I ordered a Hornady Lock N Load Progressive press this weekend (should be here Friday). Ordered shell plates for 223, 10mm and 45ACP. Also ordered Hornady XTP expander/powder through dies in 10mm and 45ACP. Got 12 bushings for the dies. Pretty stoked.
Recent haul
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h63/customshopkv1/New%20AR%20Build/null-5.jpg)
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Rainer 230gr plated 45ACP pills
Noveske MUR upper receiver
Denny's Global Tactical Ion Bonded BCG
Raptor Ambi charging handle
Hornady 75gr HPBT 223 pills
Redding Titanium Carbide 45ACP dies - Deprime/Resize, Expander, Seater and Crimp
Awesome. Please post up a review when you get the press. I have long thought this press was the real price/feature/quality contender.
Interesting haul! 8)
Will post pix and review for sure.
I'm working on building an AR. I had all these plans before everything starting going nuts. So I have at home or am being delivered
Aero Precision lower with Magpul furniture (ACS-L all FDE) and PSA lower parts kit.
Noveske MUR upper
Denny's Global Tactical Ion Bonded BCG
Centurion C4 12" rail
BCM 14.5" carbine length lightweight barrel
Raptor Ambi charging handle
Troy Industries FDE folding sights
Troy Industries Medieval muzzle brake
EOTech 553 red dot
I have a LnL AP. some upgrades you'll want
Universal Powder Through Expander:
http://powderfunnels.com/
Ergo handle and strong mount
http://www.inlinefabrication.com/
RCBS powder lockout die
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/536792/rcbs-lock-out-die
I have the bullet feeder and the case feeder. The case feeder is great. The bullet feeder is less useful.
I ordered PTX dies for 10mm and 45ACP
Also ordered the powder through funnel as well. Going to really sit down with this bad boy and get it setup
I have a powder cop already for this so the lockout die is not needed.
Also the handles are cool but is there anything wrong with the stock handle?
Awesome! Did it show up today? LOL, I suppose if it did you probably wouldn't be hanging around here till at least tomorrow. 8)
Quote from: hAkron on January 08 2013 05:43:41 PM MST
I have a LnL AP. some upgrades you'll want
Universal Powder Through Expander:
http://powderfunnels.com/
Ergo handle and strong mount
http://www.inlinefabrication.com/
RCBS powder lockout die
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/536792/rcbs-lock-out-die
I have the bullet feeder and the case feeder. The case feeder is great. The bullet feeder is less useful.
Well, I received my press on Friday. I went to set it up on my bench and realized it set way too low. Thanks for the advice on in-line fabrications.com, I ordered the ergo handle and strong mount this weekend so hopefully I'll have it this week
The inline fabrication light kit is the balls too. I got the one with the optional ceiling light add on
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The lockout die is nicer than the powder cop because its stops the press from indexing if there is a high/low powder situation.
Forget the strong mount, unless you want the press higher than your bench. In this case a trip to your local scrap metal yard or welding shop will save you enough to buy well over 100 bullets just by using a piece of Ibeam which is way stronger than a "strong mount"
I use an older pair of Hornady progressive presses. Here are the mods I did.
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c176/Travelinman/Reloading%20room/HornadyPress5.jpg)
here is an easy way to dump powder
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c176/Travelinman/Reloading%20room/Powderdump4.jpg)
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c176/Travelinman/Reloading%20room/Powderdump5.jpg)
I am having issues getting the expander die working. I have Redding dies in my Hornady press and using Rainier 230gr plated bullets (.451 diameter)
I really like the pool ball handle, looks good and gives good leverage:
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac331/johnelway/lnl.jpg)
there is a guy on the glocktalk forum that makes these, you can search for "pool ball handle" and find his info
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