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jclayto · August 22, 2012, 09:07 AM

Thank you to everyone for all of the input. I took the machine over to a friends house last night and we were able to get everything up and running. As suspected the biggest culprit was the 6 point crimp starter. We switched it out with his 8 point and most of the issues went away. We also fine tuned the wad seating depth, made some slight adjustments the the crimp die and gave the inside of the crimp die a good cleaning. The machine had not been used in sometime so there was a lot rust/gunk buildup inside. I was able to load 100 shells with no problem.

I have some 0178 wads here. At some point in the future I will pick up an adjustable charge bar or a 7/8 bar and give those a try.

August 22, 2012, 09:07 AM	#14
jclayto Senior Member Join Date: February 14, 2005 Location: Anderson, SC Posts: 600	Thank you to everyone for all of the input. I took the machine over to a friends house last night and we were able to get everything up and running. As suspected the biggest culprit was the 6 point crimp starter. We switched it out with his 8 point and most of the issues went away. We also fine tuned the wad seating depth, made some slight adjustments the the crimp die and gave the inside of the crimp die a good cleaning. The machine had not been used in sometime so there was a lot rust/gunk buildup inside. I was able to load 100 shells with no problem. I have some 0178 wads here. At some point in the future I will pick up an adjustable charge bar or a 7/8 bar and give those a try.