Mec fix

[Paul Harm]

I have two 600jr's - one for 10 and 12ga. When reloading with the short kit I bent the legs out so the shell plate would sit flat. When a shell would stick in the final crimp die, on the up stroke the shell would come out if the plate. Get out the channel locks. Getting tired of this, I decided to run a 1/4x20 screw through the plate and spacer and into the base of the reloader. I took the plate and spacer off and found a hole already on the base - one was already tapped and the other wasn't. After taking the column off, I tapped the one. Now everything stays in place, even when doing 2 3/4" old swollen paper shells. Anyone else have fixes for their Mec presses ?