LnL AP tip - get a small coil spring, put it around that stainless-rod S-piece that the primer feeder rides-on. My LnL has a dirty little habit of, the primer-feeder's roller hangs-up at the top of the rod, pulls the feeder out of the groove and then the primer refuses to feed; the spring will push it back down so it can't do this. Spring doesn't need to be more than ~an inch long. And watch and listen to the S-piece; I've broken a couple of the plastic arms that hold it at the top. Is your LnL new-made? Mine was an older manufacture when we bought it (new); those primer feeders are a curse. The pin that holds the roller likes to fall out; I loc-tited mine in, but then the loc-tite seeps into the roller and it won't turn until you spin it a buncha' times. So you know, I had the feeder-roller catching-on the S-piece problem long before I loc-tited the pin and the roller stopped turning; my press has always done that.
Pay real, real close attention to the primer feed, especially with fine-grain powder; DON'T forget to feed a primer. If you do, powder dribbles-out of the flash hole and cruds-up the whole press; and good luck trying to get a primer into the hole once there's powder in the cartridge, it dribbles-out and fills the primer hole on top of the primer, and then it will NOT go all the way in. Not a big deal unless you roll-crimped the bullet in before you discover that the round doesn't have a primer... Worst place the powder likes to go, is down into the primer-feeder well, then the feeder won't go all the way in and the primer will not line-up with the cartridge.
Also, Hornady replaced my primer feeders for free; the new ones work a lot better. The old ones liked to catch on the little spring-loaded plunger that seats the primer, and then when you run the press back up, the feeder jams in-place and tears the S-rod out. This is an old problem with the LnL; that S-rod is spring-loaded in place at the bottom, so it can pop out when this happens. They sent me some spare plastic top-pieces for the S-rod, and a couple extra circular springs, the ones that hold the cartridges in. Those regularly get caught under the lip of a cartridge and mutilated; they still work fine, but they're ugly afterwards. And you might want to put a nickel under where the primer-seating plunger meets the frame of the press; it will mar the aluminum.
BIGGEST caution - watch the powder dispenser, it likes to un-screw its bayonet joint, then it just moves up and down instead of dispensing powder, and you end-up with no powder in the cartridge and a bullet lodged in the barrel. Apparently the solution is to put two o-rings on the bayonet fixture so it can't turn.
And final little niggly; the Allen bolt that holds the shellplate backs-off continuously, and then the cartridges tilt and bang-into the die bodies instead of feeding straight into the cavities. You can't tighten that Allen bolt with a wrench, it locks-up the whole press; I finger-tighten mine ~every 10 rounds or so.
I complain unceasingly about my LnL; but I must've loaded 10,000+ rounds on it, and I've definitely gotten my money's worth. Enjoy!
Pay real, real close attention to the primer feed, especially with fine-grain powder; DON'T forget to feed a primer. If you do, powder dribbles-out of the flash hole and cruds-up the whole press; and good luck trying to get a primer into the hole once there's powder in the cartridge, it dribbles-out and fills the primer hole on top of the primer, and then it will NOT go all the way in. Not a big deal unless you roll-crimped the bullet in before you discover that the round doesn't have a primer... Worst place the powder likes to go, is down into the primer-feeder well, then the feeder won't go all the way in and the primer will not line-up with the cartridge.
Also, Hornady replaced my primer feeders for free; the new ones work a lot better. The old ones liked to catch on the little spring-loaded plunger that seats the primer, and then when you run the press back up, the feeder jams in-place and tears the S-rod out. This is an old problem with the LnL; that S-rod is spring-loaded in place at the bottom, so it can pop out when this happens. They sent me some spare plastic top-pieces for the S-rod, and a couple extra circular springs, the ones that hold the cartridges in. Those regularly get caught under the lip of a cartridge and mutilated; they still work fine, but they're ugly afterwards. And you might want to put a nickel under where the primer-seating plunger meets the frame of the press; it will mar the aluminum.
BIGGEST caution - watch the powder dispenser, it likes to un-screw its bayonet joint, then it just moves up and down instead of dispensing powder, and you end-up with no powder in the cartridge and a bullet lodged in the barrel. Apparently the solution is to put two o-rings on the bayonet fixture so it can't turn.
And final little niggly; the Allen bolt that holds the shellplate backs-off continuously, and then the cartridges tilt and bang-into the die bodies instead of feeding straight into the cavities. You can't tighten that Allen bolt with a wrench, it locks-up the whole press; I finger-tighten mine ~every 10 rounds or so.
I complain unceasingly about my LnL; but I must've loaded 10,000+ rounds on it, and I've definitely gotten my money's worth. Enjoy!
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