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  1. #11
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    fwiw: Lock/split washer under shellplate bolt - doesn't come loose every <100 odd rounds

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    I put a small dab of low strength Loctite and mine. It doesn’t come loose and I can still remove it easily when I need to.

  3. #13
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    The table I'm using currently is toast...Too wobbly, and I don't trust it. To whit...


    This will be done within the week I suspect. Much more solid, and once I figure out what to use as a bench top it'll be even more so.

    Until then, the press remains unassembled. Also need to pick up some Hornady one shot to degrease the powder measure and such.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 45dotACP View Post
    The table I'm using currently is toast...Too wobbly, and I don't trust it. To whit...


    This will be done within the week I suspect. Much more solid, and once I figure out what to use as a bench top it'll be even more so.

    Until then, the press remains unassembled. Also need to pick up some Hornady one shot to degrease the powder measure and such.
    I don't know what the dimensions of your bench are, but if you have a Menard's in your area I have seen them selling some pretty nice pre-cut butcher-block style hardwood workbench tops. As I recall, they had a few different sizes available and they were something like 1 1/2" thick (and very sturdy/heavy). I believe they also occasionally (frequently?) run a pretty good sale price on one of them.

    I was going to link to them on their website, but I couldn't find just the tops as opposed to all of their pre-fab assembly required complete benches. I hope they haven't discontinued them, it's probably been almost a year since I've looked at them. If you are interested, I would call to make sure they still sell them before driving any distance to look at them. The tops were on display alongside their pre-fab benches near their lumber department in the store near me. The quality definitely varied from sample to sample, so it would be worth looking over both sides of several of them before making a purchase.

    Hope this helps. And I thoroughly enjoy my Lock 'n Load as well - the brass feeder is definitely worth it! You could also look into the Bully Adapter (watch the videos) for a bullet feeder as a more economical (and much quieter) alternative to the electric bullet feeder. I've replaced the tubes on my Lee Mutli-tube Feeder Turret with longer ones, so I can load up 250 9mm bullets per turret, and I have two turrets which I can swap out in about 30 seconds. 500 rounds per reloading session seems to be about the right compromise between my short attention span and desire to keep a steady supply of reloads available. Of course, I'm sure if I had the electric bullet feeder I wouldn't regret it, either.

    Rick
    Last edited by Rick_ICT; 01-22-2017 at 09:23 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 45dotACP View Post
    once I figure out what to use as a bench top it'll be even more so.
    I like to use 2xWhatever lumber side by side:
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    Gives you some weight and if you ever want to change things one board or another is easy to swap.

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