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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.    
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03-27-2010, 03:36 PM
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Jesus, Tim.
You put the DI back in DIY... I just got my new gun cleaning table put in the basement tonight. It's actually just an expansion of my reloading bench area. I always seem to need more space and this thing is pretty big. The stainless steel make for real easy cleanup too! Anyway, looks good Tim!   
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03-27-2010, 06:49 PM
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...and as luck would have it....
Look what FedEx brought me today!!! 
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03-27-2010, 06:51 PM
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NuFinish?
Awesome setup, enjoy.
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03-27-2010, 07:02 PM
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Nice table/bench Lee! I love stainless, but am to cheap to pay for it. We are designing/building food equipment at work and had to build a clean room which has some stainless tables in it. If we ever tear it down, you can bet I will be trying to get some of the stainless.
 I only "intend" to load bulk quantities of 9mm IDPA loads, so I should be fine with my present set-up, but who knows.... Lazarro, Lots of guys use a capfull of the NuFinish auto polish when polishing cases. I tried corn cob also, but it takes longer to clean the cases. The walnut media works great and 1 to 1.5 hour in the vibratory tumbler seems sufficient. If I were to run them thru in corncob after the walnut, they would be even "shinier", but they look just like the factory new WWB after just the walnut/NuFinish.
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03-28-2010, 05:09 AM
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Tim,
Go to auctions. I do all the time. You often can find stainless stuff like that from old restaurants going out of business for next to nothing. Excellent to have in the shop, I have one as my welding table and love it. Joe A
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03-28-2010, 05:58 AM
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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.
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03-28-2010, 12:01 PM
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03-28-2010, 01:47 PM
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Hmmm....what brand walnut media are you using? I use the Lyman stuff. Maybe that's the problem.
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03-28-2010, 01:55 PM
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It is called "Lizard Litter".... ground english walnut shells.... big bag at the pet store was about $10. You can see it in the background of one of the pictures above. I tumble them pretty well in my separator gizmo and I have yet to find a case with any perceptible dust or pieces of walnut on them including the flash hole. I am using a capful of the NuFinish car polish every couple cycles added to the media and run for five minutes prior to adding the cases.
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03-28-2010, 02:24 PM
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Well other than 1 upside down primer possibly due to my initial rough actuating of the press, I just loaded my first 500 and am VERY happy with this press. I ended up at a speed of 100 rounds in 10-11 minutes at which time I would reload the case feeder and primer tray with 100 more rounds. I think I can go a bit faster once I get a good smooth rythym going. I watch the primer feed slot then observe the powder level right as I complete each handle stroke just prior to placing the next bullet in place. The case feeder works perfect although I did mod it slighty at the top to insure the smallish 9mm cases feed right side up thru the collator.
  
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03-28-2010, 04:13 PM
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Tim, hi, my name is Pablo and I`m from Argetina. I`ve been reading the forum and I guess I`m in the same problem. I dont know wich one to buy, the lee or the dillon. As I leve outside the US it seems that the custumer service will be a bit of a problem. Wich is your experience till now with the lee ? do u have to do anything to fix the priming problem that everybody talks about ?
Than u very much ... |
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08-20-2010, 05:40 AM
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OK, wich is your upgrade opinion today ? I`m from Argentina and I`m in the same problem that u were. I dont know wich to buy. I guess that if I have any problem in my country it would cost me really much to send it to the US.
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08-20-2010, 05:45 AM
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I think I saw a YouTube video on how to build a DIY primer feed that uses a Lee primer tray . God bless Wyr |
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06-14-2011, 06:01 AM
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Some here along the way , I bought the adjustable charge bar , but never used it much . Last week , I noticed it in the box with the round disks & decided to try it . First I tried 23.0 grains of AA # 2200 & 55 grain Hornady FMJBT . This was close to the max for the adjustable bar . Then tried 21.0 grains of WC846 with 61 grain FMJBT pulls . Both of these are ball powders and they leaked almost zero . The disk measure has always worked great with flake and extruded powder . Give it a try . God bless Wyr |
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06-14-2011, 06:15 AM
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I use a Lee universal de-priming die on them , in a single stage press . I then process the primer pocket crimp and then finish reloading them along with the other brass . I use the universal de-priming die quite a bit . God bless Wyr |
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06-14-2011, 06:26 AM
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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.
