I was teaching a friend to load .45ACP today. He's seen me do it before, and he seemed to understand it all. I turned around for a moment, and when I turned back, he had managed to bend the primer-shuttle rod (this thing) almost like a pretzel. It was bending in toward the press instead of away, and it had curves where there were no curves before. It's almost as if the primer shuttle got stuck and would move only vertically, and it was trying to "iron out" the rod.
Anyway, I've loaded thousands of rounds and gone through my share of replacements parts here and there, but it never even occurred to me that this part would break. Guess I'll give Hornady a call on Monday....
Anyway, I've loaded thousands of rounds and gone through my share of replacements parts here and there, but it never even occurred to me that this part would break. Guess I'll give Hornady a call on Monday....