9mm on Lee Loadmaster.

[doc25]

Anybody here reload 9mm on their loadmaster and if so how does it work for it? I'm more interested in anybody who bought it set up for another caliber and tried using it for 9mm.

 

[acrashb]

Worked fine for me. Try a light mist of lube on the cases even if you have carbide.

 

[Auggie Doggie]

Ditto what acrashb said. I just cranked out 100 rounds in 8 minutes last night.

Auggie D.

 

[4runner]

Hi,

I have mine set up for 9mm most of the time, but I can install a shell plate and turret for with 45acp dies in about 5-10min. For the price of this press, dies, shell plate and dies; it is a very good set up.

I can reload around 300-400rnds per hour.

 

[doc25]

ok then it must be me. I have no problem loading .38/.357 on mine I get about 300/hr or so. I set up for 9mm and primers aren't feeding reliably, shell plate slips occasionally and I am generally just unhappy. Changed my shell plate holder and it actually got worse. Loaded 66 last night and 13 have no primer (took more than an hour). Some will prime and then skip one or two and so on. Same primers and tray. Can't quite figure it out yet. I've been using the press for a year or two and I even put a FL resizer (no pin) over the priming station to try and keep alignment while priming.

 

[t-star]

if it's feeding fine with the 38/357 , the one thing i would look at would be the trip lever( the one between your station 1 and 2 )and make sure the case is pushing the lever every time- the 38./357 as you know has a rim, and that pushes the lever with no problem- the 9mm being rimless, may have to be set further in( it should be ON TOP of the shell plate ) so the shell body trips it and NOT the rim- the other thing that occurs might be to check the draw bolt and make sure your carrier doesn't move or has gone out of alignment- that was loose on mine and hasn't had a problem since- the procedure on how to do this is on the lee site, and believe me, you'll need a torque wrench to do it right - putting a die in at station 2 won't solve anything but an ALIGNMENT problem if your casing is wobbling on the way up, and the primer is seated by pressure exerted by that 1/4 inch bolt on the left side beside station 3 baring down on the primer arm- that's strictly for setting your primer depth

 

[acrashb]

Shell plate slipping - check that the ejector pawl is bent down far enough, it's what keeps the plate from turning back by snapping into the depression on top of the shell plate.

Primers - what he said. Try bending the sensor out a bit to make more firm contact with the brass as it passes by, and maybe slow down a bit - advance the plate in a deliberate, not rushed, manner.

Also check the videos on Lee's site, and then call - they've helped a lot of people.