Make sure the primer punch is clean. Little shavings of brass get caught in it and it won't retract flush. Then the slide hangs up and pulls on that bar as the plate moves up.I'll have to look into it a bit and see if I can see exactly what it's doing. It's feeding them, but it's jamming when the ram is going up. It gets caught up on the metal guide rod and usually knocks it out of that little cup on a spring that it rests on.
Been in there a while. The frame is Aluminum and the primer punch wearing a hole in it is a common problem. Steel lasts pretty much forever.How long has that nail worked for? I'm a little hesitant to drill it although I have hit it with a hammer.
My Hornady LNL AP decided that it REALLY didn't want to feed small pistol primers today, so after several hours of fighting with it and trying to get it to work smoothly, I gave up and sized/primed the damn things (all 400 of them) the old fashion way with a single stage press...
The primer feed has always been a bit temperamental, but damn... That was just a frustrating experience.
You should. Do you have a similar mold?GasGuzzler, that is a very attractive bullet.
Maybe one day I’ll make some.
Dillon and Hornady both have great customer service.I bought into the free bullet bullshit and was scared off of Dillon by the addons needed to get it rolling but now I’ve learned that those addons are replaced forever for free.
You should. Do you have a similar mold?
Dillon and Hornady both have great customer service.
The LnL AP can be finicky but I don't regret my purchase at all. Once you get to know it and learn how to maintain it it is a great machine.
I won't disagree with anything you're saying. Never owned a 650 but have used one a few times.I really wanted to like the Hornady LnL AP. I spent hours fiddling with them, timing them, trying to get them to run. I think the best run I ever did was 125 before I had to fix/tune something.
The first Dillon 650 I bought ran right out of the box. So did the second. IMO the Hornady is a great press for someone who doesn't shoot much and likes to fiddle with the press. The Dillon 650 is for someone who wants it to work and likes to shoot. I've done 700 rounds at a sitting with no problems on the Dillons. I've loaded right at 15k rounds this year on my pair of Dillon 650 presses. The only thing I've had to adjust is the powder drop or bullet seating depth.
IME the Hornady is a great press for someone who wants to have something to fiddle with. The Dillon 650 is for people who like to load ammo.