Alpha22555

I want to say thanks and that I appreciate all the information that that has been passed down. I worked with Hornady customer service for a good hour. The best they can do with my stage 1 problem is send me a another shell plate. I dont believe that will fix it. A lot of time was spend on trying to get the ptx die to work and still nothing but a headache with that. One piece of brass and the rotor is perfect. Next piece of brass the rotor goes all the way up bottoms out and hits the back of the powder funnel. I will take a little more time with them to mess with it. In my opinon though when I look at how much time and tweaking you have to do with the machine the less time your making ammo. If it's more of the same drama tomorrow then I think I am at the point of returning it and saving a little more money up and going a different way. It concerns me that there are so many tweaks mods and fixes. When I setup my 550 it just worked. Not trying to insult the press there are many using it and loving it. I just have not been that lucky. Thanks

When I was trying to get the PTX to work I tried with and without. Thanks

Thanks for the link I did read that as well. I do have some updates. After driving my self crazy I decided to pull the ptx expander. Once I did that and installed the powder bushing I had no problems . I was able to set the rotor up consistently with different pieces of brass. No bottoming out loading 9mm. Brass variance is very limited. I think the bottom line is with the instructions provided I am not understanding the mechanics of how it works. I realized customer service was not open on Saturdays. I guess I will have to get used to that. In the mean time without the ptx expander and just setting the machine up with the expander die I was able to load a couple hundred rounds. So far they all check out. I only have one other problem. Station 1 decap/resize seams as though the brass jiggles and mis aligns. So the brass is hitting the die instead of going in the die. I have to stick my finger in there and push on the brass a little to align. I have removed and re attached the spring under the shell plate. I have also made sure the shell plate was tight. We all know lose shell plates cause issues. This is only happening in station 1. All the other stations/dies alignment is spot on. I also notice that when the shell plate completes its index it's a little rough. I can actually see when it does an index after it completes a powder drop and heads to the seating station that powder can actually fly out of the case from the rough movement of the index. I'm not sure if I am describing it correctly. Could be that with the indexing being rough it could be causing movement of the brass in station 1 and that's why I have to re align with my finger. I will have to pay close attention and watch. Thanks

Thank you for the advise. I am sure I am using the right rotor. Machine came out of the box with everything large. I switched to the smaller rotor. I did re clean and even moved to station 4. I still have the same result. I would like to attach 2 images however the forum is saying I can only upload a max of a half a meg file. Thanks

I hope someone has an idea here and can give me some ideas as to what is going on I am trying to run my powder measure with the ptx expander die. My issue is with the drum and throw. It seems like it does not matter adjusting up or down I cannot get a proper drum alignment. Here is an example Case number 1 down stroke rotor is online and where it needs to be Case number 2 down stroke rotor goes to far back hitting the powder reservoir. I'm not understanding where the variance is. All I know is if I cant figure out this problem it's going back. Currently working with a 550 and wanted to try the competition. Thanks