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You don't have a stuck case puller? Might want to buy or make one.That to me would be embarrasing and would have to wait a month or two to get it back from Hornady....
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You don't have a stuck case puller? Might want to buy or make one.That to me would be embarrasing and would have to wait a month or two to get it back from Hornady....
You don't have a stuck case puller? Might want to buy or make one.
You may have a stuck case puller and not realize it. A #7 drill bit (13/64" will work), 1/4"-20 tap, 1/4"-20 X 1" bolt, 1/4" fender washer and a stack of washers with a hole big enough to fit over the case head and you have a puller. Drill through the primer hole and tap it, stack the large-hole washers around the case until it is recessed in the stack about 1/4"-3/8", put the fender washer on top and screw the bolt into the case. Tighten it up until it pulls the case out. The only difference between this and a commercial puller is that the commercial puller comes with a fancy cup instead of the stack of washers.
This.
Works like a charm. I have the commercial puller now, but for years I used a couple of washers and a electrical EMT coupling... worked great, but I was always losing or using the parts on something else so I finally just bought the commercial kit and keep it in my reloading bench.
A friend of mine that has been reloading almost as long as I have said something one time which I think rings true.... "if you are going to reload, you are eventually going to have a stuck case" I think it just happens... you don't try to make it happen of course, but if you crank rounds through a press, it eventually happens to everyone.
This.
Works like a charm. I have the commercial puller now, but for years I used a couple of washers and a electrical EMT coupling... worked great, but I was always losing or using the parts on something else so I finally just bought the commercial kit and keep it in my reloading bench.
A friend of mine that has been reloading almost as long as I have said something one time which I think rings true.... "if you are going to reload, you are eventually going to have a stuck case" I think it just happens... you don't try to make it happen of course, but if you crank rounds through a press, it eventually happens to everyone.
Not yet..... I'm still a n00b......
One thing I do know about being at the bench behind a press is getting comfortable. I do know that I am going to have a 8 inch Riser Mount made to mount my press higher. because just bending over that last two or three inches for the down stroke hurts my back... I'm thinking of hydraulics here.... lol not really but yeah if I continue aggravating my lower back anymore I'm gonna have to take up sofa sitting as my new hobby...
Check out the ultra mounts and other accessories at Inline Fabrication. The mounts are rock solid and they seem to have one for every press out there - I wish I knew about them before I bought the factory mount for my Dillon. They even have one that allows you to swap presses. I have been using their LED lighting system and it really helps with visibility:
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A brand new tube of Lee case lube.What are you using for lube? You need a special lube specifically for resizing brass. WD-40 and the like don't work for this purpose.
My first location for my single stage press I thought would be adequate but flexed, and to add insult to injury lifted off the floor on the up stroke! I held back on a smooth or forceful stroke in fear I would damage portable bench and was disappointed in the amount of force it appeared to take to do radical resizing.
I then mounted it to my shop work bench built excessively heavy and stout for hand planeing and chiseling wood.
Like night and day. The perceived energy was half of my first attempt and made smooth rhythmic strokes possible. (here comes the jokes now)
All else being correct, I would look to your mounting as it must be rock solid if you intent to move much brass.
Since my shop was not my intended reload space, and using a piece of reclaimed cabin stair step I was able to dedicate a stead fast (bolted to the wall and floor) bench just large enough (24" long) for the press bullets and staging boxes and have had no problem since.
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I too have back surgeries and residual problems plus one fused neck vertebrae so do better pulling the handle rather than pushing it down. To that end, I made the bench top 42" high and use an office type wheeled chair that has a lever to adjust height which is very handy as I like it higher when depriming.
Plus, some of my calibers have a brass and bullet length that is longer than the press throat so I find it helpful to be able to view the bottom of the die when feeding it bullets.
CavemanI'll definitely be getting a different type of stool that has a short backrest & adjustable height in the near future. My bench is 36" high to match my tables away (it's the out feed table) & very sturdy. I set up on this temporarily till this summer when I build an enclosure just for reloading.
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Is that a "straight pull" press with no compound toggle linkage ?
If so, then you are going to get more resistance with that type of press, especially when doing larger cases.
A friend of mine has an old RCBS "Junior" that is built that way.
It's not great for large cases.