AussieShooter
Bearcat
I'm having problems reloading with a Lee Pro 1000 progressive press. (Before people chime in with advice to scrap it and get a Dillon, a single stage press, etc, etc... I'd like to say that these notions have already occurred to me... several times...)
Today, I've successfully reloaded 61 rounds but I've got 7 primers tipped sideways. I think that a 10% failure rate is unacceptable.
I think that it's an indexing problem - it seems to me that the priming pin is coming up (with a primer on it) before the shell plate has rotated fully and the primer is getting knocked sideways by hitting the shell plate as it turns. In other words, instead of the primer coming up into the pocket in the base of the cartridge, it is hitting the shell plate because the indexing is out.
Can anyone tell me how to solve this problem? The manual that comes with the press talks about zero adjustment for shell plate indexing by turning the phillips head screw underneath the shell plate carrier. I haven't had much luck following their procedure, and they actually say that it should only need to be done once.
It seems to me that this is a persistent problem. Every time I get the press working properly, it eventually goes to heck, sooner or later. The nylon bushing in the shell plate carrier has just been replaced, so I can't put it down to wear on this component.
Yes, I have posted on this forum before regarding my Lee Pro 1000 woes. This time, I think that I've narrowed it down to a specific issue. I'd like to say to anyone considering buying this press: don't.
Today, I've successfully reloaded 61 rounds but I've got 7 primers tipped sideways. I think that a 10% failure rate is unacceptable.
I think that it's an indexing problem - it seems to me that the priming pin is coming up (with a primer on it) before the shell plate has rotated fully and the primer is getting knocked sideways by hitting the shell plate as it turns. In other words, instead of the primer coming up into the pocket in the base of the cartridge, it is hitting the shell plate because the indexing is out.
Can anyone tell me how to solve this problem? The manual that comes with the press talks about zero adjustment for shell plate indexing by turning the phillips head screw underneath the shell plate carrier. I haven't had much luck following their procedure, and they actually say that it should only need to be done once.
It seems to me that this is a persistent problem. Every time I get the press working properly, it eventually goes to heck, sooner or later. The nylon bushing in the shell plate carrier has just been replaced, so I can't put it down to wear on this component.
Yes, I have posted on this forum before regarding my Lee Pro 1000 woes. This time, I think that I've narrowed it down to a specific issue. I'd like to say to anyone considering buying this press: don't.