I’m not that fast. Alhough in a few hours on each of the last 2 nights I did load about 3400 9mm’s including case gauging every round.
I also spent over 1/2 of the first evening tearing down a 1050 arm joint then cleaning and re-packing the bearing. Turns out my issue was something else. Sigh.
My normal load speed these days is 2100 rounds an hour - I can’t quite keep up at that speed with feeding the machine components, fixing issues, spot-QC’ing rounds (OAL, Crimp, Primer Deating Depth) and case gauging every round produced in a Hundo Case Gauge. Then again I’m not that far behind.
Effective speed is less that 2100 RPH - as I am busier than a one-armed paper hanger and need to maintain that level of intensity for hours at a time. Plus watch NetFlix.
Last edited by GuanoLoco; 07-25-2018 at 10:11 AM.
Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Doodie Project?
I still vibratory tumble but only for rifle brass. I'll give them a bit of a grind before I lube and size. After that they go into the wash for pins and/or soap and Lemi Shine.
I've done it the other way around by washing and lubing first then tumbling just for a few minutes to get the case lube off. But this usually results in dirty primer pockets and bits of media stuck in the flash holes.
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It is smaller and cheaper (and the price of the larger one went up):
https://www.amazon.com/Frankford-Ars...2396F1NMJZGMF6
Looks like it also does not have the timer, not sure if that would or would be a big deal.
It also looks like it comes with screens that would be better for using the pins, and they are available as an accessory:
https://www.amazon.com/Frankford-Ars...2396F1NMJZGMF6
I still would not plan to use the pins, but if I ever need to again I will buy a set of the screens.
The reason I was looking is that I probably will end up with the dryer. Some of my 300BO cases that I ASSumed would be dry in about a day and a half (without primers) were not.
I'm using the stainless steel pins, Dawn dish soap and lema-shine (citric acid) I think I'll tray the Armor All suds. Thanks for the tip!
What did you put in the cleaning solution?
I just bought a lyman brass dryer to help getting my brass dry.
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