Second loading bench

[NorCalFocus]

Not as in tore down the first and made another. But as in another bench and still have the first LOL. I setup my single stage in a small corner inside the house and it's been going well for the time I've been in AZ. Now though I'm setting up a progressive press out in the garage.

Got an old Hornady Projector a few years back and decided it's time to set it up. I don't have the priming parts so I'm going to prime off press. But I'm going to be setup to load 45acp and 223 on this press.

Ordered a set of Lee dies and Auto drum powder drop. Then ordered a new shell plate spring and tray arm today. I picked up a LNL shell plate last week and it does work on the old press.

I'll keep this thread updated as I move along with the process.

[Capybara]

Nice little bench.

[NorCalFocus]

Dies and powder drop showed up today. Got em setup. The Auto Drum seems like a nicely designed unit vs the old auto disk.

[NorCalFocus]

Oh BTW is a powder check die worth it? Or do most guys do just a visual check?

[rsrocket1]

I use the $10 Jansjo LED desk lamp from Ikea and shine it down the center hole of the LnL AP. My seating station is #4 directly in front of me and I also use a taper crimp die to close the flare as a separate operation on station #5. The light is very bright and I can check the powder visually in all cases except for maybe Titegroup/Bullseye in a .357 case. It's all about remembering to do the exact same thing every time before and after you pull the handle.

Another important thing is to remove all cases from the press if you ever stop during the reloading process whether it's to adjust something, fix a jam or get called away. The little extra time to start up again is well worth avoiding a double charge and kaboom.

[NorCalFocus]

Okay thanks for the tip on the light and removing the cases. That will help.

I setup this with the Lee 4 die set. Station 3 is open, station 4 is the seating die, station 5 is the factory crimp die. I was thinking the powder check doe would be nice on .223 cases where I can't see in them.