550 - Spent primers all over the place

[shooterclay]

Think I'll rig a hose and funnel up to it and run it into a container.

[tanks]

Sorry wrong post's reply.

Edited April 18, 2016 by tanks

[Terlingueno]

I installed the bobchute, beveled the decap pin, put a little neomydium magnet on the part of the hopper that moves, and use a safety pin in place of the cotter pin

[9x45]

card board template, will make a nice one out of sheet metal when I get down to the shop.

[GrumpyOne]

card board template, will make a nice one out of sheet metal when I get down to the shop.

That will cost you thousands in the shop to build! LOL!

[tanks]

Well, I was having the chute get stuck in open position once again. Used the paper clip substitute method, problem fixed and 300 rounds later still no issues.

[tkheard]

Just an observation:

I have a 550. It's totally stock. When doing 9mm, small primers, I get 5% that miss the cup. I was loading large primer 45ACP the other day for 300 rounds and only had 1 miss the cup. I'm wondering if the small problem is their size/mass when they get decapped?

[B_Seehawer]

I said screw it and just milled the main shaft so the primers just fall out instead of jamming up the primer slide.

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Edited May 15, 2016 by B_Seehawer

[ekraus]

Its interesting reading all these posts and this last picture may resolve my issue. First I just finally installed the case feeder and love it.So the same thing that was happening without the feeder is happening with it. It's not the chute door getting stuck open its the primer when it falls hits rite on the left edge of the chute so some of them bounce out.. Without  the case feeder the chute closed rides in 2 groves in the casting that attaches to the shell plate platform. On the case feeder system the chute (when it closes) is about 3/8" short of hitting the case feeder attachment. What Ganderman did by bending the lips of the chute out may help. I plan on modifying my chute with a partial aluminum collar extending it out 1/4". I hope the dam thing works. If i could just get the primers to drop more in the center, Or I maybe  will try some rubber gasket material on the inside of the chute.May also mess with the de-capping pin.

[ekraus]

After all these years I fixed the primers all over the floor problem. Its going to take some tweaking but its fixed.

I put a diaper on it.

[Marty123]

I used a simple "safety pin"....problem solved.

[Currently]

1.  Spread out the ‘lips’ of the ‘clamshell’ 16th of an inch out on each side 

2.  Used a safety pin and made the bends to lock it in just a little wider than the clamshell so it moves freely side by side.

3.  Went to Northern Tool and purchased neodymium magnets package of two to provide counterweight to the clamshell and installed one on each 550.

4. Work the press handle smoothly with a half to one second pause on the upstroke.  (more for the powder measure than the primers, but it helps the primers fall from the pin.)

 

So far it is working.  

[9x45]

Improved shroud from plastic paper (good use for political ads....)

 

[George16]

1 hour ago, 9x45 said:

Improved shroud from plastic paper (good use for political ads....)

 

That’s a great idea.

[9x45]

Thanks George, it does work really well. The other thing I do is put a teaspoon of mineral oil in the bucket to catch all the primer residue.  Same for my SD.