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THIS IS A ROUGH BUNCH!!

All I had to do was use a Hornady wad guide in the Texan wad guide holder Smile

Mike

Member Joined: 16 Nov 2006 Posts: 1338

oohhh guys , drink a cool drink !! Rgls are tough little buggers and the fact they all are JUST a LITTLE different makes them interesting ! Even when you think you've got them down pat , they mess with you a little . I've grown accustomed to hand feeding those and all my 410's . Takes me a week to load a flat , but like Mikey sez , they are ALL 100 per cent good to go . There is no guide in my 410 . There is a washer on top of the platform on the 16 and it is only used for Feds . My BP has been acceptable for a while now !

Uh well......the "chunk" out of the wad guide had nothing to do with getting the wad inserted into the hull......it was filed to be able to get the wad into the wad guide while leaving the rammer tube in position to seat the wad firmly on the powder.

Not sure that I would iron every hull mouth, but I get Mike's point. It is obvious that Mike found a better way, for his needs, to reload RGL's. Not sure we need to get all grumpy over a $5.00 wad guide. If you don't like his suggestion, don't follow it.

I was also in on the idea to file the top lip of the wad guide, the wad guide on my 9000G still has the filed out "chunk" to insert the wad easier. Are you pi**ed at me too?

My dad made me a tapered smooth plumb bob type bit for my cordless drill. I put it on high speed and iron out a couple hundred pretty quick usually work on a bucket of 500 at a time then run them through the press. I only use the RGL's for 3/4 oz so a few thousand a year are fine. Once the bit is hot it opens them up in a second. I don't like extra steps when loading but like Mr. Campbell I really try to avoid hiccups on my 9000g in the end the smooth loading cycle is worth it. I have my ram tube set high enough that I can slip the DR16 wad in with no alterations but it requires a little 2 step dance. My Win CF's load the smoothest then the Herter's lastly the RGL's they need the extra attention.

I use my lee load all my RGL hulls, I open up the crimp by carefully shoving the hull onto the prime station rod on my mec 600, give it a quick twist and no problems with wad hangups. also gives me a chance to weed out used up hulls with cracked crimps.

Joined: 16 Jul 2015 Posts: 2126 Location: Hudson,Wy

Okay, now that bird season is over and I am home again I will try to figure out the pic thing. I may need to resurrect my old photo bucket account since the dropbox account did not jive with what I attempted before heading to New Mexico.
Someone asked which loader, I am dealing with Mec 650's but have experienced the problem with 600 Jr's as well. The fix I describe of using a spring to pull the wad guide down into the case mouth applies to the 650 and any other model that uses the round rod for the guide to clamp onto.

Joined: 16 Jul 2015 Posts: 2126 Location: Hudson,Wy

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Thanks!!!

GEEZ LOOEEZ GUYS!!! Might I suggest you all try the Irish engineering method. Why not go out and get a bigger hammer, then apply it to the offending hulls to your hearts' content. It's a great outlet for the frustration and pent up energy from lying around the shanty too long through the winter months.

Think of it as therapy. Works for me. Might for you. A liberal application of Irish whiskey helps too. Laughing

Joined: 09 Mar 2016 Posts: 754 Location: Mn.

and now for something completely different.

I made a small insert that is easily pushed into the case mouth. the out side dia is exactly the internal demention of a new hull, then put the hull upside down in a mec supersizer. One stroke and its ready. SO' Place plug in case mouth Size brass size case mouth pull plug. How easy can it get.