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Posted: 12/26/2010 9:47:05 AM EDT
| So, my wife went behind my back and got me a 550 for Christmas! I spent about an hour setting it up last night and another hour trying th get the primer feed tube filled up. The problem I am having it that the primers seem to jam/turn sideways in the pickup tube. I tried to stick the follower in the pickup tube in order to keep this from happening while flipping the tube over, but they would still get stuck on the way out. Any one have a cure for this? |
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If you do not have the tube properly aligned when you insert the tube (align the slot) this will also happen because the tube is not sitting down far enough. Rotate the tube to align the slot. You will feel it fit in.
Also, it may be necessary to align the part that picks up the primers from the vertical tube. Should have been correct from the factory. |
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If you do not have the tube properly aligned when you insert the tube (align the slot) this will also happen because the tube is not sitting down far enough. Rotate the tube to align the slot. You will feel it fit in. Also, it may be necessary to align the part that picks up the primers from the vertical tube. Should have been correct from the factory. He's asking about the pick-up tube... |
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Quoted: Yup. Everything works fine once there in the machine. Quoted: If you do not have the tube properly aligned when you insert the tube (align the slot) this will also happen because the tube is not sitting down far enough. Rotate the tube to align the slot. You will feel it fit in. Also, it may be necessary to align the part that picks up the primers from the vertical tube. Should have been correct from the factory. He's asking about the pick-up tube... |
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When you call, you may want to purchase six more pick-up tubes for each size. Having to stop, refill the pick-up tube and load them into the machine becomes a hassle when doing high volume reloading.
Keep us informed... 
ETA: Before I pull the retaining pin to drop the primers into the machine, I place the plastic primer follower rod into the top of the pick-up tube to provide a bit of weight behind the primers. |
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Make sure the yellow tip is fully seated, if it isn't it will leave a small wide spot where the primers can wedge.
I've found the best technique for me is to rock the tube over the top of the primer with the split end of the tip opposite from where I start the rock. Just jamming the tube straight down gave me more problems. Once you start loading try to keep the tube pretty much vertical, letting the collumn of primers slide around can let them tilt enough to cause problems. Number your tubes, if one is more problematic, toss it. Or buy buy two of the automatic primer tube fillers. |
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I replaced the plastic ends on my tubes as part of the rebuild kit and had similar problems. I did not push the pickup and drop ends on far enough, and there was enough space left that allowed the primers to flip or twist. Tapping the ends on further fixed the problem. |
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Make sure the yellow tip is fully seated, if it isn't it will leave a small wide spot where the primers can wedge. I've found the best technique for me is to rock the tube over the top of the primer with the split end of the tip opposite from where I start the rock. Just jamming the tube straight down gave me more problems. Once you start loading try to keep the tube pretty much vertical, letting the collumn of primers slide around can let them tilt enough to cause problems. Number your tubes, if one is more problematic, toss it. Or buy buy two of the automatic primer tube fillers. +1. had to take a piece of 320 grit emery paper to the inside of the primer pickup tube to smooth out a scratch caused by a primer that had turned sideways. it is very important to make sure the yellow tip is seated completely into the tube. |
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Quoted: I replaced the plastic ends on my tubes as part of the rebuild kit and had similar problems. I did not push the pickup and drop ends on far enough, and there was enough space left that allowed the primers to flip or twist. Tapping the ends on further fixed the problem. We have a winner!!!!!! |
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I'll try this. Upon further review, it seems to be where they hang up the most. Quoted: Quoted: I replaced the plastic ends on my tubes as part of the rebuild kit and had similar problems. I did not push the pickup and drop ends on far enough, and there was enough space left that allowed the primers to flip or twist. Tapping the ends on further fixed the problem. We have a winner!!!!!! |
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Yeah, I already drilled a hole in a piece of 2x4 to hold the one I have. On a side note, why don't they make the pick up tube a little closer to the size of the primer? I measured the ID of both the large PPT and the small PPT and they measured out the same at .212 in.
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I replaced the plastic ends on my tubes as part of the rebuild kit and had similar problems. I did not push the pickup and drop ends on far enough, and there was enough space left that allowed the primers to flip or twist. Tapping the ends on further fixed the problem. I had minor issues with LP primers on my 2nd day of Dillon loading... this was my problem as well. I'd disassembled the tubes to see how they were built/designed and hadn't put em back together using enough force. Quickly solved and not trouble since. |
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ETA: Before I pull the retaining pin to drop the primers into the machine, I place the plastic primer follower rod into the top of the pick-up tube to provide a bit of weight behind the primers. Me too. But I go one further. If I have a tube with less than 100 primers in it, I push up with the black primer follower through the yellow or green tip and get them up at the top safety clip before I turn the tube over to drop into the press. I >think< that will keep them from getting sideways. |
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you can cut a real small patch from an old t shirt or something and use the plastic primer follower tube as a sort of cleaning rod. Spray the patch with solvent to clean the tube, then follow up with a dry patch. Alternatively you can buy a .177" pellet gun cleaning rod to clean your primer tubes |
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