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  1. Generally Rollsizer doesnt do much discounting as we put most of the money into veterans and police charities. We donated $25k worth of gear in the last 2 years of which 100% went to charities.
  2. Value is dependant upon volume and time spent checking. if you use a good quality / tight gauge and check every round and have a practice bucket, then you may not need it. but its your time. the difference in cadence and smoothness in cycling is not to be underestimated though.
  3. M6 bolts. try and use the Capscrew units as they are MUCH harder than than standard bolts.
  4. 99% of the decapper issues are resolved by a few things 1. Download the updated manual from th rollsizer.com website 2. Shorten the linkage between the Decapper and the case pusher per the above picture 3. if processing rifle pegs the newer peg design (think of it as a Clothes peg) these stabilise the rifle cases (223 especially) 4. if you have range pickup with tight or corroded primer pockets, get the upgraded wearplate (available online) these have been standard fitment for the last 9 months or so but earlier machines may not have them. The updated manual shows you how to machine this slot yourself if you have the gear. Too easy
  5. 99.9% of USA orders will ship directly from Houston TX, Rollsizer.com will be moving to a new website (more powerful e-commerce platform) in the next week so any existing customers will need to re-establish their passwords.
  6. They are not cheap machines. You get what you pay for. I know one commercial guy who has over 500,000 cases through his machine. His pins last about 15k- 20k. Initially he got a lot of corroded range find which reduced his average to about 6k per pin.
  7. Its actually set up offset for a very good reason. It allows changes to calibres from 9mm to 308 without needing to change the feeder hose.
  8. The problem with u/s dies is they still cannot size the bulged section of the cases. Rollsizing will remove the bulge AND allow the torque setting to be reduced to around 40-50%.
  9. No, The rollsizer requires friction, kube wiull not improve the rolling but it will allow the metal to scour / wear. The manuals are very clear on this. Do not lubricate your cases. Rollsizer.com
  10. Working on this now and this takes time. parts are being organized now and should ship monday. If you want to use different names online vs emails dont expect a response with details. Kevin
  11. From Kevin Whitehead, Rollsizer.com. We have been slow to respond to a number of emails due to international border travel restrictions (returning back to Australia after shot show).........yeah free country. I have already contacted (or attempted to contact) a number of you directly where we have been given contact details. The manual and DC rollsizers work differently to the commercial machine and will always cause a slight dimple / depression in the case. The dimple in the case is a function of the sizing and getting the case concentric to the rim. This is explained in the operation and maintenance manual. That said, the problems raised above are not normal and are forcing the cases to be sized smaller than would normally be done and this is leading to problems in the base / discs. The issues are not related to the steel or hardness, the problem is related / caused by a gearbox manufacture QA control issue on a batch of gearboxes and this took a while for us to identify as it a very complex issue (and the travelling restrictions don't help either). The mounting ring on the gearbox appears to be offset to the shaft and this is / was unusual and took us a while to identify. We need to replace the machined base and this will remove the wear marks in the discs and base. To do this we will need the rollsizer sent to our tech guy in the USA (or Australia) so we can arrange for this to get this done. Please contact us directly at info@rollsizer.com with the following details. 1. Date of purchase, 2. Who you purchased this from, 3. List of calibre conversions, 4. Full contact name, address and phone number, 5 Photographs of the base and disc wear. With this we can / will contact you to work out a plan to fix these. Yours sincerely Kevin Whitehead Rollsizer.com
  12. Normal reloading does trend to progressively shorten the cases. with rollsizing reduces the rate in which the cases shorten. I reloaded cases 40+ times before retiring and the statistical rate of shortening was very, very low. (yes i own rollsizer.com).
  13. Can I ask what was the total package price?
  14. Ask the manufacturer...the bolts are metric. The bolts are a GR-12.9 M6x16mm LG capscrew. Do NOT use a 20mm long screw. The hex bits are a #5 x 1/4" hex bit CroMo Any decent bolt or hardware supplier should have them. Regards Kevin
  15. The hex bit / bolts only really strip if the drill is not held level and snuggly into the bolt socket head. They are designed to break if you have a jam. Regards Kevin Whitehead
  16. The brushes are fairly easy to replace. Unscrew / Remove the cap covering the brushes and replace, pretty much it.
  17. NoWe haven't found the motor life limit your and the brush life is a round 1,000hrs. That's 1,200,000 cases before the replacement brushes are required....... No the gearboxes cannot be changed from manual to D.C. different internals in the gearbox.
  18. They have the same rolling system. The calibre conversions are interchangeable.
  19. It will be a wire lever that will take a lot more jams before bending.
  20. We will have revised wire levers for the commercial rollsizer available shortly.
  21. Nickel plated cases can be rollsized , they are slightly harder and more brittle than standard brass. Rollsizing (by any method/make) would help, probably reduce the surface wear on the nickel with repeated loading and less cracks.
  22. The tube and adaptor fitting (for a Dillon Casefeeder) is standard supply with all the rollsizers. The hose is standard PVC tube and is supplied overlength of customers, the aluminium adaptor is a push on fitting fitting that allows the tube to be cut to suit each customers requirements. too easy
  23. Ok. Rollsizing has the following advantages over push through systems. 1. Quicker, much quicker up to 6,100 cases per hour, try that with your arm. 2. Rolled Brass is sized to a factory dimension which is smaller than the rim in most calibres. 3. The bulge that leads to a mechanical crease is removed / rolled out evenly, there is no mechanical crease from roll sizing. Push throughs do this do a lesser degree but are limited due to the size. My cases bulge and have been reloaded 30-40 times, never had a case separated. 3. Brass gauging pass rate is much better than push through dies. 4. The case body is rolled concentric to the rim and does not mark or damage the rim. An eccentric bulged case will get rim damage when used in a push through and the case body will not be concentric. This can lead to "rim lockup" that most people attribute to "rim bulge". Guns made to CIP standards (European made guns) have tighter breechface dimensions. 5. Rollsizing can accommodate most competition brass including rimmed cases 38super and 38spl and bring them back to the same size. 6. Yes it is more expensive than a $40 die. So is your $5,000 custom gun. So is the match fees, travel costs, TIME COST, oh, let's not forget the cost of just 1 jam in a match.
  24. Part of the problem with push through is the rim is larger than the ideal mid range case dimension (factory) size you want, add the fact that the case "Springs" a little when it is rolled, the push through will always be limited how far it can be squeezed. That said a lot of people do ok with them, they are very cheap but you still get % failures. It come down to cost and how much time do you have spare.
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