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Posted: 4/2/2013 3:45:52 PM EDT
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I posted this on ofcc as well, hopefully someone has run across this before and can help me out.
So me, being new to this whole reloading thing, ran into my first issue today. I am trying to load up a batch of 45s (large primer), and one particular pull of the lever, I had a tough index. It happens on occasion, and usually is a primer issue. But, this time was different. I heard a snap. Did some investigating, and found 3 things happened at once, and I have no idea what caused it. Issue #1- Decapping pin broke in my universal decapper. Issue #2 & #3 - The rod for my case feeder bent, and the clip on the bottom of the plastic slide broke. (see pic) http://i.imgur.com/CUX42Hz.jpg?1 Now, I sent Lee an e-mail, and am waiting for a response, but since this happened, I have noticed my primers are not seating properly, unless I run through that stage twice. (first time through, they are barely seated at all.) At first I thought maybe I had a crimped primer, but then realized I was loading brass that I had already reloaded once.... Everything indexes fine now, and after the second go round, the primer is seated properly, but who wants to do them all twice? Any ideas to what may have caused this, and how to fix the primer seating issue? |
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I posted this on ofcc as well, hopefully someone has run across this before and can help me out. So me, being new to this whole reloading thing, ran into my first issue today. I am trying to load up a batch of 45s (large primer), and one particular pull of the lever, I had a tough index. It happens on occasion, and usually is a primer issue. But, this time was different. I heard a snap. Did some investigating, and found 3 things happened at once, and I have no idea what caused it. Issue #1- Decapping pin broke in my universal decapper. Issue #2 & #3 - The rod for my case feeder bent, and the clip on the bottom of the plastic slide broke. (see pic) http://i.imgur.com/CUX42Hz.jpg?1 Now, I sent Lee an e-mail, and am waiting for a response, but since this happened, I have noticed my primers are not seating properly, unless I run through that stage twice. (first time through, they are barely seated at all.) At first I thought maybe I had a crimped primer, but then realized I was loading brass that I had already reloaded once.... Everything indexes fine now, and after the second go round, the primer is seated properly, but who wants to do them all twice? Any ideas to what may have caused this, and how to fix the primer seating issue? check the depth adjustment for the primers. make sure everything is tight. the case feed needs to be lubed and adjusted correctly to work. put some grease on the bottom rails of the black case feeder pack all your broken stuff and send it back to Lee. They will most likely send you new parts. |
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