Reloading using 7 1/2 shot with MEC 410 Grabber

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens

Have the same problem with my Mec 600 jr 20 ga--with all shot sizes, a couple every box. I just tap the tube with a screwdriver to drop the shot. I try the wax job.

I keep a welding rod to poke down thru the tube .

[Bruce Hering]

I also use the "tap with a screw driver handle" method although sometimes a little spider gets in there and builds a "nest" and thats on 12 ga and 20 ga.

[Dean Romig]

Your machines get cobwebs?





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[Dean Romig]

Oops, double post.





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[Paul Wilczynski]

Thanks for the advice. When graphite was recommended, did they say how much to add?

[Harold Pickens]

Mine might have cobwebs and setter hair. I reloaded so much during the shutdown of early Covid, I have barely touched them in a year. I did load 2 boxes of 3/4 oz 16s last week, it is what I typically shoot for informal back 40 clays.Gotta have 700 or more 7/8 oz loads sitting around.

[Gary Laudermilch]

No, he did not say how much graphite he added. I'll see him again next week and I'll ask.

[Paul Wilczynski]

Thanks Gary.

[William Davis]

You can buy inexpensive powered graphite in large containers from Amazon. I use it for lots of lube jobs. Belding and Mull powder measure for example. It’s bound to improve shot flow.

William

[Woodcock survey]

A friend made his shot and added 1 squirt from a tube of grafite to 10 lbs. in a case tumbler for 2 minutes. Little goes a long way.