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Sight variation to the question: what if I get both a 9 and a 40?
Seriously though, I was looking at putting an apex daek in the 9 and putting a competition aek in a 40. Anybody have experience with both? Besides the striker spring it appears that the differences between the two kits is contained in the lower. Me thinks i could have production lower and an unlimited lower and swap the slides. Really I am thinking out loud and will need at least 3 m&ps and a 2011 to solve this problem.
On an aside any CC a 5 inch barreled gun?
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I wouldn't buy a bull pup bolt action...
I don't think it is possible to have a positive retention action with 3 rings of steel. Looks like I an stuck with the deviant for life or need to go over to savage barrels if I want a mausingfield.
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Forgive my ignorance on the topic. I really like the three rings of steel design of a standard remington 700. I believe it requires the bolt nose to be recessed in order to fit in the cutout of the barrel to get the 3rd ring.
I also like the concept of a remage where I can change out the caliber or replace a shot out barrel without a lathe. Moreover these barrels seem to be counterbored for the bolt nose to fit inside the action to support this 3 ring concept.
I have been looking at the arc mausingfield and the bighorn action for their positive retention of the round. The bolt noses on these actions do not appear to accomplish the three rings of steel concept. Am I mistaken? I don't see how the geometry works with some aftermarket actions, albeit they are well engineered with other features.
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I have always been a fan of the m&p line and would like to get into some competative shooting. I am military and tend to move around a bit and don't want to close the door on particular classes. Is it possible to get one pistol that can do major and minor without getting out of production or service pistol class? I have thought about a long slide m&p 40 core and dropping in a 9 barrel, but I think this maybe prohibited. Thanks for the pointers. I do reload, but 9mm bullets are more economical than 40s and I give up mag capacity.
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That is rediculous. I wonder what caliber changes will run you. With 10 tool slots, it would be very easy to do all trimming and loading steps.
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So I have been searching quite a bit for a used 1050... I am in no real rush at the moment. I do have a couple interesting observations:
1) You don't see a lot of Dillon sales on the classifieds section here. I have always assumed brianenos.com = Dillon. I don't know how much the website deals with non-Dillon stuff, but my assumption is that a majority of the people on this forum own a Dillon. My takeaway is that people truly value their presses.
2) Obtaining a used 1050 is nearly impossible. I wonder what the breakdown is by percent of presses ordered. I imagine there are far fewer 1050's out there. I have run across one person downsizing to a 650. Other than that it sounds like people value the capabilities of the 1050 over that of the 650/550.
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2 minutes ago, Want2BS8ed said:
Does that qualify?
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8 hours ago, Want2BS8ed said:
the RF100 is a "very, very expensive solution to a problem that shouldn't exist" rounded out with a claim they could hunt and peck with a flip tray faster.
You presume way too much when it comes to reading people's word. At no point did I ever say that hunt and peck was better and at no point did I state dillon (or Camdex) was the standard. I simply think there is a faster and safer way to do it. With your line of thinking nothing would ever get invented or improved. (And it wouldn't cost 20,000 either.
In the wise words of President Trump, I hope we can put this all behind us, but then again, you would probably see that as an order to say something stupid...again.
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6 hours ago, Want2BS8ed said:
You do like drama. Based on your other thread, when you purchase your first progressive press, maybe you will come to appreciate the time savings. Less time reloading is more time on the range.
Wait a second... you are afraid to handle a primer tube full of primers, but you are willing to decap a live primer? An upside down live primer? Please don't. As much as the video would be an epic candidate for the Darwin Awards, it's not safe.
Could you render the primer inert? Maybe. Then again maybe not. Is the time worth the savings and more importantly the risk of injury?
And as for your bullet puller, what kind? Impact or collet? What kind of bullet; lead, plated or FMJ? Crimped rounds? Tapered or rolled? You might get a FMJ bullet back out of a taper crimped round using an impact puller, but if the bullet is soft or roll crimped its likely toast.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkW2BS you are fiesty. I like you. You must have been a terrible shot. Your insecurity is quite appearant.
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4 hours ago, Want2BS8ed said:
What really drove me nuts, when you found that 1 in 1,000 it was a completed round with a flipped primer so you not only lost the primer, but the case, powder and possibly the bullet as well.
It's called a bullet puller...
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6 hours ago, Want2BS8ed said:
Take our OP. He's going to buy a $20,000 machine so he doesn't have to handle primer tubes ;-)
Reloading is about saving money so you can shoot more (and doing it safely) I am still skeptical about what the rf100 will do for what it costs. I will probably jerry rig a lee tray. RF100 is too expensive for what it claims to do. Its failure rate is statistically significant and its blue so people must flock to it.
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Btw... I am not saying that Camdex is better.
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...its safer because you aren't handling primers multiple times, particularly holding a tube with 100 primers.
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Can the mark 7 detect the flipped primer?
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I really want this without safety. Is there any competitive advantage to IDPA or 3 gun to have a manually operated safety?
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That seems way safer
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Oh... I am a firm believer in not exceeding 100 primers at a time, but I have no basis for that determination. It seems to me that the design encourages bad primer practices by stacking them on end. Anybody have nearly all 100 go off on them?
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I was thinking of the ultimate reloading setup and I can't help but wonder about a primer tube fill up device. The best inventions solve a problem that exists. It seems to me that the RF100 is a really really expensive solution to a problem that doesn't need to exist. What are your thoughts? I feel like I could load a tube faster with a lee flip tray and a plastic adaptor. The best device would be automatic and would not require handling tubes.
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10 minutes ago, Want2BS8ed said:
FWIW and to follow-on Alan's post; Lyman, RCBS, Hornady and Redding all have locking die rings that will make using the same head easier (you had mentioned you might be doing this).
Dillon and Lee lack the feature. I have no personal experience with CH4D or Forster dies although I think the Forster have locking rings as well.
Dillon does make very good dies though with some features unique to progressive loaders including wide entry mouths and rapid takedown on seating and crimping dies.
You are likely to get even more opinions on die preferences than press preferences and every die maker has something going for them. Most of my heads are a mix of different manufacturers, but for the time being I would recommend you stick with Dillon dies until there is a specific reason you would want to use someone else's.
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Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI have lee dies...
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How are lee dies in a 1050? Or do I have to buy the dillon dies?
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So I have thought quite a bit about the niche of the 1050 being that it is made for "commercial purposes." When dealing with economies of scale, I think the professional commercial loader ends up going with a Camdex operation. I see the 1050's best commercial purpose is for ranges to feed their rental guns in common calibers.
I don't NEED a 1050. I would simply buy one for the mechanical marvel that it is and that i like machines. I feel like it is still a compromise. I like the primer seating on the downstroke and the swaging is really useful for military brass. I just don't see it as being the ultimate.
I would like to hone in on some other minor differences between the 650 and 1050:
1) how is COAL consistency and runout between the two?
2) How long to change out just the shell plate? I am looking at using loctite on the die nuts and just swapping out the dies.
3) Are there any parts besides the dies that I could reuse going from a 650 to a 1050 like the powder measure to offset the price of the upgrade?
4) Not entirely related, but can I use a dillon case trimmer on short cartridges like 9mm to ensure quality control? I definitely have had some outliers in pistol brass.
5) Does the no bs warranty still cover the 450 and other presses not currently being manufactured by dillon? I think the 450 would be an amazing press for bolt action low volume shooting and load development.
I think the 650 makes the most sense for me at this time. Plenty of stations, I can build up my machine to know what I like, it can come with a brass feeder, and I can sell it at 80% of its value.
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Are there differences between 1050s?
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Is it worth going used on a 1050?
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3 hours ago, ultimase said:
It's involved. You have to take the press down quite a bit to swap the primer system. But realistically swapping conversion plates is only a few more steps less. Though the primer system does take a bit of adjusting to get perfect.
The 1050 isn't as simple or cheap to swap calibers, but it gains volume over other presses. And priming on the downstroke.
Priming and swaging are big for me.
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Can a ported gun be converted to production by a non ported barrel swap?