Bad ejection, Hornady LNL AP

[1shot]

Last night I bought a lightly used Hornady LNL AP, with a brand new shellplate and after a couple of hours of setup time began cranking out 9mm rounds. Not a bad press.. But it has yet to beat my time tested Lee because the ejection cycle is awful!!

This press has a serial number in the early 4000's and during the ejection phase relies upon a thick "wire" to nudge the assembled round from the shellplate.
It doesn't work, I tried playing with positioning of this piece but it just binds up.

Any experience, fixes or ideas before I call Hornady?

Cheers,
1Shot

 

[deagle2008]

make sure the spring is in the grove at station #1 and also make sure that the screw that holds the shellplate in place is tight you should be fine

 

[acrashb]

Brass needs to be in decent condition (rims not too dinged up) - this would apply to any press.

Dry lube or similar on the wire and the shellplate where the rims are held.

Make sure the wire is in as far as it will go where it is held by the hex screw on the sub-plate (p/n 24). If is is out, the angle steepens and you'll get binding.

Should work for you just fine after that - mine ejects well.

 

[1shot]

Thanks- I got it working nicely now. I made the wire sit lower onto the shellplate, and adjusted it to a much more shallow angle combined with polishing the shellplates trailing edge.
Cheers.