RichJacot

Sorry for the delay... I've hit the brass edge with a Dremel and have loaded 4-5 hundred rounds without issue. That seems to have solved my issue! Thank you SRT8 and Rick.

I just click the priming arm instead of pulling the handle but hey, half-dozen of one 6 of another. ;-) lol

I have the older triangle Dillon roller handle I used as is for years and years. I saw that foam cover and thought I'd give it a try. I'm glad I did! Not the solid triangle handle wasn't comfortable, you just had to turn it to the correct position to be comfortable. Now it's not a big deal. I would purchase again.

I've never had mine do that either. It more than has enough power to pop the bullets back down in. Is the spring not installed properly or very weak/defective?

I did take a few minutes to check the issue Rick mentions below and it appears to be the issue I'm having. I'm going to stop by Home Depot and see if I can find a long Dremel bit and shave a bit off the brass lip. If I can find the right bit it should be a fairly quick/easy fix. From Rick: If it appears that the projectiles are getting caught / stuck in the vicinity of the bottom of the clear tube, chances are that the clear tube may be mis-aligned with the through hole in the brass weight. This jam is most likely to happen if you use flat based projectiles vs boat tails. Boat tails will most likely miss the exposed edge of the through hole. You might try removing the setscrew on the brass weight and lifting the switch section from the lower dropper die. That way you can look through the bore and see if perhaps there is a crescent section of the brass hole that could possibly be encroaching on the bore of the clear tube and presenting a place for the base of a projectile to be caught and stuck. Here is a photo of what it might look like (note: flat base projectiles). If this is the issue, you might try drilling the hole in the brass weight a little bit larger...4 or if you can remove the plastic tube, re-glue it when aligned more accurately. If you don’t feel that you want to fix it yourself, contact the dealer you purchased from and get it replaced. If it turns out that this is NOT the cause of your problem, please let me know and perhaps we can speak about it on the phone. Thank you Rick!!!!!

Well we have water leaking through the ceiling in the server room.... so... I may not be able to give this a look this evening. I WILL report back though.

I just emailed Rick with my issue and he's ALREADY replied! Once I can confirm if his suggestion is my issue or not, I'll post the details here. Thank you Rick and SRT8!

Ya, if it was only one or maybe two every hundred rounds I might be able to live with it but one (or two) every 10 or 20 rounds.... Well it's just not going to fly. :-(

I have a Mr. Bullet feeder on my 1050. I've been using it for 9mm and it's been working great. I recently purchased the .223 conversion and it's not been working so great. Every so often the bullets will catch in the drop tube. By every so often I mean like every 10 or 20 rounds. They appear to be catching somewhere below the clear tube portion. I originally thought they were catching because I didn't have it set properly but after watching it more closely here's what's happening. I'll cycle the press and it will drop the bullet properly but the bullets above the one that just dropped won't fall. They appear to be catching on something. If just give the drop tube a slight tap, they drop that one bullet length as they should. I've adjusted the drop die down and down and it doesn't help. Has anyone had this issue or an idea of what the issue might be? Thank you! BTW I'm using Hornady 55gr SP

Thank you OP! I just ordered a CM2000.

I did basically this same thing when I had my 650. After a while, though, it was easier to just pull the brass when I got resistance and keep going. I will say that the 1050 is worth the cost. I thought the 650 was easy until I got the 1050. Of that 500 round session I might toss one maybe two into the scrap bucket.

When I come across a crimped brass (90%+ 9mm) I can get nearly all of them to seat. Out of 500 round loading session (I only have 5SP primer tubes) I only have 1 maybe 2 that I cannot get to seat by feel. Once you use it more you should be able to feel it and finess it in. On occasion I need to spin the brass a 1/4 to 1/2 a turn and press again. Once or twice and it's seated. At least this is my experience. Be patient and Good Luck!

Say... That sounds like it should work! Interested to see if anyone's doing it....

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I have an MBF on my 1050 and a GSI on my 650. To be fair I only have a few thousand rounds through the 1050 with the MBF and 10's of thousands through the GSI but I really like the GSI. The reason I went with the GSI initially is because I didn't want to loose the powder check station and still wanted to keep seat and crimp as separate operations and GSI was the only choice. I know GSI cost is more but once I got the correct ring I have not had a single bullet tipped the wrong way or misfeed. It's literately been 100%. Now that I have both... I'd have to weigh how many calibers on each machine I need to load and then decide which one I'd get again. One caliber, GSI. Two calibers, tougher call. More than 2, MBF. Just my .02.

It may not have anything to do with your current question/issue but the 2nd and 3rd shell appear to have similar scratches on them. Is your sizing die scratched? If it's bad enough(can't tell from the image) I suppose it that could be what's hanging up in your case gauge. Just a thought.

I'ver never used this but it might help. http://www.gsiinternational.com/rt1200-rt1500-trimmer-blade_8_4243_8651.html

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Thanks Guy! That's what I wanted to know!

Sorry. No I don't plan on tumbling it that long. It will be on a two hour timer and then set idle until I get home. I see you mention it to: "I rinse it immediately" and that's all I really find in searches. I'm just wondering what it will hurt if sit for X length of time. Will it just get sediment on it? If that's the case can't I just kick the time back on for say 15 minutes to knock that off and stir everything back up?

I've just started wet tumbling. I made my own similar to Dawg's design. Anyway, my question is how long can I leave my brass in the tumbler? I've read not to leave it in the tumble when the cycle completes but other than that I haven't seen a time limit. I'd like to start a batch when I leave for work, about 6am, and take it out when I get home, about 6pm. Is that too long? I'm using a .45 full of Lemishine and a squirt of dawn with hot water in a 6" tube 19" long.

Wow, only 50-75 is an issue. Hopefully between the cleaning and clutch adjustment you'll be back in business. I have my clutch set light (IMO), it'll feed a couple hundred 9mm cases. Much more than that and I have it slip. I usually just throw a couple more handfuls of brass in every two primer tubes.

A good cleaning never hurts but is the motor actually stopping or is the clutch just slipping? If the clutch is slipping you can obviously just tighten it a bit. I have mine set where it starts slipping when I dump too many cases in. I could tighten it more but there no sense straining the motor, it's over 20 yrs old and still going strong.

I'm not sure what could be causing your specific problem but I've been using N320 loading 147gr 9mm's for about a year and a half now without issue on my 650.