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Try flipping the spring washer around, so the arc of the curve is against the shoulder of the sleeve.

I bought an Arsenal Strike One this week. It's the flattest shooting 9mm I have. The recoil impulse is also fairly soft. Muzzle rise is considerably less than my HK VP9L, P30L, or 9mm 1911's.

Look at the bottom of the sizer die. If it's a carbide die you will see the carbide insert. Dillon makes carbide 223 and 308 dies. They still require lubing the cases.

I just checked my plate and I could see spots on the plate that had been rubbing on the bowl. I could also see some spots on the bowl that were obviously rubbing on the bottom of the plate. I tried a light coat of car wax on the bottom of the plate and the squeaking is not gone. I don't know how long this solution will work and it's just a temporary fix.

Was in a Scheel's on Saturday (5/29/21), they had CCI Small rifle magnum @$47/K and Small Rifle Bench rest $65/k. Limit 1K per customer. Didn't buy any since don't use either. Later I saw a lot of the CCI Small Rifle Magnums primers for $90-$150 per 1000.

When I was working up loads I didn't get very good accuracy and velocity was mediocre. I tried it using 140 ELDM and 143 ELDX. I had better luck with Superformance. But with the current powder situation you have to use whatever you can get. When I worked up loads I tried a lot of powders and settled with IMR4350 for 147 ELDM and Superformance for the 140 and 143. I also tried H414, H380, H4350 and IMR4831. The results with those powders were not as good as IMR4350 and Superformance. You may have better luck with RL15 than I did, every rifle is different. I am loading for 3 different Creedmoor rifles, a Howa bolt an M1A and an AR10.

For case prep on the S1050 I use a full length size die in station 1 rather than just a decap die. I do this so there is consistent pressure on the shell plate when the case is sized in the trim die. I'm not sure how much this helps but I've never had variations in case length great as you are getting.

After you adjust the travel screw try not to slam the handle in the up position. I've found that when I near the top of the handle stroke I slow down and just bump the end of the stroke. It helps prevent powder spillage on some of the loads. The wire tie trick to stabilize cases between powder drop and bullet seating also adds some friction that will help prevent over indexing.

Failsafe powder rod is also different.

Try switching the small ball bearings in the dropper to the other position and then readjust your die

Make sure the 1/2 moon shaped retainer is tight.

It's been a while since I had a Dillon swager but as I recall you had to make sure that the notch in the handle is oriented correctly.

I have to agree with RIggerJJ, it is not a pain to change calibers on a 1050. I use a Super 1050 to load quite a few different calibers, rifle and pistol. I only have one tool head and just have the conversion kits for the different caliber. When I set up to load a caliber I will generally load at least 1000 rounds and often it is quite a bit more. When I change calibers it doesn't take that long and it gives me a chance to clean and lube the press.

Plated bullets are softer than FMJ.

Make sure the cartridge spring (paper clip looking thing) isn't interfering with the cartridge.