UDPATE: Well, being a noob, I thought the trim die was already set to press against the shell plate and then some. It wasn't. Took about 5 mins to re-adjust the trimmer and was cranking out consistently 1.752-3 range most of the time. Total variance between 1.751-1.755 Good enough for me! This bloody thing trims FAST! I like!
Auto indexing finally got sticky after 6k+ handle pulls. Pulled assembly apart to clean and spring flew away. Took 30mins to find it.
Any tips on getting this thing to run consistently?
I just hooked up the trimmer and dailed it in. First, I made noob mistake and locked the trim/size die nut on the top. Stripped the nut and made the trimmer spin around when I powered it on. I did it twice until realizing it should go on the bottom. LOL!
So after triming a few cases too short, I got 3 consistently at 1.752-3 for 223 brass and called it a job well done. Hand lubed 6 and feed them in sequence. Got 3 that were 1.750 and the other 3 were around 1.754. Okay, I thought it was no biggy. Probably due to inconsistent pressue while sizing since I have a resize/deprime in first stage.
So then I used Lyman spray case lube. It said it needed to get resize die super clean before starting. Well, didn't bother and the lube didn't work too well and had to use extra muscle. Now I'm getting 1.755-9. It's basically all over the place, depending on how much pressure I was using to resize.
That said, I appears to me the pressue on the shell plate directly affects the trimming length. Sometihng like while reloading 9mm, i notice OAL is a few 1/1000th less with the last few runs since nothing was in the first stage. In the future, how could I pump out consistant lengths if I run into the odd tough to resize case?
BTW, the thing trims nice and clean. Hooking up to central vac does cut down a bit of noise. I can see why people like it. It can go super FAST!
Auto indexing finally got sticky after 6k+ handle pulls. Pulled assembly apart to clean and spring flew away. Took 30mins to find it.
Any tips on getting this thing to run consistently?
I just hooked up the trimmer and dailed it in. First, I made noob mistake and locked the trim/size die nut on the top. Stripped the nut and made the trimmer spin around when I powered it on. I did it twice until realizing it should go on the bottom. LOL!
So after triming a few cases too short, I got 3 consistently at 1.752-3 for 223 brass and called it a job well done. Hand lubed 6 and feed them in sequence. Got 3 that were 1.750 and the other 3 were around 1.754. Okay, I thought it was no biggy. Probably due to inconsistent pressue while sizing since I have a resize/deprime in first stage.
So then I used Lyman spray case lube. It said it needed to get resize die super clean before starting. Well, didn't bother and the lube didn't work too well and had to use extra muscle. Now I'm getting 1.755-9. It's basically all over the place, depending on how much pressure I was using to resize.
That said, I appears to me the pressue on the shell plate directly affects the trimming length. Sometihng like while reloading 9mm, i notice OAL is a few 1/1000th less with the last few runs since nothing was in the first stage. In the future, how could I pump out consistant lengths if I run into the odd tough to resize case?
BTW, the thing trims nice and clean. Hooking up to central vac does cut down a bit of noise. I can see why people like it. It can go super FAST!
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