Originally Posted by legion (Post 5262939)

Tim, I use the walnut before the corncob, but for two 20-minute stretches usually.

The walnut leaves a lot of residue on the cases, which the corncob removes. If not removed, the walnut residue will start to gum up the dies. This makes less of a difference on straight-walled cases, but is a huge deal with bottle-necked cases, as the walnut residue + case lube makes for an abrasive mess.

Originally Posted by legion (Post 5263133)

Hmmm....what brand walnut media are you using? I use the Lyman stuff. Maybe that's the problem.

Originally Posted by Tim Hancock (Post 5100617)

:D You got me nailed. I just went to look at and try my wife's boss's 550B..... Worked fine and looked brand spanking new..... for $500 cash I can have it. I really don't like having to feed both the cases and bullets along with loading the primer tubes one primer at a time.... seemed tedious. If I buy it, I will have to figure out at least a DIY case feeder system similar to the Lee's. The Lee sometimes gets an upside down 9mm case, but there is a simple 5 minute fix for that on-line.

Originally Posted by legion (Post 5149125)

I have a Lee Loadmaster dedicated to .223.

I have a Lee Pro 1000 dedicated to 9mm.

I have a Lee "big" Classic press dedicated to .50 BMG.

I have a Lee Breech Lock that is dedicated to depriming and is occassionally used for other small tasks.

For all other calibers and competition loads, I have a Lee Classic Turret. I have multiple turrets that I simply pop in for a new caliber. I don't use a powder measure with the turret press, I have a Lyman automatic scale that I use instead.

The only real problems that I have with any of my Lee presses is that the Pro 1000 has a rather poor primer feed system (it often seats primers sideways or crushes them--I always use Winchester primers for this reason) and the Lee Perfect Powder measures spews BL-C2 on the Loadmaster. I think I'm going to purchase a Hornady powder measure to fix the problem. I think it's funny that the Lee Perfect Powder Measure is around $20, and the Hornady powder measure w/ progressive press kit is around $120.

On an unrelated note, I have three Lee Perfect Powder measures for sale. They work great as long as you don't hook them up to a progressive press.

Originally Posted by Tim Hancock (Post 5261467)

Finally got it mounted and setup. Made a Lexan primer explosion guard and then attempted to load a few rounds. I immediately had primer issues and was really perplexed till I found out that some of my once fired Walamrt Winchester White Box 9mm cases were headstamped WCC instead of WIN. I found out that Walmart on occasion is getting shipped the WCC stuff which is Winchester's military brass which has crimped in primers. Luckily most of my once fired brass is Federal and it runs fine. After looking thru all my brass and ammo, it looks like I have about 500 of the WCC brass and I made a tool to fix them and it works great.

Today being the hardcore DIY'er (and a cheap b@stard), I built a vibratory brass tumbler from an old polisher motor and some scrap wood..... I have run three batches so far today (about 300 cases per batch) and it works great using some walnut lizard bedding from a pet store with a capful of NuFinish car polish. I also cobbed up screened tumbler to quickly seperate the media from the brass when finished.

Planning on my first of "production" loading tonight. :)