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Hi
So what type of loaders do you use. I have a Mec 650 thats on its leg. I spend more time adjusting this and that and now I'm just so frustrated with the thing - its time to retire it. I'm loading 7/8 oz for bunker trap so I'll be going through a lot of hulls. And before anyone starts, I do buy factory rounds, but only for competition. RCBS looks impressive but its priced accordingly.
Your advice or suggestions appreciated
 
I have a Ponsness-Warren 800B. Works great, only problem seems to be me making mistakes either by missing a primer that doesn't fall when deprimed, I forget to place a hull or empty on the stations, or I let the shot run out....
Enjoying the reloading though, I make both 1oz and 1 1/8oz loads and use 700x powder. I bought it last fall and have been really using it a lot since christmas.
Dan
 
I have a Ponsness Warren 950 Elite, it has all the bells and whistles, and you can remove shells at any station, something most of the older ones weren't made for. They certainly are very slick and fast machines but can be frustrating if you get out of sorts and start spilling powder or shot. Mine works best with certain components, Win. AA hulls and Win. pimers, with this combo I can use any of the recommended wads and it runs endlessly. The only thing slowing it down is to add shot or powder, although it holds 25 lbs of shot, 1 lb. of powder and 300 primers. It has a shell counter, and although I'm not in a hurry, I'm pretty sure 500-800 per hr. is possible.
 
Got the PW 800B as well . Once you get in the rhythm of the wad and check for primer dropped .It is like on the fields then " pull cachunk ,pull cachunk " :)
 
PW 800B x 4

They're all over 30 years old....bought all 4 used....and I expect they'll all outlast me. Pretty hard machine to beat. Though Mecs do the job and are a decent machine I guess "for the money", I wouldn't even consider one if I had a line on a PW loader. If you're interested in a used machine PM me. I might be able to steer you to a couple.
 
I use a MEC 9000 for 12Ga, no issues with it. I can go at a modest pace and load a box every five to six minutes. If you have other MEC loaders it's nice to be able to use the powder bushings that you already have.
 
"anyone with ponsness warren 800b or c should stock up on any parts that they may need they are no longer producing them as of a few months"


The good news is I'm not sure you could ever wear one of these machines out. So unless something actually broke I wouldn't even know what parts to "stock up" on. Other than wad guide fingers and my guess is they'll always be available. Primer feed assemblies as well. I suspect both of these things would be the same as on the newer machines. The only way to break something on these machines is to really get heavy handed with them...and if anyone gets rough enough with these things to actually break one somehow they probably shouldn't have one to begin with....or anything else mechanical for that matter.
 
Pacific/Hornady 366 presses make great reloads: very fast, and easy to correct a mistake/bad hull, etc. Have 4 of them, but selling the smalles gauges ( have extra die heads, so it's a 5 min swap to change gauges).
 
For my 12 ga loading I have a MEC 9000G. It works great, as long as I pay attention to what is going on. (don't let the primer feed empty, it makes a helluva mess with loose powder everywhere.:redface: :D)

For 20 ga I am using a MEC 600Jr. I shoot far more 12 than 20, so this is adequate for my 20 ga requirements.
 
GS535i said:
Pacific/Hornady 366 presses make great reloads: very fast, and easy to correct a mistake/bad hull, etc. Have 4 of them, but selling the smalles gauges ( have extra die heads, so it's a 5 min swap to change gauges).
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Im getting my Pacific 366 next weekend, look forward to making up some shells with it :)
 
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