Whenever you get into one of the older discontinued models you have to expect problems of one sort or another. One of the reasons the old ones are out of the catalog is the maker got tired of trying to correct design problems.
FWIW, back when those oldies were sold as part of the inventory, we weren't concerned with running 500-1000 reloads an hour. Everything was done at a leisurely pace and if we got 100 shells loaded while listening to Jack Armstrong, the All American boy on the radio, it was a good thing. Now we want to fill a wooden ammo box full of reloads between gin and tonics, and the oldies just can't keep up with that demand.
Speaking of old reloaders, without any kind of primer feed. Here's an old home made reloader able of doing 12 and 16 gauge on the same platform without changing any of the tooling parts. I found it at an estate sale. The builder was 93 when he passed and this was in his garage under a pile of old starters and generators. This design gives new meaning to progressive. Load some 12s for Grampa and then the boy can reload some 16s for his rabbit or pheasant gun.
Some of the parts look like those currently available from Lee Loaders. Haven't tried to reload anything on it, but one of these days . . .
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