As for an "empty" round, I'm loading in an air conditioned closet, so there shouldn't be enough moisture for the powder to "clump" and clog. There is no way I know of to get a "double-charge" on the Pro2000 because after powder is loaded, the round is automatically moved to the next station. Or, I can re-install the LockOut Die, seat the bullet in the next station, and crimp all the rounds in my single-station Big Max press.I can either avoid checking the powder level completely, or remove the case with powder and look into it.What I need is a dental mirror with a light. The case is to long and too small, and there is no way to get a light that shines down to the bottom, and no way to get my eyeball where it needs to be. My "problem" is that there is no way for me to look down into the 38 Special case to see the powder. That's the best I can measure it with my calipers.
So, I removed the LockOut die, moved the seater die to that now empty station, and was left with one empty station. It's from years ago, but there was no empty station on my die plate for a crimp die. Apparently I used to use a re-sizer die, an expander die, then the powder load, then my Lockout Die, then a seater die. Yesterday I switched over to 38, disassembling all the dies and cleaning, and re-setting everything. But during all this time, I stopped reloading 38 Special for my Model 52 and revolvers. I've used it like this for the past year, and my finished rounds look like they came out of a factory box. So, instead of the LockOut Die, I set up a mirror so I can look down into the shell casing and verify that it has the right amount of powder, not too much or too little. I grudgingly gave up on the RCBS "LockOut Die", as all of you convinced me that seating and crimping needed to be done in separate stations. Little by little, so many things were improved from feedback here, from Terry at Magnus Bullets, and from Dave Salyer. The biggest "negative" is that the Pro2000 is "only" a 5-station press.įor two or three years now, I've only been using the press for 45acp. I see tubes of primers, and my brain sees a "pipe bomb". Primers go in plastic strips, not tubes, which is important to me. I enjoyed it back then, and still enjoy it. With a 1-8 twist JBM gyroscopic stability = 2.I used to use an RCBS Big Max single station press - still have it, still like it, but I decided to move to a Progressive press, and bought the RCBS Pro2000 a few years ago. Just out of interest QL suggests a better powder/propellent for 24inch barrel length. Given 56008psi is 7000psi below the max SAMMI 63091psi there should be no over pressure concerns as you describe. Propellent burnt in 24inch barrel = 99.5% QL predicts a max working load using Ramshot Hunter with 140Gn A-max in 24inch barrel 1-8 twist:. According to QuickLoad predictions with 42.5gns Hunter it should chrono' at 2696ps. See if you can Chronograph the 140gn A-max round. I sympathise with your dilemma! BUT 42.5gns should give a very low pressure of 50947psi which is 12000 psi below SAMMI max of 63091psi according to the QuickLoad data predictions?
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