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Fairly new reloader using a LNL progressive and 9mm Hornady dies. Mixed headstamp factory loads and some freedom munitions reloads.
My issue is that during decapping, occasionally, a primer will jam the shell plate keeping the plate from rotating.
For now, the set-up is only the decapping die in place. I like to wet tumble after decapping, so I'm just decapping and sizing in this operation.
The die set-up instructions tell you to run the die down until it hits the shell plate at top of stroke. The decapping pin 3/16 below the die body. No real problem understanding that.
FWIW, reloaded rounds seem sized corectly and cycle fine in my pistol, so I'm not worried about the sizing aspect ofthe die. Seems fine.
I had some early-on issue with primers not fully pushing out, so I continued to screw down the decapping rod. I'd occasionally check that the primer was not completely pushed out which means you have to pull the shell plate and take a look. Haven't done that in a while though.
As of late, I had the pin so low that if I'm decapping and the occasional Ammoland case cycles into the press, it will lock up as the ammoland cases have thicker bottoms. I still occasionally get the press to lock up on rotating the shell plate.
The shell plate, of course, won't rotate much in this state and the fix is to rotate the plate back to center under the die. Sometimes the primer will fall down the drop tube on its own, sometimes you have to start the ram back up and it falls out and sometimes you have to go back to full stroke before the primer drops.
So, now I'm thinking that the primer is really coming out of the case and somehow, is just hanging up in the shell plate and/or drop tube. For the past couple of hunderd cases, I have been backing out the pin to a more normal extension and the press seems to be behaving better. Now I'm mostly out of brass, so I can't do much more investigation, so I'm asking for any others experience. Perhaps this is something someone else had experienced as well.
Otherwise, I have the other dies set-up and am making fairly consistent loads and I'm completely happy with the end result.
Thoughts?
My issue is that during decapping, occasionally, a primer will jam the shell plate keeping the plate from rotating.
For now, the set-up is only the decapping die in place. I like to wet tumble after decapping, so I'm just decapping and sizing in this operation.
The die set-up instructions tell you to run the die down until it hits the shell plate at top of stroke. The decapping pin 3/16 below the die body. No real problem understanding that.
FWIW, reloaded rounds seem sized corectly and cycle fine in my pistol, so I'm not worried about the sizing aspect ofthe die. Seems fine.
I had some early-on issue with primers not fully pushing out, so I continued to screw down the decapping rod. I'd occasionally check that the primer was not completely pushed out which means you have to pull the shell plate and take a look. Haven't done that in a while though.
As of late, I had the pin so low that if I'm decapping and the occasional Ammoland case cycles into the press, it will lock up as the ammoland cases have thicker bottoms. I still occasionally get the press to lock up on rotating the shell plate.
The shell plate, of course, won't rotate much in this state and the fix is to rotate the plate back to center under the die. Sometimes the primer will fall down the drop tube on its own, sometimes you have to start the ram back up and it falls out and sometimes you have to go back to full stroke before the primer drops.
So, now I'm thinking that the primer is really coming out of the case and somehow, is just hanging up in the shell plate and/or drop tube. For the past couple of hunderd cases, I have been backing out the pin to a more normal extension and the press seems to be behaving better. Now I'm mostly out of brass, so I can't do much more investigation, so I'm asking for any others experience. Perhaps this is something someone else had experienced as well.
Otherwise, I have the other dies set-up and am making fairly consistent loads and I'm completely happy with the end result.
Thoughts?
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