Nice. Although I would beg to differ, on a small point: Automated systems, like the Mark 7, make it pretty easy to load commercially on a Dillon... although a Star/Ammoload, of course, are far more robust machines. I only work Dillons by hand when doing very low-count runs. My primary use for the 1050s at this point is always 5k or larger runs, which normally takes 3 hours, each, total, and my hands are only used to feed cases, primers, powder and projectiles.
Although, to be honest, when I do 45LC, I only do 1000-1500, so I guess there are some runs of less than 5k I do on a 1050 Mark 7.
Not a 6x45 owner but I load for 6 TCU (basically the Ackley version) and benchmark works very well. 8208 I would imagine should work very well too.I went to load up some rounds to break in my new 6X45 barrel and found out that I don't have enough Xterminator left. Having to redo load development anyway I went with H335 instead. They are neighbors on the burn rate chart.
Not a 6x45 owner but I load for 6 TCU (basically the Ackley version) and benchmark works very well. 8208 I would imagine should work very well too.
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I had to burn some (a lot of) documents,
Preparing for a congressional run?
You know they make shredders......
I have one that shreds 15 pages at a time. Rarely use it, but its easier than burning.
Have you ever run a Mark 7 in production? By production I mean 8 to 10 hours a day, 4200 rpm, 99.9% uptime, 0 upside down or missed primers, zero missed bullets, all drops within .01, and stop on any bad cases (flashole swarf, FO, bent mouth, fingers, etc). 5k is a warmup for a production machine, not a session.
I won't belabor my point but a Dillon is not a production machine in my sphere. It won't last under those conditions and you won't find many guys in the commercial space running them or the revolution. There is a reason Camdex and ALWs are the machines of choice, you can put 10 million a year on one and not have to rebuild it. It really is a huge delta in equipment that is hard to appreciate. The component feeding alone is night and day.
Not trying to be salty, just giving an honest reply to dillons in my view if commercial loading.
The seater wearing a hole in the frame?Dang, that sucks!
Do you know what the issue is?
I finally stayed calm enough to get the timing set on mine so when it doesn’t fully seat a primer I know the washer under the primer seater has moved.
Dang, that sucks!
Do you know what the issue is?
I finally stayed calm enough to get the timing set on mine so when it doesn’t fully seat a primer I know the washer under the primer seater has moved.
The seater wearing a hole in the frame?
I had that happen too.
I took a long drill bit and drilled it out and dropped a steel pin in there. Problem solved.
Long 12"x 1/8" bit and a cut off nail. Stuff I already had so $0.