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I've done 150 rds tonight and going to start 100 more. Hornady LnL AP.
It's faster (*) but wow, the amount of concentration it takes is a lot more intense than single stage. This makes me believe starting with a single stage really is good advice, though I know many have started with progressives. I do have the RCBS lockout die setup and working but still, I'm used to loading powder into 200 to 500 cases then looking into each with a flashlight to see each one and so I'm getting some anxiety about squibs, though I do watch the stem of the lockout die move every time and so far, it has (nor has it locked me out). Maybe I need to get a pedestal or something because in my current position, I can't see into the case.
In my first set of 50 I missed a primer and since I'm using cast bullets coated with Alox, that was sort of a mess when it fell into the bin. Also missed placing a bullet a couple times but figured that out before dumping powder (I'm seating and crimping separately already deprimed and sized cases so I have the expander in position 1 -- this gives me two chances to see I forgot a bullet). Anyway, by the time I go to bed I'll be chanting in my sleep: "powder [watch the lockout die stem move correct ammount], prime, brass, bullet -- powder, prime, brass, bullet -- powder ..."
(*) I wasn't so concerned about speed -- just wanted to reduce the number of strokes because of elbow and shoulder issues.
It's faster (*) but wow, the amount of concentration it takes is a lot more intense than single stage. This makes me believe starting with a single stage really is good advice, though I know many have started with progressives. I do have the RCBS lockout die setup and working but still, I'm used to loading powder into 200 to 500 cases then looking into each with a flashlight to see each one and so I'm getting some anxiety about squibs, though I do watch the stem of the lockout die move every time and so far, it has (nor has it locked me out). Maybe I need to get a pedestal or something because in my current position, I can't see into the case.
In my first set of 50 I missed a primer and since I'm using cast bullets coated with Alox, that was sort of a mess when it fell into the bin. Also missed placing a bullet a couple times but figured that out before dumping powder (I'm seating and crimping separately already deprimed and sized cases so I have the expander in position 1 -- this gives me two chances to see I forgot a bullet). Anyway, by the time I go to bed I'll be chanting in my sleep: "powder [watch the lockout die stem move correct ammount], prime, brass, bullet -- powder, prime, brass, bullet -- powder ..."
(*) I wasn't so concerned about speed -- just wanted to reduce the number of strokes because of elbow and shoulder issues.