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Doss anyone have experience with one of these? I may have aine on one to put on top of my rock chucker. I have a 550 already, but it wouldnt hurt to be able to run another progressive if the need arises. Are they decent or a headache?
 
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kingdarb said:
Cool thanks. I might be able to get one cheap but if it is more bother than its worth I would t bother.
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I have two of them, the Piggyback 2 model. (One of them was given to me.) I have loaded thousands of rounds between the two of them. One is permanently set up for .45 acp and the other rotates between 9mm .40. Get an extra shell plate then you can leave your dies in and they are already set properly, really saves time. I have had a few problems with them (primer bushing came out of one of them causing it to feed two primers at once); the spring for the powder measure didn't always work properly. Easy fixes, however. On the plus side, RCBS has an excellent warranty and a couple of springs (primer feed) that broke and a few other parts that wore out, they replaced for free after a phone call. Nice people to deal with.

Read the manual carefully and make sure everything is indexing properly before you start cranking out the rounds. If you shoot a lot of handgun ammo, this is a nice addition. (I just cranked out 750 9mm's in an afternoon that the kids blasted off at Christmas.) Just double check each case has powder in it. That might sound obvious but when you have 5 things happening at once you can lose track of what's happening. :D
 
Rugerman said:
I have two of them, the Piggyback 2 model. (One of them was given to me.) I have loaded thousands of rounds between the two of them. One is permanently set up for .45 acp and the other rotates between 9mm .40. Get an extra shell plate then you can leave your dies in and they are already set properly, really saves time. I have had a few problems with them (primer bushing came out of one of them causing it to feed two primers at once); the spring for the powder measure didn't always work properly. Easy fixes, however. On the plus side, RCBS has an excellent warranty and a couple of springs (primer feed) that broke and a few other parts that wore out, they replaced for free after a phone call. Nice people to deal with.

Read the manual carefully and make sure everything is indexing properly before you start cranking out the rounds. If you shoot a lot of handgun ammo, this is a nice addition. (I just cranked out 750 9mm's in an afternoon that the kids blasted off at Christmas.) Just double check each case has powder in it. That might sound obvious but when you have 5 things happening at once you can lose track of what's happening. :D
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Cool thanks. I have a Dillon 550 right now (which I have no intention of replacing as I am very happy with it), so I am somewhat familiar with manual indexing and keeping track of what is happening in various stations. I am more or less considering getting this because I have a rock chucker and it is a good deal. That way if I ever have a need for a second progressive (well - manually indexing progressive anyway) I will have one good to go.

That said, I have full intent on using the rock chucker as a single stage most of the time for decapping and such. Once you have your dies adjusted and such, is it a big production to attach and remove the piggyback?

Thanks!
 
kingdarb said:
Cool thanks. . . . That said, I have full intent on using the rock chucker as a single stage most of the time for decapping and such. Once you have your dies adjusted and such, is it a big production to attach and remove the piggyback?

Thanks!
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It's a two minute changeover: Take out the top thread adapter, drop in the Piggyback, screw it in; snap in the adapter to the ram. The part that takes the longest is double checking the powder charge from the dispenser. Check your dies haven't backed out or changed and you're good to go. I keep two primer tubes filled if I am doing a big batch of cases as that ensures fewer interruptions in the process. That and just keep topping up the powder dispenser. You develop a good flow once you are started and can really turn out a lot of quaiity ammo in a short time.
 
I own a few Piggyback 2's. I prime off the press as I experienced nothing but frustration attempting to use the priming system. I also don't think any 'stacked' or tube type primer holder is safe. Anyhow, a big benefit for me was a significant increase in the amount of rounds I am able to produce in an hour due to smoothing out the operation of the press.
 
Shootshellz said:
I own a few Piggyback 2's. I prime off the press as I experienced nothing but frustration attempting to use the priming system. I also don't think any 'stacked' or tube type primer holder is safe. Anyhow, a big benefit for me was a significant increase in the amount of rounds I am able to produce in an hour due to smoothing out the operation of the press.
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Just wondering what were the issues when priming on the Piggyback? What wasn't working?
 
Rugerman: I experienced constant problems getting the primer to properly enter the shellplate. Also, I am concerned about the safety of any stacked priming feed system (so is Edward Matunas, reloading guru who advised in print to hacksaw off such a system at the base). Anyhow, I prime off the press with a Hornady hand held priming tool. Try it; you will like it....
 
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