Hornady Power Measure Crunch help.

[hikari]

Good day.

I am new to reloading.
Still working the kinkings out of My LocknLoad

Any how i am having a problem with the powder measure.
It seems to get stuck crunching the powder on both the down and upstroks
and gets stuck there where i have nudge the adjuster for it to go.

Is there somthing i am doing wrong.

I tryed putting some Graphite powder though it and still doing the same thing.
I have cleaned it with degreaser twice and same thing.

I have used 2 diffrenet powder
2046 and now im using vargent since its smaller its not crunching as bad as the 2046 but still doing it.

I have had my LnL for a month now and this has gotten me stuck

Any comments and help woudl be greatly apreshiated.
Have not had time to call hornady yet.

[ar15barrels]

Move the measure faster and power through it.

[hikari]

Yha i can power though it and works fine but its a prograssive
If there is a round in the fullsize die you can't power though it.

i talked with honaday and they realy had no ?
There sending me a new spring to see if that helps

[lazuris]

Stick powder will break with a mechanical thrower. Thats why i bought a rcbs chargemaster for rifle. Dispenses the charge without the crunch. I only use ball or flake in a mechanical thrower. What rifle are you loading on the LnL? .223/308 or bigger. I recomend that you go single stage for accurate rifle versus progressive.

[hikari]

Stick powder will break with a mechanical thrower. Thats why i bought a rcbs chargemaster for rifle. Dispenses the charge without the crunch. I only use ball or flake in a mechanical thrower. What rifle are you loading on the LnL? .223/308 or bigger. I recomend that you go single stage for accurate rifle versus progressive.

Hey lazuris
Thanks for the input
I am new to this
I am starting out reloading for my sig556 .223 but will move to my others later.

I picked up some vergent powder last week seeing that its so small i thought i wouldn't have a prob. but still same thing

I understand there will be crunch on the downstrok of the handle
but it also crunchs on the upstoke and gets stuck which becomes a hassle

with no powder things run smoth
I have also tried runing powdered graphite though it
then ran a bunch of powder also still same boat

Hornady says it can be the spring but realy dont think so.
Thinking if all elase fails i put on both springs lol

Any how what ball powder would you suggest for .223

[ar15barrels]

Any how what ball powder would you suggest for .223

Depending on bullet weight:
Winchester 748
Hodgdon H335
Hodgdon BL-C2

[hikari]

Well i have Hornday 69g bullets in my closet at the moment.

[Whitesmoke]

I use the same powder measue with case actuation and it works fine....even when measuring IMR 4895 which is known to be hard to measure as it's a large cyl stick powder. It does cut a grain now and then...but it still measures well and nothing like your describing.

[hikari]

thank you for the info Whitesmoke

humm maybe they are right its just the spring.

humm did you have a hard time setting up?

it seemed very straight foward thats what got me stumped.

you know what can you give me a measurement whitesmoke


could you give me the measurement between the spring posts on the linkage
woundering if maybe yours is further away then mine.

I realy don't know hoping the new spring fix's the issue.

thanks for all the input guys.

[Whitesmoke]

I'll try and measure that for you when I get home......

Mine did take a few adjustments to get it smooth....come to think of it...it was jerky until I got it adjusted correctly. I'd bet you don't even have a spring problem....probably just needs a few adjustments.

[hikari]

could very well be.

If you can give me an idea on what you did later and that measurement it would be a huge help.

[jandmtv]

I would recommend Ramshot TAC for .223, its some good stuff for .223 and .308. Its a ball powder so it meters very well, and it costs much less than other powders.

my .223 plinking load is - 24.5gr TAC, Remington 7 1/2 primer, 55gr Hornady FMJBT @ 2.20 COAL.

[Whitesmoke]

could very well be.

If you can give me an idea on what you did later and that measurement it would be a huge help.

I measured them.....it is 1-7/8" center of post to center of post.

I adjust mine using the RCBS linkage instructions (RCBS makes the case activated linkage for Hornady) below:

http://www.rcbs.com/downloads/instructions/Case_Activated_Linkage_Kit_Instructions.pdf

I hope that helps...

Rob

[anyracoon]

I use the same linkage on my Dillon with the RCBS Powder Measure. Works great, even with Varget. Will be trying it out with 4350 for my .243.

[Gunsrruss]

Load

69gr sierras...H335 24.5gr Don't put in 25gr as it will deform the brass. for .308 use 41.5gr of BLC-2 for 168gr. There both ball powders and measure well. I prefer the Pact dispenser and scale, but then I had money when I bought it.