FULLY AUTOMATIC RELOADING PRESS

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Ahh P&W autodrive awesomeness.... :)


Wait till the single stage gang gets a load of this :eek:
 
Chief38,

This will lead you to the ULTIMATE RELOADING STEP.

Just BUY your ammo and have it delivered, while you GO SHOOTING.

I find reloading SLOW to be a RELAXING event.:)

I'll leave the FULLY AUTOMATED to Manufactures, Super Competitors,

and Plain Speed Reloading to the KIDS pushing out high numbers.

Someday they too will STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES.

That is quite a machine, and one was for sale on another forum recently.

I think I'll get up and go play with my BLUE and RED TOYS now.:D

They have some additions due tomorrow and Friday, TO HELP SPEED THINGS UP.:p:;)
 
I may come off as one who preaches from the single stage pulpit ... but it seems the only time a press need be spoken about is to a beginner.
Just how hard would that be to build ...... Hmmm
7 to 30 press rams in sequenced timing at a little higher rate so it rains a full mag per revolution :D ... THEN automatically stuff em into mags:eek:
THEN your cooking with gas:p
 
Nice setup but wonder what happens when something goes wrong. Like a berdan primed case sneaking in the mix, stuck case, a bad primer pocket etc. Does the machine then proceed to self destruct? LOL
 
I had the same question as millisec? Are there procedures in place for stoppages ? Possibility of a double charge?

Larry
 
Imagine taking a M134 Gatling gun and converting it to a reloading press.
 
It is a nice press. However feeding it will probably run to about 200 bucks per hour for 45 ACP and a lot more for something like 308.

I had the opportunity to purchase a brand new Dillon 650 with the bullet feeder option last spring and thought long and hard about it. In fact if the shop hadn't been so busy with customers looking to purchase handguns I might have in in my basement right now. However the salesman let me sit and think a bit too long. One problem for me was that it was listed as being capable of producing 800 rounds per hour, so it would be rather expensive to feed. Second issue was that it was setup for 9mm and I don't own a 9mm handgun. After sitting for 45 minutes waiting for someone to tell me what they wanted for that 650 I got up and walked out. Not because I was angry at the delay but because after thinking it over I decided that I couldn't afford to utilize it's capacity and didn't want to have 600 or 700 bucks tied up on a press I wouldn't be able to use until changeover kits became available.

So, I'll just keep plugging along with my Rockchucker. Yeah, I'm only getting about 100 rounds per hour but I'm only shooting about 100-150 rounds per week.
 
One of the great things about our "hobby" is that there are so many different aspects of it everybody can enjoy different things. One of my friends has many guns and I swear that the only reason he shoots is so he can reload! He enjoys reloading much more than shooting or the guns themselves. Some guys are into hunting, bullseye shooting, CAS, combat shooting, plinking, skeet, sporting clays, trap, etc. etc. and each person seems to find there own niche. I enjoy most of the aspects that I listed above but enjoy fixing/repairing, shooting, and hunting the most. I dislike reloading (not because it's difficult) because to me it is simply tedious and boring sitting there pulling a handle all day long. I am always paying attention to details and to what I am doing and after a few hours at it I can't wait until I run out of clean brass in the bin so I can stop for the day.

The reasons I choose to reload are three:
1) economics
2) lack of ammo (type and quantity) I want being readily available
3) by reloading I can custom taylor the loads

So yes I am a serious reloader but see it simply as a boring task to have enough ammo to be able to shoot what I want when I want. Anything I can so to speed up the process or make it easier is a bonus to me. I'd much rather spend the time fixing, repairing, shooting, hunting or what ever than sitting in my reloading room pulling a handle all day. I recognize some of us really like that, but to me it's just a necessity of the shooting hobby.

I would bet my bottom dollar that by automating a manual machine can & will cause problems as well, just food for thought here. But that doesn't mean I should stop thinking and exploring easier & faster methods of getting a tedious task accomplished. I have often thought of actually building my own automated machine from scratch instead of modifying a manual machine - just haven't gotten off my butt yet. :)
 
I'd much rather be sitting in my 3 seasons porch on a rainy day, with a good cup of coffee, low music in the background, overlooking the garden, and loading ammo on a single stage press. I'd also rather talk to my friends in person rather than by Facebook or E-mail, or navigate by compass and map in the woods rather than a GPS. Excuse me, time for another shot of Geritol.
 
I've had a 450 (now updated to a 550B with case feeder) since 1985. I load a years worth of 45 ACP in 1 or 2 afternoons, all my metallic cartridge cowboy ammo for the year, in 2 or 3 afternoons; but my long range precision ammo is loader 50 or 100 rounds at a time on a T-7 Redding at about 60 rounds per hour or a little faster just for the charge and seat phase. Two afternoons of shooting last week used up around 120 rounds verses Cowboy Action Shooting- 2 days of competition was 240-250 45 Long Colt ammo. A weeks practice was 100-150 rounds per day plus 50-75 shotgun a day (and I still come in, in the bottom third!) I used to help people out with their loading, but they think because you have a progressive loader that setting up and doing a few hundred rounds for them is the only thing you have to do. I love to reload.... for me and sometimes, for the kids (all late 20's or older) to go with me. But I spent thousands of dollars on equipment and components for my household, NOT AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE! One last note; the case feeder on the 550B makes loading easier... but not faster. If I had that to do over again,I would not do it again. Ivan
 
I think it's pretty cool but, if you have to constantly hover over the machine to make sure everything is working correctly you might as well do it manually. My 2¢.
 
Chief: Very Cool, now if I could just get my wife to turn it on, fill it and watch it I would be set!!! I reload for precision, specialty, cost, BUT I would rather be shooting. I used to enjoy a reloading session, now it has become merely a necessary chore. I wish I did not feel that way but I do. Be Safe,
 
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