berettaprofessor
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Okay, my first attempts at reloading 410 are not going smooth. Two questions please:
Q1) I have Fiocchi 410 shells, Cheddite 209 primers, CB wads, and planned to use H110 powder. I need a drop of 15.7-16.0 grains H110. My MEC Jr. 600 Mark 5 410 loader came with #10, #11, and #12 MEC bushings. MEC's powder bushing chart says that those bushings should drop 14.2, 15.0, and 15.8 grains of H110, but, because I've read that the bushings will drop Hodgdon powders light, I also obtained MEC 12A and #13 bushings prior to starting to reload. So I get setup and start with the #11 bushing which drops 14.0 or 14.1 grains H110 (I'm measuring 3 drops each time). The #12 bushing drops 14.4 grams and the #12A bushing drops 14.7 grains. Okay, the #13 should be just over 15 grains, right? Nope, it drops 17.0 or 17.1 grains. I cycled through these bushings twice, taking things apart each time and got the same results each time. Do the bushings really jump that far from #12A to #13? What am I doing wrong or what do I do now?
Q2) The 410 loader comes with a little brass washer to decrease leakage with fine powder. Instructions say to tip the measure back, remove the powder container, tip it forward, remove the grommet, place the washer flat side down on the bushing, and replace the grommet, then tip it back again, reapply the powder container, and tip it up to use. Simple right? Well the goldarned grommet is the hardest thing to seat properly I've ever seen....like watching someone with fat ankles try to squeeze into a pair of two small shoes and just as one side slips in, the fat bulges out the other and it never works. So, anyone got a trick to replace the grommet?
Q1) I have Fiocchi 410 shells, Cheddite 209 primers, CB wads, and planned to use H110 powder. I need a drop of 15.7-16.0 grains H110. My MEC Jr. 600 Mark 5 410 loader came with #10, #11, and #12 MEC bushings. MEC's powder bushing chart says that those bushings should drop 14.2, 15.0, and 15.8 grains of H110, but, because I've read that the bushings will drop Hodgdon powders light, I also obtained MEC 12A and #13 bushings prior to starting to reload. So I get setup and start with the #11 bushing which drops 14.0 or 14.1 grains H110 (I'm measuring 3 drops each time). The #12 bushing drops 14.4 grams and the #12A bushing drops 14.7 grains. Okay, the #13 should be just over 15 grains, right? Nope, it drops 17.0 or 17.1 grains. I cycled through these bushings twice, taking things apart each time and got the same results each time. Do the bushings really jump that far from #12A to #13? What am I doing wrong or what do I do now?
Q2) The 410 loader comes with a little brass washer to decrease leakage with fine powder. Instructions say to tip the measure back, remove the powder container, tip it forward, remove the grommet, place the washer flat side down on the bushing, and replace the grommet, then tip it back again, reapply the powder container, and tip it up to use. Simple right? Well the goldarned grommet is the hardest thing to seat properly I've ever seen....like watching someone with fat ankles try to squeeze into a pair of two small shoes and just as one side slips in, the fat bulges out the other and it never works. So, anyone got a trick to replace the grommet?