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TerryR

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  1. BeerBaron; yup, I already am using the extension because it does make it easier to clear adjacent hardware. What I do know is that you CANNOT use the Hornady Powder Drop with the Bully bullet feed adapter because there is no way to fit one adjacent to the other. rtp; no, if a hole is drilled so low that the screw will be at the bottom of the hole, then the disc itself will have actually been split between the outer bottom edge and the edge of the hole. I'm pretty sure that would be a no-no. And yes, the reason I ask the original question about using the screws in the disc is specifically because I thought the same thing as you did. That is, I wondered if a charge would vary from drop to drop if the "underhang" didn't fill up exactly the same way each and every time. I think vixty might have my final solution. Spare disc kits aren't all that expensive, so I think I might just buy a "Double Disk" kit for $12. I could leave my original disc set alone for when I can find a standard hole that works, and then modify whatever of the spare ones to drop the rest. All you guys were a great help to help me think this through.
  2. Damn, that's a giveaway. If I didn't already have my LnL progressive, I'd take you up on it in a heartbeat. To be candid, if you were offering a singlestage Rockchucker, I'd grab it. I would actually have more use for a single stage right now for some of the milspec brass prep operations.
  3. Thanks guys, but I already have the adjustable charge bar. I actually prefer the idea of the fixed-hole disks mainly for the "guaranteed" repeatability of drops when used with the same powder during subsequent loads. The reason I asked the original question is best explained by a real example: Loading 9mm RNP's from RMR, I used two adjacent holes to get a powder throw of 4.42gr of HP38 with the .43 hole, and then got an HP38 throw of 4.64 with the next sized hole larger, the .46 hole. The 4.42 gave me some stovepipes with two of the four pistols I shot it through while the 4.64 charge ran GREAT with all the pistols. The thing is, I think that the 4.64 charge is just a smidgeon more than needed for good reliability, so I'd like to bring it down to 4.60 even, and just a little Allen screw tweak in the #.46 hole would allow me to get that. What I'm wonder is if using the screw technique allows the hole to be just as accurate and repeatable as it was when it was just a hole. As an aside, I'll mention that I am using the Bully bullet feeder adapter between the Hornady bullet die and the Lee 4-tube loader, and only the Lee AutodiskPro will fit in the press head and allow clearance to the bullet feeder. Additionally, I have read too many comments about the Lee Micro Adjustable disk to want to mess around with it right now. I've got 3000 rounds I want to load in one batch and just want to get it done. Vixty, I came across the blanks you're talking about and was actually thinking that drilling my own would be my second option if the "tweaking screws" didn't work out. Thanks
  4. I have see where you can either get the Lee Autodisks in their standard hole size configuration but with an allen screw added to allow for minor adjustments, and I've see where some guys just drill and tap their own and add the Allen screws themselves. I use the AutoDiskPro on my LnL AP for pistol loads and am thinking of doing the same, but when you look at how it works, it appears that powder "could" refuse to fill in below the screw in the hole, or powder could pack into the small open areas on either side of the screw where the screw hole is threaded and exposed. I'm just wondering for you guys who have done that, do the Autodisks converted that way drop just as accurate and repeatable as they do when left as they come with just the "clean" holes?
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