V2plus25 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) How do you get rid of 1 out of every 40 pieces of brass being stuck half way into the chute but wedged between the casefeeder plate and the shell? 2 of your favorite beverage top openers. At least for me the most common cause of a piece of brass not dropping was because another one was above it locking it in place about half way out of the casefeeder. Of course 2 separate case feed ramp blocks would have been best depending on whether you're loading rifle or pistol, but since I only had the one, wedging it out with some readily available materials seems to have solved the problem. This is the large shell plate and I'm loading .40 brass. YMMV with others Edited February 15, 2018 by V2plus25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregJ Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Nice. Is this a newer style case feeder? My 1050 from last year doesnt have that piece. I had to cut/tape a piece of plastic with a lip bent out as a flipper to do the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I have a real oldie. I wonder when/why this evolution took place. Manufacturing, I guess? This design has been fine for ~14 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V2plus25 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, GregJ said: Nice. Is this a newer style case feeder? My 1050 from last year doesnt have that piece. I had to cut/tape a piece of plastic with a lip bent out as a flipper to do the same thing. Wow I guess they decided to update their casefeeder between last year and this year. This one is about 3 months old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncie21 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) My case feeder is less than a year old and looks similar to the one in ChuckS' pictures. Mine doesn't have any issues with jamming or stuck shells. I run the small plate for both my 9mm and .40 loads also. Edited February 16, 2018 by muncie21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conditionone Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 From the pic's it looks like can you drill and tap a hole in the case feeder behind the wedge deflector piece and install a screw to move the deflector where you need it. Or use a self tapping screw. It would look cleaner and you wouldn't have to drink two cans of beer to get the tabs. Hey wait a second...drill the hole first then drink two cans of beer to celebrate a job well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmz Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Here’s a remedy that seems to work extremely well. Ever sense making this modification filing these ends down no more cases getting stuck at the top of the case feeder or dropping one in upside down. I think Dillon should possibly take a closer look at something like this, it stops more than one case getting to the top of the case feeder and getting jammed and stopping the case feeder from rotating along with occasionally dropping one in upside down, it’s been working very very well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiggerJJ Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Yep, I had to do that to my casefeed plates as well... jj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrispies Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) This discussion got me thinkIng, and so I figured I’d go all high tech with it. Paper clip. Works like a million bucks! (Well, maybe a million pennies. It could use a little more securement with maybe a little duct tape or something. Almost there, though.) Edited February 26, 2018 by jkrispies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banacek Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 13 hours ago, jkrispies said: This discussion got me thinkIng, and so I figured I’d go all high tech with it. Paper clip. Works like a million bucks! (Well, maybe a million pennies. It could use a little more securement with maybe a little duct tape or something. Almost there, though.) I like the clip idea, I will have to add it to mine, I have the old type too since its from 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimberacp Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 mine 1050 from the 1990s, has a "coil wire", similar to the mods, everyone has posted here. So, this was done before by Dillon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltdmstr Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 On 2/25/2018 at 10:08 AM, tmz said: Here’s a remedy that seems to work extremely well. Ever sense making this modification filing these ends down no more cases getting stuck at the top of the case feeder or dropping one in upside down. I think Dillon should possibly take a closer look at something like this, it stops more than one case getting to the top of the case feeder and getting jammed and stopping the case feeder from rotating along with occasionally dropping one in upside down, it’s been working very very well for me. How did you cut those down? Looks nice and uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmz Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I just used a course hand file, it cut very quickly and easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banacek Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 15 hours ago, ltdmstr said: How did you cut those down? Looks nice and uniform. On 2/25/2018 at 10:08 AM, tmz said: Here’s a remedy that seems to work extremely well. Ever sense making this modification filing these ends down no more cases getting stuck at the top of the case feeder or dropping one in upside down. I think Dillon should possibly take a closer look at something like this, it stops more than one case getting to the top of the case feeder and getting jammed and stopping the case feeder from rotating along with occasionally dropping one in upside down, it’s been working very very well for me. This is great, I am going to give this a try and find one of those paper clips as well, getting tired of stuck cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltdmstr Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 On 3/4/2018 at 6:32 PM, ltdmstr said: How did you cut those down? Looks nice and uniform. Sounds good. Guess it's probably pretty soft. Going to do mine and see if it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprig Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Thank you TMZ ! I did this to mine after fighting jams at the top and so far have not had 1 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmz Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Sprig said: Thank you TMZ ! I did this to mine after fighting jams at the top and so far have not had 1 . ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavex Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 how does filing that down help? I've been getting a rash of cases hanging up lately, no idea what has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V2plus25 Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 Too much case lube or left over corncob media in the collator? Just wiping mine down helped somewhat, but filing down those ends somewhat will help with stuck cases. Just don't file it down too much or it won't disturb the cases enough to cause them to fall into the slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JatCarver Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I’ve tried filling the plate as shown and the paperclip mod(keeps falling off) and still have this issue. Next i I will try bracing the case feeder to the wall and see if it helps. Anyone been down that path before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvincent Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I’ve tried filling the plate as shown and the paperclip mod(keeps falling off) and still have this issue. Next i I will try bracing the case feeder to the wall and see if it helps. Anyone been down that path before?Mine is attached to the wall. Completely isolated from the press. Along with the filed down humps as shown above. Still get stuck cases. None upside down though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JatCarver Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 On 10/5/2018 at 10:35 AM, cvincent said: Mine is attached to the wall. Completely isolated from the press. Along with the filed down humps as shown above. Still get stuck cases. None upside down though. Well that makes me not want to drill holes in my wall if it didn't fix the problem for you. Has anyone had any luck with other fixes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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