MEC 9000

[Paul Harm]

My " Rube Golberg contraptions " has put out many a shell with little problems. My friends uncle and father owned it in Florida where they shot trap, then he bought it and used it for about ten years, and now I have it. The only problem I have is after about a 150 shells it starts cycling slow. When it warms up the pressure goes from 700 to under 500. I'm usually ready to quit, but if I ever get off my lazy butt I'll put a washer under the pressure spring. I think they're a very good machine. Craig, if you want to play around with it I believe it could be made to load 10ga. You'd have to grind the shell holder bigger to hold a 10ga, being careful not to grind into the primer hole. Then the two washers under the shell plate holder have to be ground smaller so the 10ga shell goes into the holder. I did it with a grabber. And I trimmed the shells to 2 3/4.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Paul Harm

My " Rube Golberg contraptions " has put out many a shell with little problems. My friends uncle and father owned it in Florida where they shot trap, then he bought it and used it for about ten years, and now I have it. The only problem I have is after about a 150 shells it starts cycling slow. When it warms up the pressure goes from 700 to under 500. I'm usually ready to quit, but if I ever get off my lazy butt I'll put a washer under the pressure spring. I think they're a very good machine. Craig, if you want to play around with it I believe it could be made to load 10ga. You'd have to grind the shell holder bigger to hold a 10ga, being careful not to grind into the primer hole. Then the two washers under the shell plate holder have to be ground smaller so the 10ga shell goes into the holder. I did it with a grabber. And I trimmed the shells to 2 3/4.

My days of fabrication are past . I had thought of seeing if someone I know would be wiling to turn one into a 10 gauge . But I suspect by the time it was all said and done I could just buy a PW LS-1000 and at PW the extra $35 to make it a 2 7/8" for what the 9000 plus alterations would cost .

[Pa SxS]

Paul, if you mean the air cylinder that rotates the shell holder, I have an extra one you can try. If you mean the hydrolic cylinder, if you have the new style, they can be repaired. I have a real early 9000H and went through 3 revisions of the hydrolic cylinder till I got the latest type because they would leak oil. I've had no problems for years.