Hornady/Pacific 366

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Hi everyone,
I just resurrected an old 366 that I bought a few years back. So far did one reloading session and spent some time crushing...damaging hulls until I figured everything out. By the time I had tossed out about 12 hulls I had it up and running fairly smoothly. Now I am on the search for maybe a couple powder bushings and some crimp dies for the older unit if anyone knows where I might be able to locate them as the Hornady site doesn’t carry the old style crimp dies.

I plan on updating this unit to auto eject the finished cartridge as I almost destroyed a new load starting it over as I forgot to pull it out.

Anyone using these 366’s these days or have most gone to the MEC’s? Anyone have any spare parts?
 
I just sold a beautiful 366. Mine was older and branded Pacific Tool Company. I needed bushings for mine as well and got everything I needed from Brownells in the US.
 
I actually ordered 2 powder bushings and wad guide from Elwood Epps. My loader is an older pacific 366, a few upgrades done such as the auto advance by a previous owner but I don’t think he knew how to set it up so he sold it for $200 and delivered it. I wasn’t sure what condition is was in and it sat on a shelf with a bunch of other projects...The difficulty getting shotgun shells during Covid put it on the priority list. Not sure of any cost savings but more for convenience of not having to find a store with a flat of target loads.
 
Made a lot of powder bushings for my old pacific, bought a length of 1" aluminum and drilled out until i got the proper charge. Trickiest part is getting a flat face on both ends of the bushing, i had a lathe so not difficult for me.
 
RojamB21 said:
You will love it, until you miss the primer and it spills the shot / powder all over.

But I still love mine even though it stayed parked for months at a time.
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Well I will give you this as an experience....if you run out of primers and don’t notice the powder doesn’t stay in the shell�� I am learning each time I use it...just did the upgrade by adding the shell ejection hole. Just need to form up a chute and install it.
When you get going you can really pound out the shells...not really any savings just more convenience. I have been trying different types of hulls but so far the Remington Gun Club have been the most successful
 
Settle on one hull. It will make your life easier.
STS and Nitro27 are very similar to Gun Club for loading, and have brass heads.
The only other premium hull is AA HS, which requires a different wad for correct stack height.
 
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