André Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 As compared to other calibers I'm loading, some .45 ACP cases (greatest offenders being S&B cases) seem to stick to the powder funnel/expander. Case mouth flaring is OK and I've mirror polished the outside of the funnel body. It helped but they're still a noticeable friction retention when lowering the ram. Any similar experience and solution ? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolex Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Andre- use lube- and if you can get ride of the S&B brass.And is it brass or steel case, that looks like brass? I just don't like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaGunner Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Are you using a u-die? That's probably the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezco Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I have the same issue on my 650 and use lube. When I load .45's I hit the funnel mouth with a graphite encased media I purchased from Sinclair. This helps greatly, but needs to be applied every couple hundreds rounds and I need to clean the resulting graphite/lube mess off the funnel every 1,000 rounds, but it works like a charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIV7703 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 (edited) As compared to other calibers I'm loading, some .45 ACP cases (greatest offenders being S&B cases) seem to stick to the powder funnel/expander. Case mouth flaring is OK and I've mirror polished the outside of the funnel body. It helped but they're still a noticeable friction retention when lowering the ram. Any similar experience and solution ? Thanks in advance. I was having the same problem with my Dillon .45ACP expander. Don't remember where I saw the article that the .45ACP expander were a bit oversized. I sent mine to a company ( can't find the link ) they cut down and polished it for free. Problem is gone. Found it:http://www.starlinebrass.com/faqs.php Edited March 3, 2010 by DIV7703 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc1974 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 it is adjustable just back it out a might. I have never had this problem, and I reload a lot of S&B brass on my SDB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIV7703 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 As compared to other calibers I'm loading, some .45 ACP cases (greatest offenders being S&B cases) seem to stick to the powder funnel/expander. Case mouth flaring is OK and I've mirror polished the outside of the funnel body. It helped but they're still a noticeable friction retention when lowering the ram. Any similar experience and solution ? Thanks in advance. Look here:http://www.starlinebrass.com/faqs.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anm2_man Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 As compared to other calibers I'm loading, some .45 ACP cases (greatest offenders being S&B cases) seem to stick to the powder funnel/expander. Case mouth flaring is OK and I've mirror polished the outside of the funnel body. It helped but they're still a noticeable friction retention when lowering the ram. Any similar experience and solution ? Thanks in advance. Look here:http://www.starlinebrass.com/faqs.php So Starline is going to modify the Dillon Powder funnel ? This sounds like a Dillon problem not a Starline brass problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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