Ghost In The Fog
Member
Hello and I hope everyone is happy and healthy in this crazy time.
My problem is this:
PTX sticks as case is removed from powder drop through expander.
I have done many, many hours searching here and the internet. I have cleaned, polished, lubed, removed, reassembled, raised, lowered, adjusted the powder drop and adjusted pawls ad nauseam.
I switched from a Lee Classic about a year ago and I have had so many issues getting this to 90% This is the last issue and I can't get it right. Hornady sent me a new PTX. I have watched hours of videos etc. I have contacted Hornady again and they told me they have never seen this before. I know they have, there are videos on youtube and the internet
These are Lee dies that worked flawlessly on the Classic. I use One Shot case lube and that reduced the sticking even though these are carbide dies and everyone says lube is not required. The rest of the dies are very smooth and work properly.
I have loaded 4,100 9mm on this press so far and this is the best that it has been.
When I load a single case at a time, it sticks like in the video. Loading up five cases in the shell plate does not necessarily make it worse but frequently shakes the bullet sideways on the case and I have to re-position it by hand before going into the seating die.
Station 1 Sizing die
Station 2 Hornady powder drop with PTX
Station 3 Hornady bullet feeder
Station 4 Lee seating die
Station 5 Lee factory crimp die.
I de-prime, clean, and prime off press for convenience but I have that dialed in too now and have 1,100 cases sized and primed ready to go. After the 1,100 I will add the sizing and priming in to the mix but I have to fix this first.
This is my last ditch effort before taking a sledge to this. The last thing would be to buy a separate expanding die and eliminating the PTX and putting the all in one seat/crimp die back on. I don't like the combined seat/crimp die as well as keeping them in separate stations.
I am just posting this here as a last hope that one of you might have had the same problem and frustration and figured it out.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I am hoping one of you has the answer. I have received so much great information from all of you in the past.
My problem is this:
PTX sticks as case is removed from powder drop through expander.
I have done many, many hours searching here and the internet. I have cleaned, polished, lubed, removed, reassembled, raised, lowered, adjusted the powder drop and adjusted pawls ad nauseam.
I switched from a Lee Classic about a year ago and I have had so many issues getting this to 90% This is the last issue and I can't get it right. Hornady sent me a new PTX. I have watched hours of videos etc. I have contacted Hornady again and they told me they have never seen this before. I know they have, there are videos on youtube and the internet
These are Lee dies that worked flawlessly on the Classic. I use One Shot case lube and that reduced the sticking even though these are carbide dies and everyone says lube is not required. The rest of the dies are very smooth and work properly.
I have loaded 4,100 9mm on this press so far and this is the best that it has been.
When I load a single case at a time, it sticks like in the video. Loading up five cases in the shell plate does not necessarily make it worse but frequently shakes the bullet sideways on the case and I have to re-position it by hand before going into the seating die.
Station 1 Sizing die
Station 2 Hornady powder drop with PTX
Station 3 Hornady bullet feeder
Station 4 Lee seating die
Station 5 Lee factory crimp die.
I de-prime, clean, and prime off press for convenience but I have that dialed in too now and have 1,100 cases sized and primed ready to go. After the 1,100 I will add the sizing and priming in to the mix but I have to fix this first.
This is my last ditch effort before taking a sledge to this. The last thing would be to buy a separate expanding die and eliminating the PTX and putting the all in one seat/crimp die back on. I don't like the combined seat/crimp die as well as keeping them in separate stations.
I am just posting this here as a last hope that one of you might have had the same problem and frustration and figured it out.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I am hoping one of you has the answer. I have received so much great information from all of you in the past.