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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ Refrigerator Magnet Trick for MEC 600 |
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Sat May 25, 2019 4:09 pm
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We’ve been doing some bulk reloading with the MEC 600 JR and found a solution for one of its frustrating aspects. It is not easy to quickly and accurately position the hull base on the resize/deprime station, as the hull slides around the station. If the hull is not exactly placed, the resizer will crumple the hull mouth, or the deprimer will miss and bounce if depriming only.
To allow a more exact hull placement, we requisitioned a refrigerator magnet from HQ and cut a hole in it to fit the hull base. We fitted it to the MEC resize station and tacked it down with a hot glue gun.
Presto, the hulls drop in place perfectly with no fumbling and we can race through the resize or deprime (if using Supersizer) steps when done in bulk batches.
Good Luck,
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Sat May 25, 2019 9:13 pm
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| Interesting. You just gave me an idea for my ancient Mec Hull Conditioner, the predecessor to the Super Sizer. I love the thing since it knocks out the primer too, even if it doesn't use the collet system. After resizing/ depriming 1335 Remington 10 ga. hulls (yep, hit the jackpot with a mountain of FREE 10 ga. hulls this week!) I can see the need for something like this. I may build a thin plate with a chamfered hole to guide the case in, a plate the thickness of the case head rim. It would actually bolt on. Or I may just steal your magnet idea! |
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Sat May 25, 2019 10:49 pm
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Feel free to steal it. I entertained several possibilities including metal and wood plates, JB Weld etc but procrastinated due to the prospect of cutting, grinding etc. and then the idea of refrigerator magnets hit me in the face as I was preparing to poach a snack in the kitchen.
If you don’t have a refrigerator paneled with grandkids and pizza delivery numbers, the local flea market or thrift shop will have stacks of them in whatever thickness you need. I have all of 30 minutes invested in this fix so you might want to try it before you start cutting metal.
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Sun May 26, 2019 3:50 am
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| I solved all the problems I had with MEC presses by selling them and buying better presses, best move I made. |
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Sun May 26, 2019 3:49 pm
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Great,simple idea  |
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Sun May 26, 2019 9:09 pm
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| I actually solved most of the issue by pushing the hull partially up into the sizer instead of setting it on the press base anyway. |
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Mon May 27, 2019 5:02 am
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| WyoChukar wrote: |
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I actually solved most of the issue by pushing the hull partially up into the sizer instead of setting it on the press base anyway.
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Same here. It's self centering and I have never experienced the problem you are having. That said, you have a nifty solution for what you are experiencing.
I like MEC loaders. |
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Thu May 30, 2019 12:48 pm
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| Still love my old MEC, though I now own some of everything |
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Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:32 am
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The Spolar reloader comes with a magnet in the station where you seat the hull.
It stops the hull from wobbling side to side as you lower the sizing die. |
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Wed Jun 05, 2019 3:34 pm
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| Not an issue with any of my four Sizemasters. |
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Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:08 pm
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| Not an issue with any of my four Sizemasters.
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Yes, the Sizemaster's collet is infinitely superior to the 600 for resizing and depriming. But figuring I would never reload the 10,000 or so rounds needed for the Sizemaster to pay for itself (nor would I want to), I stuck with the 600 and its wretched resizer. The tedious manual centering needed for the 600 resizing wearied me, so I switched to the Supersizer. But depriming on the 600 was still onerous, hence the refrigerator magnet which greatly eases the bulk reloading task. |
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Mon Jul 01, 2019 5:38 am
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| WyoChukar wrote: |
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I actually solved most of the issue by pushing the hull partially up into the sizer instead of setting it on the press base anyway.
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WoGhuckar. I do the same thing. Speeds things up quickly. |
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Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:10 am
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| I actually solved most of the issue by pushing the hull partially up into the sizer instead of setting it on the press base anyway.
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Guys,
That is EXACTLY what I was doing until it became such an intolerably tedious and tiresome task with large batches of shells that I felt like throwing them all into the trash. That's why I needed something different to reduce, if not eliminate outright, the tedious manual manipulation of the hulls, hence the refrigerator magnet.
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Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:53 am
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