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Finally read the FAQs (3/11)

  1. I think I'll be waiting for Mk7's recommended toolkit. The rigid extension you're using would fit onto my grease gun, but I still can't find a tip with a female thread, other than the pack of 6 you found. Anything to do with plumbing has always been a challenge for me, and I appreciate your help.
  2. Thanks. I had studied the video, but just couldn't duplicate exactly what he used. The sharp type nozzles you found on Amazon look like what I'm using, except mine attaches with a Zerk nipple rather than threads. I have a full size grease gun, and enough grease to last several lifetimes, but I can't find the rigid pipe that came with the gun. I only have the flexible hose. That works fine with the fitting I used, but using the straight rod might be easier. I haven't been able to find a replacement rigid pipe online. By the way, Mk7 recommended this fitting, but the diameter was too small, smaller than the inside diameter of the main shaft grease access. I let Mk7 know, and they won't be recommending that fitting again.
  3. There is only one regular grease zerk, and it's used for lubing the swager. There is plenty of room for a regular zerk. Lubing the left and right Main Bearing and the crank is different in that there is no fitting, just a hole. You just need to fill up the hole with a conical fitting attached to the grease gun (or syringe).
  4. Thank you HogRider. I never would have thought that less pressure on the rubber would help, but now I know. I like your choice of adaptor for using a needle nozzle on the wave spring, etc. I had one like that and returned it. I'm sure it works better than the turkey injector syringe I'm using.I was only considering my issues lubing the Center Pin on the Crank Assembly and the Main Shaft Bearings in the Press Core, and didn't consider using it elsewhere.
  5. I tried a similar attachment for my full size grease gun, and it leaked grease between the rubber and metal without developing much pressure at all. LINK. The fitting shape inside the rubber was not conical, but just cylindrical, so applying pressure to the lubrication point had no sealing effect at all. The fitting that worked perfectly was this one. LINK A syringe didn't work for me either. I would still like to find the fitting that Mark 7 used in their maintenance video. LINK
  6. The red circles in your picture should be scored 1 Alpha, 1 no-shoot, 1 Mike. The lower red circle/hit should not score on the target covered up by the no-shoot. The area under the no-shoot scoring area is deemed not to exist, so the lower hit only scores 1 no-shoot. If I read your question correctly, your club is scoring incorrectly.
  7. Firring strips (1"x2"/8') are now $6.38 at my local Lowes. From all I can tell, it's for one, not a bundle. I've stopped practicing weak hand shooting.
  8. I just discovered that using a universal decapping die to hold down the case while swaging resulted in damage to the case rim. The cases went through the rest of the loading process just fine, and the reloaded ammo worked fine in my M&P, but I found that sometimes a case wouldn't fit in a shell holder on my RCBS turret. The swaging pin is, of course, centered on the case in the primer pocket, but the support from the shell plate is not centered. This caused the case to rotate about the edge of the rim, and concentrated the load support in a small portion of the rim. The soft brass of the rim would get deformed when this occurred. I've taken the advice from Clint007 and switched to a sizing die above the swaging station. Now the load from the swaging pin and the support from the sizing die are both centered. I've only loaded 100 rounds so far with this setup, but it worked fine, and it did for Clint007.
  9. Not the way I read the rules. Weight requirement is still on the books, and aftermarket barrels do not have to be the same caliber as the original firearm. Appendix D4 - Production Division D4.18 Maximum weight Yes. 59 ounces with empty magazine inserted. D4.21.3 Aftermarket slides and barrels SLIDES: You may replace the slide with an OFM or aftermarket slide. 
BARRELS: You may replace the barrel with an OFM or aftermarket barrel.
  10. I was unable to remove the swage rod or lower it enough to allow pulled back primers to be ejected, so I cannot use station 3 to decap. I will swage the primer pocket in both the first and second pass, but will use universal decappers as the hold down die. At least that's the latest plan.
  11. I got a message from Clint007. He is using a sizing/decapper die with the decapper removed in the swaging station, a proven option. I decided I would try a universal decapping die in the swage station, with the decapper removed. I used the Lee Universal Decapper. I screwed in the die until it almost touched the shellplate. I can just barely pull out a piece of paper pinched between the die and the shellplate. With or without any case in the swaging station, there is no cam-over or additional force required to fully lower the handle. This is to be expected because the die does not contact the case and goes outside of it. I adjusted the swage rod using a primer pocket gauge. I had to turn it in from the previous setting because the case is lifted up a little from the shellplate when the swage bar contacts the case. I decapped a bunch of military brass, and checked the primer pocket with the gauge. If I couldn't insert the GO gauge into the pocket, I ran the case through the swage station and checked it again. This setup is working perfectly so far. I swaged about 30 cases with no issues. I can't detect any movement of the shell plate, and can barely feel any resistance from swaging the primer pocket. There were no issues with the case not being centered well enough for the swage rod to easily go into the primer pocket. This setup should make loading easier, as there shouldn't be any cam-over issues when trying to swage cases with thicker than normal bases. The first pass should be easier too. I won't be swaging in that pass, just decapping. Here's my setup right now. First pass - station 1, case feed; 2, universal decapper; 3, universal decapper (swage rod removed, should eliminate pull-back). Remaining stations are empty. Second pass - station 1, case feed; 2 empty; 3 swage; 4 size and prime; 5, expand; 6, powder drop; 7, lock-out die; 8 bullet feeder; 9, seating; 10 crimp.
  12. Clint007 - Did you ever try out your idea to use a universal decapper with the decapper removed as a hold down at the swaging station? I am using a two pass system and range brass on a manual Evolution. On the first pass I have been decapping in station 2 with a universal decapper, and swaging in station 3 using a hold down die. Often I would encounter a significant increase in the force required with the handle. Almost always, there was a case with the headstamp "X-Treme" in the swaging station. I made a measurement and found that the distance to the inner bottom of the case from the case mouth was 0.024 inches shorter than other cases, resulting in extra force and probably a "cam over" situation. I was thinking that using a universal decapper die instead of the hold down die at the swaging station might be a better setup. I also want to avoid sizing in multiple stations and in both passes. I only want to size when I load in pass 2, using the sizing die in the priming station. The sizing die centers the brass very nicely for trouble free priming (knock on wood).
  13. I see no formula for felt recoil in SAAMI's web site, or anywhere else. There is a formula at SAAMI's website for Free Recoil Energy, but that is not the same. Energy = 1/2 times mass times velocity squared, but recoil is mass times velocity. For the same power factor (which is recoil or momentum), most shooters agree that the felt recoil is less using a fast powder and heavy bullet.
  14. Yes, you can use Practiscore for your practice sessions. Here's a link to the Practiscore Community that will help: https://community.practiscore.com
  15. Not true. I made an error, and the Midway gauge will allow a 1.125 DG round to plunk fine. My mistake.
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