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Dave I have had this same problem, it's something in the collect fingers or at the bottom of the pocket. I removed the chain link and removed and cleaned and all is well. Good luck
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Yes after I did this it statrted working....now to figure out the crimping proccess... |
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I like this idea. |
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05-08-2012, 10:50 PM | #16 | ||||||
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I would call MEC, I have a grabber in every gauge available and have never had any problems with primers. That's an odd issue as most people have problems getting the crimp right.
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I don't own a MEC but I had the worst time with the HS shells in my PW. Primer problems, crimping problems, cocked wads. I thought for sure My loader had turned to junk. Then I went to the STS's and I'm OK. I load 28 only, but it seems that the new HS hulls are alot harder to reload. |
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05-09-2012, 07:48 PM | #18 | ||||||
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Dave:
At the risk of beating this long-distance problem to death, let me suggest that it may indeed be the hulls that are at fault. But not because they're the new AA HS. Instead, it may be because they've been fired in an other gun... most likely an autoloader with a sloppy chamber. Such a chamber allows the rim of the brass head to expand too much. This wider rim balks at falling completely down into the sizer collet and resting in the collet recess cut there for the rim. It stops 1/2 or 2/3 of the way down. You pull the handle and the brass head is actually extruded by the force of the collet at times. At other times, the primer is not fully punched out. Solution: follow/guide/push the hull down to full bottom in the collet with your fingers as you pull the handle for the "first reload" and you're good to go from then on. I know this from experience. But... your problem may be elsewhere. Best, Kensal |
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05-21-2012, 02:59 PM | #19 | ||||||
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After tinkering with this machine and talking to MEC, I am finally into full scale production. I'm convinced that the primer issue was caused by shells that had been weathered, causing the primers to corrode, so from here on out I'm only using hulls that i know will not have that issue. Thanks again to all who provided me some very sound advice.
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