Reloading room upgrades
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Nice post. I'd love to have a roll sizer like that. Bought a Magma Engineering Case-Master push through unit a few years back for 9mm bulged brass from my Sterling SMG (open bolt gun) that works alright - but already had a custom Dillon push through die fail after less than 8k rounds - that beast is the bomb!!!
Just had to buy a Dillon CP 2000 case processor because why not. Running with the Dillon case removal system removing small primer 45ACP cases automatically. It can also remove rifle cases with small primers as well. It cana lso be used to detect cases where the primer is still in the case and can remove those as well preventing problems during automated reloading. The autodrive for the super 1050 arrives tomorrow.
https://youtu.be/kJQ2pjRgWZk?si=1W5zRYD3x-r675iK
https://youtu.be/kJQ2pjRgWZk?si=1W5zRYD3x-r675iK
Got the Mark VII installed and running. Got to get the bullet sensor turned on along with the low primer sensor. Last issue is case mouth expansion prior to loading the cases in this machine for loading. Got to pre expand the cases first so the bullets dont tip over tripping the sensor and stopping the machine. Then I can turn up the speed. I am looking to run at about 1500 a hour, could care less about taking it to 3K a hour. All the brass I will run through this machine are pre processed. Really enjoying the problem solving and getting the machine timed right to eliminate issues. About 12 grand into this and the last machine is a decapper machine as I am moving to wet washing without pins to help eliminate dirt getting into either machine.
https://youtu.be/HzFbP5ef7dw?si=kUG2zCRlHU38nka3
https://youtu.be/HzFbP5ef7dw?si=kUG2zCRlHU38nka3
First thousand in the bucket. I want to run at 12-1500 rounds a hour and once I get the 9mm brass processed and the case mouths expanded prior to running through the loading press it should not be a issue.
https://youtube.com/shorts/f1e9XYbPrp8?si=mTthO6NH6Zj3rN1d
https://youtube.com/shorts/f1e9XYbPrp8?si=mTthO6NH6Zj3rN1d
So with the Dillon case feeders upside down cases are common and the feeder locking up because the case is jammed is also common. So I bought the Double Alpha case feed plate and holy crap does it work. Roll sized another 6,000 9mm cases in under a hour and not one single jam or upside down case. It is fast enough to turn the roll sizer on and it will feed it and fill the entire tube up in a minute and a half.
https://youtu.be/6ifVtVUUwxM?si=PBydlqmmj08s3SCd
https://youtu.be/6ifVtVUUwxM?si=PBydlqmmj08s3SCd
So the double Alpha plate running with the variable speed Dillon case feeder running at half speed. Since I use Dillon equipment I have had the cases jamming on the metal clip to the left as the plate did not drop the cases cleanly. With this plate it drops them clean. This plate does from 380 to 45ACP without changing the plate. I just bought one for every case feeder that is a dillon one.
https://youtube.com/shorts/gwnd4oXNflk?si=olauw0Ym-SBngCOQ
https://youtube.com/shorts/gwnd4oXNflk?si=olauw0Ym-SBngCOQ
Abbey said:
Eventually I will offer rollsizing for others and possibly even do completely processed cases. Biggest reason I automated is my hands are effed. Just had a carpel tunnel surgery on the 5th and have the other one getting done tomorrow. I do shoot 3-4 days a week and go through a lot of 9mm. I also have a few friends who use my equipment and having fully processed brass ready makes my life and their life easier.
Life would be easier if Nosler would quit screwing the US market with undersized flash holes.
xerts1191 said:
Shot a couple hundred today and it was pain free. The second surgery was the ultrasound guided micro release surgery with a tiny incision and less issues. The first hand I did is getting better but the second which was the 29th was super easy and is pain free 9 days later. The automation helps big time as now I mostly push a button to run.
xerts1191 said:
Dr Michael Madden was my surgeon. Very thorough at the consultation. The hand institute where he was the surgeon sent me a letter yesterday that they had closed but he left in December and is in process of setting up his own practice in Phoenix.
I went in looking for a improvement in my hands but I know there is no going back to what they once were. The big thing I got from the surgery is the ability to sleep in a bed again for more than 2 hours a night. The arm pain is gone but I have numbness in my left hand. If you have carpel tunnel I would go for the ultrasound guided micro release, it is the superior surgery now. I had a endoscopic release on my left hand and the ultrasound guided micro on my right. The right is far ahead of the left in healing.
