[ratchet1957]

BUT ir seems that sometimes it will deprime and not prime a case every now and then ?? I cant figure out why just yet !

[duster066]

You are a persistent loader my friend. I had an NEC computer that was constantly breaking down. One day I had had enough and I tossed it out the second floor window onto the drive way. My wife thought I had gone nuts. Nope I fixed it...so I wouldn't have to spend another dime on that POS.

I don't know anything at all about that press, but if it is worth a damn then your issues are tuning. I learned a great deal about tuning in auto racing. There are so many variable in tuning a race car that no one can keep it all in their head. The trick is 1) Make only one change at a time, and then test. If things are better make another change. If things are worst, go back and make one different change. 2) Make detailed notes of everything you do, and I mean everything. If you took time to have a smoke before making a change write it down. 3) Review your notes often.

Sounds like that press is a finicky little SOB, and will need very fine tuning. If you make more than one change at a time and it is better, you don't know why. If it's worst you don't know why, and maybe one of those changes would make it better, but the other screwed it up so bad you can't tell. I would say put the machine to the best tune you have found. Write that tune in your notes. Start making changes ONE AT A TIME from that basic tune. If you are disciplined about following the above advice you'll eventually get it as good as it can be. And if you make notes you'll have a base tune to return to as it wears.

[ratchet1957]

I figure since the loader is brand new and I am brand new to reloading we both need to wear in together , I have had no major issues , just little **** and feel that I am almost there , !

[duster066]

I can tell you are having fun, and that's whats important. When you get it sorted out you'll be shooting easy cheap. Gotta love that.

[AceII]

Ratchet I have a Lee Pro 1000 and had priming problems as well. I tried different methods like tapping the primer tray 3 times when the ram was up to get the primers to fall consistently. I found that I had to re set the timing of the shell plate about every 100/200 rounds. It seemed that I was crushing 1 or 2 primers out of each 100. After discussing the problem with a friend that was using the same press I decided to use his method. Since I was all ready depriming my brass before tumbling it to clean the primer pocketd as well as polish the brass so the next step wasn't much more work. His 2nd after the depriming/tumbling step was to hand prime the brass after sizing, then then remove the size die from the 1st station and move the expand die/powder measure to the 1st station, the seating die to the 2nd station (where the press originally primed the brass), and finally a factory crimp die in the 3rd station. This has the advantage of seperating the seating/crimping operation and in MHO produces a more consistant round. My oppion and a buck and a half will get you a cup of coffee. I have loaded 1000's of rounds and shot them through my 1911 and now I am starting to shoot them in my 4595 Hi-Point. The important thing is that you are having fum.

[Sakdog]

My experience with the loadmaster is the same. I have never gotten a very good run with the priming system. Right out of the box my method was to run brass through and do nothing but deprime/size and reprime. That initial run was not so great and the subsequent ones followed suit.I still have the equipment to mess with and try to tune but really I just adjusted my process.

For spent brass I tumble it, Then run it through the sizer/deprimer at station one. All that brass is gathered and then hand primed which I like better anyhow. primed prepped brass is ready for the full progressive steps post prime.

The process now has a big divider:Pre prime operations which are all somewhat simple and can be accomplished at leisure and post prime automation which requires undivided attention. For me it works fine and I can still load hundreds of rounds insanely fast. I actually kind of like that the progressive process now is easier to observe and police since its a little less busy.