Ponsness-Warren Help Request

[Jim McKee]

I have always found the PW folks to be very helpful.
Good Luck!
Jim

[Dean Romig]

The lady was very clear and helpful.





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[William Davis]

One thing you don't want to do is pull harder on the operating handle. Know that’s a mistake for sure.

Willam

[Billy Gross]

Dean Any progress did you fin he problem? Billy

[Dean Romig]

I got it all apart last night but chose to knock off before I got too tired and messed something up.
Back at it soon.





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[6pt-Sika]

The actuator bar that has the peg sticking out for the linkage were initially made out of steel on the 800B’s then when I got 800C’s they were plastic . I kinda think they became plastic for two reasons . The first being cheaper , but the second and more important if something binds up in there and you keep on pulling the plastic peg sticking out will break first rather than staying together as steel would and breaking something more expensive to replace .

[Dean Romig]

Yeah, like the shear pins on my snowblower... that might see some use today





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[Bill Murphy]

My 800B loaders, five of them, are going on fifty years old, so I can't help much. However, on the 800B, when things lock up, it is usually an unseated primer or a half seated primer that must be found and cleaned out. That is in the "book". I just did that fix a couple of days ago. Somehow, I have always been able to find the culprit and fix it without breaking something, but it is sometimes a time consuming search. First, I had to turn off the shot and powder and block the primer feed. When I finally got to the problems, it was uncertain which shells had how much shot, powder or a primer, so I discarded all shells in progress at the time of the blockage. Small price to pay to eliminate the possibility of a double charge or no charge. I have hand stamped numbers on all the stations on my turntables so I can say, in my mind, "shell in #2 has no powder". Or maybe it would be "discard #2 through #7 because of doubtful content". One thing, after more than a half million shells loaded and several shot spills, I have never had shot seize up the machine. In my experience, a seized machine is always an improperly seated primer or shell case. Good luck, Dean.

[Dean Romig]

Okay... As I suspected there was a bunch of #8 shot in the workings (none in the top rack & pinion for the powder and shot sequencing) and I have it all back together again and it is no longer jammed. Now to look up a good recipe for 20/28 for the several hundred 28 gauge once-fired shells I have.

I'll keep y'all posted.





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[Pa SxS]

13 gr. of 20/28, AA hull, Claybuster 5034 HS wad, Winchester 209 primer..