My 1050 is crushing brass

[Brassaholic13]

Shoot me a photo or post one here. I'd like to see how yours compares to mine.

BTW, I bought one of his swagers to try. I think it had a valve spring out of a Big Block Chrysler on it. Sold it at a loss before it broke something since I have an auto-drive on my 650 as well.

[bradsteimel]

Since your 1050 is probably out of warrantee and you will have to buy a new shell plate, why not consider one of these with a lifetime guarantee?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321482912381?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I too am having problems with the brass getting crushed in station 2 (decapping station) because the brass isn't inserted into the shell plate correctly... and when the Mark 7 lowers the toolhead to deprime the cartridge, the cartridge is at a 30 degree angle and gets crushed along with bending the decapping pin to a 90 degree

In an attempt to fix the problem, i purchased the FFB shellplate (http://fastandfriendlybrass.com/shop/category.aspx/shell-plates/17/). Super impressed with the quality of this shellplate!

Now, i'm going to try the tips from DougC's posts above.