I've spoken to one of those shops at length. I was told "ammoload looks like it was made in a machine shop; Camdex looks like it was made in a blacksmith shop".
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I've spoken to one of those shops at length. I was told "ammoload looks like it was made in a machine shop; Camdex looks like it was made in a blacksmith shop".
Funny cuz I wish I just got a 650 over my 550. I wish I had a round count thru it. My guess is 80,000. That's a lot of manual indexing
I got my 550 around 1999. I figure I've loaded around 50,000 rounds on it.
I would prefer a 650 so that I could have another station.
A lot of guys just set up another press alongside their 550 or whatever and run the volume stuff through the 650 and the stuff they shoot less out of the 550, etc... or keep one large primer, one small, etc. -Mike
My bench looks like this:A lot of guys just set up another press alongside their 550 or whatever and run the volume stuff through the 650 and the stuff they shoot less out of the 550, etc... or keep one large primer, one small, etc.
-Mike
1050 arrived this afternoon.. Couldn't wait and set it up and ran a few rounds... WOW!! What a machine.. I need to do a bit more tweaking on the swager, but what an awesome machine. I am going to have to learn not to push forward on the up stroke any longer to seat primers... that wil be a hard habit to break..
I put in my Hornady bullet feeder and it works like a champ... Looking forward to cranking out some rounds this weekend.... I am a happy reloader....
My bench looks like this:
- Left front corner: 550b in Dillon strong mount
- Center front: Classic 1050
- Right front corner: Case Pro 100
Could you talk about the advantages of a Mark 7 1050 Autodrive over the 650 Autodrive? I think the 1050 has more stations -- can it swage primer crimped primer pockets?
Just noticed I get two popping sounds when raising the handle on the 1050. Sounds/feels like the cases are sticking both on the resize/deprime (station 2) and swage removal (station 3). On station 3, the support rod has an expansion ring at the top and it sounds/feels like it sticks when raising the handle.. has anyone else using the 1050 run into this?
It is just like this in the video...(not my 1050)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNegajElwLg
Are you wet-tumbling your brass?