|
02-11-2021, 03:21 PM | #73 | |||||||
|
Quote:
|
|||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to Frank Srebro For Your Post: |
02-11-2021, 03:53 PM | #74 | ||||||
|
The principal component of the short kit is the 1/4” spacer plate, so I just move it over to the 12ga. press when I load 12s. If I recall, the kit also has a spacer ring for the primer seating cup, and, there again, I just swap that over. I roll crimp all my 28ga. so, not using the final two stages, I don’t need the short kit on that press. I only load 2 1/2” now.
|
||||||
02-11-2021, 06:59 PM | #75 | ||||||
|
Got it Edgar and Frank. Good advice I clearly didn't think about, but doesn't the 600 resize as well? Thank you.
__________________
Nothing ruins your Friday like finding out it's only Tuesday |
||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to Andrew Sacco For Your Post: |
03-04-2021, 03:55 PM | #76 | ||||||
|
I was able to make some good scores over the past two days to include another brick of Cheddites, 4 pounds (partial jug) of 20/28 powder, a barely used MEC 9000 Progressive in 20-gauge, and all those once-fired Remington hulls shown in 32 gallon containers. Two right places at the right time and everything bought at very good pricings. The hulls were almost free. I really don't need the 20 press but just couldn't pass it up at the price; I'll probably move it on to a friend once the 12/20 Ponsness I've had on order is delivered.
|
||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Frank Srebro For Your Post: |
03-04-2021, 04:23 PM | #77 | ||||||
|
Nice score Frank, I PICKED up a few lbs of 20/28, 3 bags shot, anda brick of primers last week , at normal, not inflated prices. Good score on the hulls also. Wish I could shoot more often. Closest SC is Hunting Hills, a great venue, but 70 miles away. Best friend just bought a wobble trap this fall and that sure is fun. Perfect for light 3/4 and 7/8 loads.
__________________
"How kind it is that most of us will never know when we have fired our last shot"--Nash Buckingham |
||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Harold Lee Pickens For Your Post: |
03-04-2021, 06:37 PM | #78 | ||||||
|
I'm never in the right place at the right time : (
__________________
Nothing ruins your Friday like finding out it's only Tuesday |
||||||
03-04-2021, 09:28 PM | #79 | ||||||
|
I have been reloading for 60+ years. I have had many different presses, all got the job done, some better than others. If you don’t need volume, it is hard to beat the Mec 600 jr. I currently have mec 600’s and 650’s in every gauge and a PW 900 with gauge change kits for 12, 20, 28 and .410. Short kits for 2 1/2 and 2 inch shells I made myself which were simple to make. I also have RCBS rockchucker and a Dillon 450 for rifle and pistol. Reloading supplies are hard to come by now, however I did get 15 bags of shot yesterday. $45.00 per bag, a far cry from the $5.00 I use to pay when I first started reloading. Hopefully things will become more available soon. Who knows.
Carvel |
||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Carvel Whaley For Your Post: |
03-05-2021, 07:29 AM | #80 | ||||||
|
I bought a MEC Super Sizer about 20 years ago, when I began loading for a "short ten". I didn't load many and didn't even buy a press. Over the years I have added the other gauge collets for it. Now, when I load in any of my presses without a collet sizer I just run all the shells through that Super Sizer first. Quick and easy.
I love it, and would do the same thing all over again. Andy, the 600s resize, but with much more effort, IMO. They force the base of the hull through a die (ring), then back out. Takes much more effort when the hulls were previously fired in a gun with large chambers. The collet sizers are effortless. |
||||||
|
|