Bearsdoc

Welcome! i am relatively new to this forum as well. From my recent experience, there are many present who have good advice without being too technical or trying to impress others. I found it to be helpful as I feel you will too sir. -Doc

It was the tip indeed. I had over tightened the knob at the top of the primer magazine and crushed the tip. I had a replacement tip in my kit and made the change. All is working properly and the press is back in action. I loaded a group of 1000 and feel pretty good about the press and process. Thanks for your input! -Bearsdoc

You are correct on the dirty press issues which closely follows powder spills. I have experienced that early on when a primer did not seat. I have all the issues corrected now and it is loading fine. As a precaution, I took the press apart and gave it a good cleaning (though there was very little residue visible). The primer problem was me. Operator error for over tightening the knob at the top of the primer magazine. It literally crushed the tip, which resulted in holding the primers in place, but not depositing them as the machine advanced. Thanks for your suggestions and help! -Bearsdoc

Understood, and you are correct about the powder leakage. I spoke with Dillon yesterday and the rep said leakage while loading 223's is a common issue and considered normal. Is this correct?

Yep. It might be the plastic tip on the primer tube.............but if it is, I would have expected it to last longer than 900 or so rounds.

After loading around 900+ rounds of 223 with the 1050 and dealing with powder leaking (CFE 223) at the dispenser station, I encountered a primer issue. The automatic primer feature just quit! No real reason or problem prior to this issue........it just stopped feeding. The press is only a couple of weeks old, so I would not think a part is worn that quickly. Any suggestions or like problems encountered? -Bearsdoc