check that slid bar to make sure its functioning correctly. I also keep my press covered when not using it. I will wipe that down during the next time I reload.
  3. To your question, I just ran the cases through the powder charge and skipped the first step re- sizing them. I always check the bullet crimp, If I recall, I never had a problem shooting the rounds before. I am sure I will find out some time this week but I surly don't think there will be a problem. I would like to move up to another press. It just that I have 3 tool heads and a little to much money in vested now. The one thing I like about the other presses is that you have that extra stage for a powder checker. I wished the 550 had that option.
  4. I pulled out at least 500 rounds and guess what. One case had no powder in it, it was empty. I am glad I checked, no short cuts on being safe. I surly don't want a gun blowing up in my hands. After getting everything back in order. I reloaded 500 rounds again. But one thing for sure I never took my eye off that powder charge. I made sure every case had powder in it before the bullet was applied to the case.The press worked just fine this time. Lesson learn. Like I said in my post, I always try to make sure that the powder charge is in the case. Some times your mind wonders. I will make sure to try to keep my eye and my mind tune in when I reload next time. Never had a problem after reloading for over 30 years. I plan to keep it that way.
  5. Not going there I cast bullets they vary to much from bullet to bullet. Not taking a chance.
  6. Thats interesting, I can see that happening. A while back I completely clean the press, lube, clean the primer mechanism. Everything worked great. I did talked to a friend of mine who has the same press. He mention that maybe the powder was stuck together and it did't make its way out into the shell case but spilled on the down stroke..
  7. The other day while loading 45 APC, I noticed some powder had spilled during my indexing. I really don't know what happen, But it was enough of powder to be concern. I had 10 rounds loaded so I decided to remove the bullets to check to see if there was any powder the cases. 2 cases did not have any powder. I can't quite figure out what had happen. One thing, I have a wrap around light. I think what could of happen was the the light hit the powder arm linkage and may have caused the powder to be spilled. Just really strange., I usually watch every powder charge drop into the case, but sometimes your mind wanders about thinking about other stuff. I know for one thing it is so important to watch that powder drop into the case. And to make sure it looks like a consistent powder charge. I am glad that I caught it. Has anyone else ever dealt with a problem like this.
  8. Will the 223 dies work with the 5.56 cases. The only difference from which I know is that the 5.56 cases are thicker in diameter. I noticed that Dillion does not have any 5.56 on there reloading dies.
  9. Thanks for the info. I totally forgot processing the brass before you jump into reloading them. I have done that before for some special loads.
  10. I have a Dillon 550B, I have been reloading quite a few pistol rounds on the press and I really like how the press performs. I was thinking of purchasing some more components to reload for the 5.56. I have done a little reading and even though the Dillion dies are carbide dies you still need to lube them. This really seems like a hassle. I have used a single stage for my rifle rounds but it is getting a little old for reloading so many 5.56 rounds. Any how, are there any re-loaders that load with the Dillon on the 5.56 loads and how do you like the performance. Also what type of lube should a person use.
  11. I was just thinking has anyone tired to use a vacuum packer to seal ammunitions for storing.
  12. Well the only thing that I will agree with is it seems that the wall thickness was lacking on the brass. I know for a fact that I was not over crimping the bullet and the belilng of the case mouth was minimal where the bullet would just fit in. I have loaded over 1500 rounds with the new Dillion press. The press is working great. Like I said I have never seen this happen before. The brass seem to be in good shape when I inspected it but I never did considered the wall thickness. I could see where this could be the problem. I will always check my bullets to make sure that there is a tight crimp on all of my bullets. Thanks for the info.
  13. I have been reloading with my new dillon 550 for about 3 months now. I have loaded about 1500 rounds through the press. I have noticed that the last batch of brass that I ran through that there were several bullets that were loose in side the brass. I located 14 bullets total. The brass looked normal and I ran it through the press again. Same problem, the bullets were loose in the brass. I just tossed the brass away. Has anyone experience this problem. I am very cautious when it comes to reloading and I am glad that I caught this. I have been reloading for over 30 years and never have this happen before when I used a single stage press.
  14. Pappy1

    Reloads

    Thanks for the info. I to have a DPMS SASS and that is what I am trying to work up a load for. I have plenty of 30 cal bullets. I have tried several different weights. The one thing that I noticed is that with out the canular around the bullet, the bullets would move while ejecting the loaded rounds out of the bolt. All of these bullets had a good strong crimp. I am sure that is why there are canular groves around the bullets. I am not sure what the military uses but I think it was the 147 grain FMJ.
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