What did you reload today?

[Gomer]

Well the SIL and his friend finally made it to "the room" to load up some 9 mm.
Their first task was to deprime and prime 1000 cases which I donated to the cause, it was done in a production line fashion.
It didn't take long after we got the auto disc powder dispenser to throw an accurate charge of 3.8g of TiteGROUP.

The Loadmaster has a quirky mechanism that slowed production a few times but they were able to load 996 rounds in about 3 hours...

I'm impressed with the rate of production but that rotation quirk bothers me to no end, I'll have to check that out to find a solution.
Anyone have a Loadmaster?

I have a Loadmaster. It's a little quirky but usually get it to run fairly well. I've probably run about 20k pieces of brass through it, mainly 9mm and 38 special. What is the rotation quirk youre having?

 

[oremike]

I made half a 50 cal ammo can of 55gr SP .223 ammo.

 

[Holepuncher]

I made half a 50 cal ammo can of 55gr SP .223 ammo.

You did great my friend! Ship asap! Here's my address.....1234 Colt ave.

 

[oremike]

You did great my friend! Ship asap! Here's my address.....1234 Colt ave.

Sorry, this is CZ ammo so won't work in a Colt, It's too accurate no can spray-n-pray.

Plus judging from the Internet prices it's worth about a gazillon dollars, got a gazillion?

 

[BigDog67]

Sorry, this is CZ ammo so won't work in a Colt, It's too accurate no can spray-n-pray.

Plus judging from the Internet prices it's worth about a gazillon dollars, got a gazillion?

Damn, I only have a Brazilian.

 

[Caveman Jim]

I have a Loadmaster. It's a little quirky but usually get it to run fairly well. I've probably run about 20k pieces of brass through it, mainly 9mm and 38 special. What is the rotation quirk youre having?

We ran almost 1000 9mm through it and three or four times the rod for the shellplate advance would not come out far enough to rotate the shellplate. That was just a minor inconvenience for the 9 mm loading.
When I changed it over to 40 Smith & Wesson that's when the trouble with the advance rod started, a lot. I t would not come but 1/2 way and would not advance the shellplate. I would reposition it and it would work for 2 maybe 3 times then not come out again...
Something ain't right....

 

[Gomer]

We ran almost 1000 9mm through it and three or four times the rod for the shell plate advance would not come out far enough to rotate the shell plate. That was just a minor inconvenience for the 9 mm loading.
When I changed it over to 40 Smith & Wesson that's when the trouble with the advance rod started, a lot. I t would not come but 1/2 way and would not advance the shell plate. I would reposition it and it would work for 2 maybe 3 times then not come out again...
Something ain't right....

My luck with the Loadmaster has been pretty similar to yours with the 9mm, but gads, nothing like you're experiencing with the 40. It's been a few years but as I recall, I went through all of my shell plates and ran a very fine file over the mating surfaces on the underside that mesh with the press and the advancement arm, followed by ceramic stones to smooth things up underneath. Essentially what I was trying to speed up the the break-in.This did smooth things out significantly when it comes to that arm that advances the plate. Presumably you've noticed that the arm that advances the shell plate pretty much just floats in there and relies on friction as it rubs against other parts of the press to do it's job. I believe my problem was chasing was the added/unwanted friction between the arm and the shell plate in certain portions of its operation. Since doing that to my 38 and 9mm shell plates, it's been running about like you experience when loading your 9mm, although quite a bit smoother than before. A month ago I loaded about 3k 9mm and out of that I would venture to guess it hung up on me about a dozen times, and I had about a dozen primers that flipped or turned sideways. For it's price point I've been reasonably content.

 

[Caveman Jim]

My luck with the Loadmaster has been pretty similar to yours with the 9mm, but gads, nothing like you're experiencing with the 40. It's been a few years but as I recall, I went through all of my shell plates and ran a very fine file over the mating surfaces on the underside that mesh with the press and the advancement arm, followed by ceramic stones to smooth things up underneath. Essentially what I was trying to speed up the the break-in.This did smooth things out significantly when it comes to that arm that advances the plate. Presumably you've noticed that the arm that advances the shell plate pretty much just floats in there and relies on friction as it rubs against other parts of the press to do it's job. I believe my problem was chasing was the added/unwanted friction between the arm and the shell plate in certain portions of its operation. Since doing that to my 38 and 9mm shell plates, it's been running about like you experience when loading your 9mm, although quite a bit smoother than before. A month ago I loaded about 3k 9mm and out of that I would venture to guess it hung up on me about a dozen times, and I had about a dozen primers that flipped or turned sideways. For it's price point I've been reasonably content.

Well I guess I got what I paid for. Thanks for the heads up on a possible fix.

 

[Member 5605]

pumped out 200 147gr 9mm subs for the subgun.


The 750 makes short work of them.
Running my powder check and full on progressive mode minus bullet feeder.

 

[Caveman Jim]

pumped out 200 147gr 9mm subs for the subgun.

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The 750 makes short work of them.
Running my powder check and full on progressive mode minus bullet feeder.

Now you can see why I didn't buy Dillon? Inside of a week or two I would be out of components and be sitting on my freaking thumb for however long it would take me to find more. Thanks but no thanks Dillon...

 

[Member 5605]

Now you can see why I didn't buy Dillon? Inside of a week or two I would be out of components and be sitting on my freaking thumb for however long it would take me to find more. Thanks but no thanks Dillon...

Benefit is now I can load faster than I can shoot them.
I won't mind running all of my components and have everything loaded up..... but I wouldn't do that.

 

[Dr Prepper]

*kicks rocks*

 

[Tacos4me]

*kicks rocks*

Are kicking rocks cuz:
a. you don't have a Dillon?
b. you don't have a reloader at all?
c. you have a loader but no components?
d. other?

 

[Dr Prepper]

Are kicking rocks cuz:
a. you don't have a Dillon?
b. you don't have a reloader at all?
c. you have a loader but no components?
d. other?

Because all these guys talking about reloading thousands upon thousands of rounds.
I have a few k's i should stuff for my next upcoming conoe trip, but man. I sure wish i could find more. Powder and primers. And every thing else.
I have a co-ax and some decent gear.
But yeah it takes for ever!

I have oogled a dillon or two (ok or three or four ) and the newer mark7's look intruiging.
I gotta say as a former cnc machinist and somehwat techno nerd i kinda do like the idea of a fully automated press.
Maybe even networked so i could run it from work only problem right now is i need a job! So thats a pipe dream!

Seems im always short on money or time. Even when im not working still SOO much crap to do!

 

[fuqyeahammo]

I didn't reload but I did get my hands on this....

 

[BigDog67]

Because all these guys talking about reloading thousands upon thousands of rounds.
I have a few k's i should stuff for my next upcoming conoe trip, but man. I sure wish i could find more. Powder and primers. And every thing else.
I have a co-ax and some decent gear.
But yeah it takes for ever!

I have oogled a dillon or two (ok or three or four ) and the newer mark7's look intruiging.
I gotta say as a former cnc machinist and somehwat techno nerd i kinda do like the idea of a fully automated press.
Maybe even networked so i could run it from work only problem right now is i need a job! So thats a pipe dream!

Seems im always short on money or time. Even when im not working still SOO much crap to do!

It's called the "Time and Money" principle. When you have the TIME you don't have the money. When you are making MONEY you don't have any time.

 

[Deerhurst]

I didn't reload but I did get my hands on this....

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Hey man, this is a family forum! No room for that kind of lewd images here!

Congrats on finding primers!

Hopefully I'll be able to load some more 9mm tonight. Got a few primers left but not enough for the projectiles or brass I have.

 

[Tacos4me]

Because all these guys talking about reloading thousands upon thousands of rounds.
I have a few k's i should stuff for my next upcoming conoe trip, but man. I sure wish i could find more. Powder and primers. And every thing else.
I have a co-ax and some decent gear.
But yeah it takes for ever!

I have oogled a dillon or two (ok or three or four ) and the newer mark7's look intruiging.
I gotta say as a former cnc machinist and somehwat techno nerd i kinda do like the idea of a fully automated press.
Maybe even networked so i could run it from work only problem right now is i need a job! So thats a pipe dream!

Seems im always short on money or time. Even when im not working still SOO much crap to do!

I get it, I loaded a lot of stuff in March/April and haven't loaded since. So I depleted my supplies and now I am low but at least I still have quite a bit of laoded ammo. I have some components but I will have to be judicious on what I load next. I am limited by primers. As spring comes around I will be heading out to the range a bit more.

 

[Dr Prepper]

I get it, I loaded a lot of stuff in March/April and haven't loaded since. So I depleted my supplies and now I am low but at least I still have quite a bit of laoded ammo. I have some components but I will have to be judicious on what I load next. I am limited by primers. As spring comes around I will be heading out to the range a bit more.

I still have some laddr testing to do. And quite a bit of break in etc to do so even though i have somr components im hesitant to pull the trigger on them.
I should load up a couple Hundred though and get ready for the next round of ladders.

Also this happened last night.. Not even brass im wanting to reload or keep, just cleaning some up for sale. These are getting tossed! Hoping the pin is still good and i just have to re loctite it in the stem. (Yeah im "special.". And i have "special" equipment too! Lol. Dont judge, its works good.)



So in answer to OP's Question i guess i loaded a pin into a case ;P

 

[PiratePast40]

We ran almost 1000 9mm through it and three or four times the rod for the shellplate advance would not come out far enough to rotate the shellplate. That was just a minor inconvenience for the 9 mm loading.
When I changed it over to 40 Smith & Wesson that's when the trouble with the advance rod started, a lot. I t would not come but 1/2 way and would not advance the shellplate. I would reposition it and it would work for 2 maybe 3 times then not come out again...
Something ain't right....

This just happened to me in the last few days while working up some AR9 loads. I was able to get it going again by watching some YouTube videos and reading the directions again. Here's an explanation:
The rod and flipper assembly that rotates the shell plate is called the indexer. At the completion of the lever down stroke (shell plate upstroke), the top of the flipper contacts the nub on the top of the frame and slightly pushes the bottom of the flipper closer to the frame so that it can contact the diagonal protrusion on the frame. As the plunger is moving downward (lever going back up), the bottom of the flipper contacts the diagonal protrusion on the frame and pulls the square rod outward. That's why you see wear on the diagonal protrusion and why they recommend a touch of grease on it. At the completion of the stroke, the flipper is pushed in by the main operating lever and the rod rotates the shell plate. You can remove the rod and rotate the flipper slightly. Keep doing that until the bottom of the flipper contacts the diagonal. You may need to do that several times but remember to reinstall the rod in the correct orientation. If need be, you can rotate the flipper a full turn to get it closer to the contact points on the frame. Make sure that you have the rod in the correct orientation with regard to the edge that contacts the shell plate. There is a very small bevel on the right side of the end of the rod. That bevel contacts the web of the carrier body and has to be in the correct position. Here's a video that covers it in full. It's a little long but really helps to explain how it works. If you need to order a new index rod and flipper, they're only $5.00 at Titan Reloading . Another source is FS Reloading .

I purchased an extra shell plate thinking that was the problem, but it turned out is was an issue of adjusting the timing with the indexer.

Keeping the the Loadmaster running can be frustrating at times. It needs a few tweeks now and then as parts do wear and move out of adjustment. But when it's running smoothly, your only delays are adding more powder, primers, and cases.