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Nice I never even unwrapped the handle after coming from the dillon 1050 i was to excited to experience the autodrive. Sensors for me are a must as I do brief recon missions at my job (Tesla) to help design/develop manufacturing/prototype test equipment some equipment is responsible creating millions of parts each week. sensors and vision systems are a must imo. The only I would do differently would be to go to the direct drive unit (revolution) as i feel it would be even more precise. If anyone is interested in the unit I may pop for the REVO

I adjusted the spring flipper and still in the case you are using the shell shocks cases they still tend to flip with the mouth facing down : ( I like the idea of your funnel extender I think I am going to have a 3d part designed to improve this here is a quick video of my experience

Can anyone tell me the purpose of the 3D printed part and that sprung clamp for the cases feeder? I’m not sure it’s function is other then create clogs and jams I’m guessing I have is setup wrong. I’m guessing they are still working on the instructions manual I was attempting to load some shell shock cases with 50 percent of the cases coming down the feeder upside down I removed the 3D printed part when loading brass as it was constantly jamming and flipping off the case feeder. I tossed it back in for the shell shocks with the same results. I’m on My last bag of those cases. I now pick them up with a magnet and throw them straight in the trash. I would avoid using these cases with these dies after about 2 hours of loading I managed to load 150 rounds and it appear it chewed through a new Lyman pro series die

A Quick look at the Lyman pro series die set https://youtu.be/0u5-Pcxpe98

So far so good I am coming from a manual 1050 with Dillion dies so having the adjustability is amazing for me. I love having the micrometer's on the dies the machined texture provides excellent grip for adjustments plenty of space for a proper snap on box end wrench for tightening the lock rings setup instructions for the dies were clear with good detail for there adjustment settings they look even more impressive then the press itself

those would be the typo version of the dies lol thanks. They are pro series dies

Quick Update Last Friday I order a Mark7 Evolution from Shooters Connection, 5 days later it arrived in the west coast total setup time was about 3 hours. other then a molex cable that was pinned incorrectly on the primer sense the machine has been running flawlessly. Here is a quick video of it running around 800 rounds per hour. Mark 7 evo + auto drive powder sense swage sense primer orientation sense Lyman pro series dies Please Like and Subscribe lots more product content on the way

Good to know pretty much everyone that I have spoke with over the weekend had major concerns with the powder system on this press. I’m starting to consider holding onto the 1050. What setup are you running. ?

Quote came back with the whole Shabang for 6900. I guess sell my 1050 and the puts me right in the 5500 range anything I should add or remove I was going to skip all the additional accessories would you swap out the powder measure ? For the digital?

Hello all, I was looking into ordering an Evo Pro ASAP. This will be used to load 9mm. Ideally id like to be in around 5500$ to start. And would prefer not to have to buy anything twice so willing to sacrifice speed FOR consistency and safety to start. On the other hand I’d also like the press to be adjustable with regards to the dies. And any options that will speed up the initial bring up. Thank you, looking forward to any input or recommendations

What did you come up with. I’m also ordering a evo pro today

This is at 139 PF I’d like to drop down to 132-135 PF .2 grains reduction of powder sounds safe to get into that range ? Also so how much neck tension should I have? If I push a loaded case into my loading bench I definitely can get the OAL to change with firm thumb pressure if I crimp more the die sticks and separates the case. Trying to find a happy medium

I was able to work up 100 Rounds finally N320 4.5 grains 1.1350 oal without any case separation 115 grain Montana Gold JHP 1213 FPS 5 shot Avg. Out of a 10.5 inch bsf carbon barrel.

Yeah Before they shipped I tried to cancel but customer service never responded . So I figure will continue working through the problems. So far I’m about 5 hours in and have about 50 in the hundo and a hundo in the trash and the 50 in the Hundo are above Saami spec so they are about to join the trash pile also. End of night update I still haven’t gotten anything that I feel comfortable shooting the issue I’m having is the crimping die grabs the cases causing it to separate and unfortunately the only way to solve this is by opening up the crimp and at .3800 the bullet pushes in back the case to easily in fact even with the case at .376-378 I slips with the Montana gold bullets.

Thanks definitely a good bit of Tech in that article. I am experiencing most of the same issues in the article like the shell and Case head pulling apart from each other. When you look at them in a hundo case gauge there about as flat as a hand cut wooden bridge however they do slide in nicely. I played with the de capping die again... I’m leaning more towards this being nice to pick up with a magnet to put in a recycling bucket and just buy new bulk cases each time.. Factory Case Length .7500 Case Length After Pressing Sammi Max is .754 .7580-.7635 That quite a bit of stretch problem is it appears to be doing it on the crimping die. I am super excited to shoot it I will run some through the chrono tomorrow.