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  1. Thank you ltdmstr! Some hands-on and eyeballs on "data" that mates solidly with what I'm seeing in videos and pictures at least. I appreciate you sharing your observations.
  2. Thanks TMZ! And the Dillon guy in this video elaborates some on the handle stroke as well. More food for thought.
  3. You guys have sharp eyes. I compared the still shot in the video @ 11:20 to my Super 1050's trying to mimic the same distance and angle, and the handle AT REST in the upper limit of the stroke is MUCH farther away from the operator. Now, I don't claim to know any details about the new RL1100 beyond the advertised enhancements, but IF the handle position is close to same as the S-1050 at max stroke down, or toward operator, then there is significant difference in the overall travel radius. This would probably be a non-issue for anyone that plans to automate, but I run three 1050's manually for personal use with no plans at present to automate. All that being said, I've been seriously considering selling my 1050's and taking the hit for the RL1100 replacements, but, this handle stroke is something that I think I better learn a lot more details about before I sell my machines. Folks are just now starting to get their hands on a few, so we should all start hearing more details from the field pretty soon. Standing by with popcorn....
  4. Frank34, Per notes that I have from previous conversation with a Dillon long time employee: "**Clean and polish the primer slide track with a flat blade screwdriver using a patch of Scotch-Brite pad. (not sure about lubrication, but I think it gets something?) **Clean the “tube” (part #12995 – more specifically) and the hole that it slides up and down in of the primer rocker closest to the operator end of that part. It tends to get debris in it over time, and can cause it to stick in the down position and not allow the primer slide to retract!! If this happens, after the down-stroke is made and you start lifting the handle to complete the upstroke it locks up the primer slide and the whole press suddenly stops, then you are down until you disassemble and clean the primer system assembly ---- or worse yet, something bends or breaks! **If the primer magazine plastic tip starts requiring frequent changing, it may be that the primer slide is no longer stopping just past center of the primer drop to the rear, but is in fact going too far rearward past center and may require a shim about the thickness of a business card (described as the addition of a washer between the “lower plate screw” #13995 and the “primer slide stop” #13108 to get it to stop at the perfect position) The description of where the slide should normally stop is just slightly REAR of center in rearmost position, not centered and not too far back." I think that if I were you, I would look hard at the last paragraph. Hopefully this will help you too. Alignment of that slide is critical, per the guy at Dillon that I spoke with. The hole in the slide must go just past center to make the primer sort of "rock" into place as it drops, but it cannot go too far back either. I can't forget the guys' name that gave me that tip, but he had been there at Dillon for decades and knows his stuff! Let me know how it goes. I hope these notes make sense to you............ John
  5. I realize this is now an older thread, but no responses after Dillon's instruction leads me to believe that the issues that GunslingerDK was having must have been resolved. Nice that Dillon posts detailed instructions here on this forum to assist their customers, as well as others that search through here for answers. Nice work, Dillon and a big thumb up! Keep up the good work guys.
  6. Thanks Hi-Power and tattooo! HP, I shoot a variety but spend more time on pistol than anything else. That's because I'm no good at it, LMAO, and I'm trying to sling enough lead downrange in my spare time to get better than I used to be. Guess what? It IS working! Slowly but surely. Way slower than I would like, but over the past couple years I'm drastically improved ---- compared to terrible. HA!! Anyway, I spend as much of my off work time at the reloading bench and the range as possible, but I work way too many hours for an "not so young" guy. I don't compete at this time, but I keep saying I'm going to start going to some of my club's IDPA and/or 3-gun matches and get that ball rolling. Been reloading since 1974, and I still have that first machine and it still works just fine, a Mec 650 JR. Now I have enough machines and variety of tools to dang near load commercially if I ever get crazy enough to think I want to do that, LOL. Sometimes I think I enjoy reloading as much or more than the shooting. It is therapeutic after a long day in the chaotic life of corporate America......
  7. I have been utilizing this forum as a resource for many things, primarily Dillon related for quite some time. There are a LOT (cannot stress this fact enough) of nice, helpful folks on here and it's high time I signed up so I can converse with you guys.
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