I changing wife 😂

Did u finally buy it?

😂😂

500 a month is really low for an automated press. Maybe a couple thousand rounds a month minimum.

It'll still rockchuck when the power goes out. 😁

probably reliability and noise, as someone who does 3d printing (not the same thing but a machine conducting a process) the faster a machine is going, the faster parts wear out and the more likely something is to go wrong, by going at the speed he is, he probably goes fast enough for his own needs without sacrificing reliability in any way

It's a Redding Competition Seating Die and yes it holds the setting perfectly, no adjustment needed. It's repeatable as well for different loads.

So I actually use a caliper and measure the crimp. I compare it against a factory crimp on a particular round which is consistent with the published reloading data for a round. When you reference reloading data on-line they always give you the case length, case diameter, crimp diameter and a few other measurements. That's what I go by and have not had any problems with my rounds. I do use case gauges to check rounds occasionally to make sure nothing has really changed.

I use a bullet puller to ensure that the crimp isn't cutting beyond the coating on the bullet, since if so it is exposing lead and deforming the round. I target for just enough crimp to prevent setback.

I'm not sure on the 1050 as I only have the 650 with Mark7 autodrive, but I had a batch, once, that I forgot to put the charging rod back in for the powder measure and ran the press for about 50-70 rounds before realizing they had zero powder charge. I contaminated my good batch of about 2000 pcs with these fucked up rounds with no powder. I now call this batch my "fault training" batch and take it out only to courses and training sessions as I occassionally have an empty case with a primer push the bullet to the barrel. Not enough to cycle the gun and certainly not enough to allow for the next round to chamber, so, it's somewhat "safe", but overall, I'd recommend using the powder check. Not for accurate amounts of charge, but as a safety check that the round actually has powder in. Especially on the 1050 where you have the available die slots (don't reload anyting in one pass with an autodrive, that's my other recommendation).

Not so difficult but it was time consuming. Once you get it installed its pretty easy to adjust

No, but I have enough stock of components to last me for a while.

Perfectly, see it now kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ns-iiaeGzZ3dlIE.html

I don't have any idea, I don't know anything about the Ammobot.

Actually there is sticking and it is on the powder funnel, (not the Mr. Bullet Feeder) for the powder drop. I have solved that problem. I am right now working on a new video of reloading 9mm brass with many press improvements, one of which is the total elimination of the funnel sticking. While all the manufacturer's literature say what I did should not be done, I have managed to solve that problem with 100% reliability in belling the case and have enjoyed nearly 100% reliability dropping a bullet on the case with the Mr. Bullet Feeder. Stay tuned, that video may be out as early as this weekend.

@@georgeascione8861 Awesome! Any luck on getting that video up? This issue is driving me nuts.

@@johnsta83 I published a new video, if you want to just see the powder drop fix it's around 12 minutes in. You can check out just how smooth the press runs towards the end of the video. Sorry the link is here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ns-iiaeGzZ3dlIE.html

That is why I have the second manual 1050. I get my share of fun reloading rifle and special pistol loads.

i think the fun is in shooting the darn stuff

See response to Joe about a month ago below.

I don't have actual numbers off the top of my head but I can tell you that the automated press is significantly more consistent when it comes to OAL. In my opinion this is due to a consistent stroke and pressure that does not change as opposed to manually pulling the handle which can give you inconsistent stroke and pressure.

Thanks!

The press is set for 2100 rounds / hour but I have a pause on the down stroke programmed in to make sure I get a full powder charge and I have set the software up to proportionally slow down the index speed to keep from spilling powder. For 9mm set at 2400 rounds per hour I actually am running at 1360 because the index speed of the press is set to 10 which makes indexing slow enough not to spill any powder. If you set all the trims to zero the press runs at 2400 round/hour, which is what I do when I deprime and size only.

I don't sell ammo. To sell ammo you need a manufacturers license and I am a 01 FFL. Besides the cost of the liability insurance is prohibitive. You cannot apply a cost benefit analysis to this purchase, at least not for me. Like many things in this sport including the vast array of firearms I own, it's about want not need. Everyone makes purchase they don't need but want at some point in their lives and that is solely based on the affordability of the cool item you want. For me I purchased these pieces incrementally which doesn't make it cheaper, just spreads out the cost. Even though I go through tens of thousands of rounds/year personally, there is no justifiable reason to run 2100 rounds/hour at least not for me. It does cut down on the repetitive boring nature of reloading bulk ammo, and it does save on tennis elbow for sure. But even without a justifiable reason I still like it and it is a productive tool. Besides, I also let many of my friends bring over their bulk supplies and reload. Its a social event as well.

Yup, indexing is on 4 and that's what brings it down to mid 1600s. I have my clutch on 6, as I run it w/o brass lubing (for a reason).

That's the speed the press would run at, but I have some other dwell parameters set to help load 9mm shells with no spillage. I have a bottom dwell set for a second to allow complete emptying of the powder funnel, and I have the advance dwell set to give a smooth motion to the case advance to stop any powder spillage. With these dwells it slows down the actual production. If I remove all the dwells in theory it will run at 2100 rounds/hr.

@@georgeascione8861 gotcha, and even then 1600 rounds per hour is a lot haha no need to risk spillage to get an extra 500. Just run it 20 more min and that's it. :)

1 round every 2.5 seconds