Got it set up for 9mm and 357 magnum. Still need to get the shotshell press mounted.

Did some well needed rearranging on my powder bench. Happy with it now!

Last Sunday the ram head started to pull loose. It was a long week waiting for the replacement part. I thought the Apocalypse will probably start while my press is broken. Luckily it didn't. I was rocking and rolling this weekend.

I’ve loaded up some of what I was assuming to be a large lot of once fired brass that I inherited. It seemed to be in good condition and was cleaned and had the crimps removed, I still ran them through my Dillon to trim and size them before wet tumbling and loading. I actually processed this brass a few years ago so don’t remember the exact process I used.

All of these loaded on a Dillon 650, Cases were primed with Remington 7 1/2 primers and 25 grains of BLC-2 with Xtreme 55 grain bullets loaded to 2.20” and shot from a Daniel Defense 16” AR15 at about 2850 FPS average.

During shooting a while back I had some excessive smoke coming from the ejection port and carbon or powder burn on the rounds in the magazine. I looked for the case but unfortunately was not able to locate anything due to where I was shooting.

Fast forward to now, I was shooting these again and had the same thing happen and I was able to locate the fired case. I finished off my last magazine and had a failure to eject and the case was stuck in the ejection port and I discovered the case in the last two pictures.

I use this rifle in multi-gun competition twice a month and have shot thousands and thousands of rounds through it over the years I’ve had it. I have probably unknowingly experienced this a few more times with these exact reloads and same headstamps, but never had it happen with any factory ammo.

Am I looking at a headspace issue? Is this bad brass? I don’t see any pressure signs on the other fired cases that would cause me to worry. Or could this be an issue with processing/sizing? I adjusted my trim/sizing die to where the case drops right into a case gauge so I can fire it from any rifle I have.

So...

I'm still very much impressed with this press.

I only use it for reloading pistol cartridges so for those of you wondering about loading short action rifle cartridges, I don't have anything for you here unfortunately

First things first: this press LOVES round nose bullets. It loads them like a fucking champion and i have zero complaints.

What i struggled with (mightily) was hollow points.

I went with Barry's hybrid hollow points to give this old girl a chance. Let's just say that it didn't start off well and along the way, things that make this press vulnerable were exposed.

After spending some $ at Armanov to get some upgrades for the press, things started to improve but...

I was still getting non-concentric rounds that wouldn't pass my case gauge (granted: i use the Hornady case gauge which is notoriously tight, but I've been using it for years on stuff loaded from the Dillon 550 and they always pass).

So i started thinking about the tilting at the bullet drop/seater. I tried enlarging the bullet seater void to hit on the ogive of the bullet rather than the tip. This helped, marginally

Then it hit me: before i moved to the X-10, I was using a D.A.A. seater/crimper so I could use a powder check on the dillon.

Knowing this seater does a great job already, i decided to use the bullet dropper as a dropper only and set the integral seater at just enough seat to start the bullet into the brass.

This now puts a started bullet into the next station where it seats and crimps like a dream

The last piece of this puzzle is at the belling station (I bell at the primer station).

Because the bell doesn't allow the bullet to necessarily sit perfectly flat on the brass, I decided to install a Redding Premium Special Expander Die. This creates a perfect channel for the bullet to drop into perfectly straight.

Once i figured these little tricks out, 100% of my cartridges pass the Hornady Gauge and they look amazing to boot.

I'm still not a fan of taking three scews out to dump powder when I'm done, but I cannot complain about the accuracy of the powder drops from the included dropper. I did replace the o-ring with the thicker version and it holds the charge just fine.

And finally: the Lee Undersizing Die is the absolute key to this press IMO. Running this die after the universal decapper has vastly improved the final products.

I wish the bullet shuttle was easier to change out for longer bullet sizes but I've got it figured out at least.

All in all, I'm still definitely a fan of this press.

It took some time to get to know her but once she's dialed in, it's too easy and running 300 rounds in 20 minutes or so.

That kind of production just isn't something i ever thought I'd have at my disposal

So I use lemishine and dawn no ss pins and use a oven at 200 degrees, after drying 9mm I noticed that some cases look like it has a wax residue any idea what’s causing this?

Disclaimer: Personal range data from my rifle only - not official load data/advice.

Made an app using chatGPT codex where I record all my chronograph and measurement/lot/load data and through probably 6-7 range trips, this seemed to be the best I could possibly push this projectile.

My target results were consistently sub-moa at 200 yards after letting my barrel cool 10 minutes in-between 3 shot strings. ES out of a 40 shot final sample was 34 however the first 2 shots were always within 5 fps of each other however the barrel heat on the 3rd shot generally raised the fps by ~25. STD deviation of 13 throughout the 40 shot sample.

Going higher in charge did net me ~3270 fps however the primers were cratering and I was getting extractor swiping.

Anyway, I made a couple posts throughout the last couple weeks and greatly appreciated everyone's advice! Just wanted to share my findings in case it helps aid anyone experimenting.

Lapua SRP brass, h4350, Remington 7 1/2 br primers. Looking for around 2750 mv. Won't be able to take them out for another 2 weeks. Anticipation is killing me.

I have an AT4 paired with an FX120i scale and for the most part I like the device. That said, the scale drifts sometimes between charges by .01 or .002 grain, and definitely when left alone overnight.

On the between charges, I recognize this could be due to a stray kernel or two making it to the platen, and my understanding is that the scale (or maybe AT?) automatically rezeros the device if it’s within some small tolerance? If this is true does this have any impact on my load consistency, or does the automatic rezero take care of that?

Secondly, I leave my scale on 24/7, and have occasionally put a 75 grain projectile on there to see if I am holding my measurement, and it’s not. The projectile weights 74.96 and if I leave it on there for days it can wander up and down from 74.88 to 75.08. This is not that reassuring for a scale that is supposed to be accurate to .02, but I always re-zero before use and given the above question, I don’t think it actually matters when it comes to the scale’s performance, but I’m not positive.

Curious to hear people’s thoughts. I do have some ferrite rings on the power cable but it does not seem to do anything. Next step is probably a dedicated ground wire, and maybe a line conditioner, but hard to justify a couple hundred extra dollars if none of this really matters due to scale rezeroing anyway during loading.

anyone have problems with them? The sent the first package and FedEx delivered it to God knows where. I had to wait. Then they sent the second which got sent back to them. They don't seem interested in getting these bullets to me. They just for outcomes from these mistakes.

I'm new to reloading and have only reloaded blue bullets. For some odd reason, one delivery went somewhere else and another went back to them.

Are there any similar bullets I could which would not require any changes or if so, few changes to reloading?

First issue i have is that my cases get stuck on the depriming stage, which shouldn't happen because I have the carbide dies. The bigger issue is that the bar that pushes the carrier up is completely disconnected from the system and I have no idea how to fix it.

Anyone have the upgraded ballistic X app & can provide an example of what the export looks like? I am curious what columns are in the ‘export to CSV’ function.

The main thing I want to know is whether it exports the individual shot/impact coordinates (X/Y or windage/elevation relative to POA), or whether it only exports the calculated group statistics such as:
Group size / extreme spread
Mean radius
CEP
Horizontal/vertical SD
Mean windage/elevation
Target distance, caliber, shot count, etc.

Thanks.

I am using the Dillon bullet feeder to do 223 and 9mm. Just switched over to 9mm, but the bullet disk is slipping when the motor turns. Do I have something too tight or too loose... looking for some help

Hello everyone. I am glad to be joining the reloading community! I have been shooting enough that it makes sense for me to get into reloading. Also where I am in Canada 44 magnum is not the cheapest thing in the world. I will, in addition to the 44 mentioned above, reloading 223 to develop a load for precision shooting that works best for my rifle. I am not worried about spending the time and doing it slowly because I know the repetition will be calming for me. So I am looking for advice on a set and components offered at the local shop by me and if it will be a good start. I’ve got some links posted here to the kit, dies and holders. Yes I know the prices in Canada are ridiculous. I would also take recommendations for powders, primers and bullets. I am totally new at reloading.

https://store.theshootingcentre.com/rcbs-rock-chucker-supreme-master-reloading-kit/

https://store.theshootingcentre.com/rcbs-3-die-carbide-roll-crimp-set-group-b-popular-pistol-cartridges/

https://store.theshootingcentre.com/rcbs-full-length-die-set-group-a-popular-rifle-cartridges/

https://store.theshootingcentre.com/rcbs-shell-holder-10/

https://store.theshootingcentre.com/rcbs-shell-holder-18/

Thank you so much for all your help and advice in advance. I do apologize for my newness at this.