Bougt me a hornady progressive woohoo
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head over to cast boolits forum and watch the group buys section. otherwise there are various companies who make molds.
mihec molds (got a 600gr brass mold from him, amazing quality!)
NOE molds (ordered 2 for my 45 and 9mm, again amazing quality!)
accurate molds, never tried them but they have a massive list of molds.
One piece of advice, if you are relaoding ANY military brass, make sure, absolutly sure that you have removed the primer crimp or else you will really jam things up in a hurry on that progressive. Thorough brass prep is the key to reloading well on a progressive. Enjoy!
It's very important on the LNL not to let go of the handle until you have completed the stroke otherwise you risk a squib load, the handle will drop and advance the case without dumping a powder load. You will need to resize the pistol brass, I don't bother checking for length. For rifle, I neck size bolt action brass and always full size semi-auto brass. As the other poster said get a book on reloading, it's really important to read it completely. Take your time, you will find that the ejection system on the press is less than perfect.
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20 plus years here running my projector (no LNL feature) and it won't quit. It hasn't gotten sloppy on the load bearing surfaces either. I've dropped it, once from a 2nd story, let it sit submerged in storage for 6 months (long stupid story) and otherwise abused it to no end.
I owned blue, once, and I own the other red as well. I couldn't be happier with my gear, well, I suppose having the reloading fairy replenish my supplies and cast my boolits while I slept would make me happier but....
Don't trim pistol. But, always a but, make a quick pass through no-go gauge for OA length for each pistol caliber you reload. Maybe single digit percentages will need trimming after several reloads but chances are the brass will be showing its age in other areas like loose primer pockets.
Which model Marlin did you buy to get the .450 cal? I struggled with .450 vs. 45-70 and the deciding factor was a cherry condition 1895GS surfacing at my LGS.
I can see though, odds are good I'll add the .450 and maybe the .444 in the future.
I love me some bigbore Marlin lever guns.
I owned blue, once, and I own the other red as well. I couldn't be happier with my gear, well, I suppose having the reloading fairy replenish my supplies and cast my boolits while I slept would make me happier but....
Don't trim pistol. But, always a but, make a quick pass through no-go gauge for OA length for each pistol caliber you reload. Maybe single digit percentages will need trimming after several reloads but chances are the brass will be showing its age in other areas like loose primer pockets.
Which model Marlin did you buy to get the .450 cal? I struggled with .450 vs. 45-70 and the deciding factor was a cherry condition 1895GS surfacing at my LGS.
I can see though, odds are good I'll add the .450 and maybe the .444 in the future.
I love me some bigbore Marlin lever guns.
How do you get the grease in there?
Setting up for 357 magnum, got the primer press changed out for the small one, was that wise? Is the large primer press like a one size do it all? He big is the different primer sizes?
I got the resizer and deprimer set up, I went to install the primer tube feed, but I have a new problem; there is a ventilation duct above the work area, I think I'm going to have to drill into it to allow my primer feed tube and indicator to be installed. Tomorrow I will try again, the powder drop may not fit either ;(
I got the resizer and deprimer set up, I went to install the primer tube feed, but I have a new problem; there is a ventilation duct above the work area, I think I'm going to have to drill into it to allow my primer feed tube and indicator to be installed. Tomorrow I will try again, the powder drop may not fit either ;(
There are a couple of grease ports on the press that you can inject grease into using a grease gun. So far, all I've done is sprayed the shaft liberally with Hornady Dry Lube and then work the press through a few rotations. Seems to work for me.
What size primers are you using when loading .357 magnum? There are only 2 tubes. If using small pistol or small magnum pistol primers, then use the small primer tube. If not, then use the large.
With respect to space, can you not mount your press somewhere else? It sounds like it's in a very tight spot.
Hornady sending me a crapload of parts, the cases tilt and hit the side of the dies and the whole operation comes to the stop. 2/3 times. I gave up on the 357 magnum, got the dies set and made 5 450marlins. And a 6th one without powder 
