Yep, I never saw the point of stocking up a surplus. I too enjoy every step from case prep to seating the bullets. Now days almost every batch I load is a slight tweak from the previous just to see how it affect the target. It's a LOT more fun than loading several small batches of 10 to do load development. Keeping notes is key to this method. Besides I have at least 2 jugs of appropriate powders and several weights of bullets for each of the several guns I load for. Why not experiment? Most of my reloads now days are sent down range by my kids, but they sure are full of feedback, comments and .....Ranch Dog wrote:Macd wrote:........ I don't ever have a stock of ammo on hand. It seems the tinkering never ends ........
Just talkin about this makes me feel ready to go back to Phoenix and my bench. I guess I'm recovered for the last medical disasters.
) bought showed up a couple days ago. That was a lot sooner than I expected but it's always fun to get a new item. Original box (sorta beat up though, no biggie) everything was there that's supposed to be. Of course I had to immediately go about setting it up, took my time checking all the parts (still in packaging). It's the "newer" press frame with the "groove" along the ridge the "flipper" rides on, that was a good sign to me. Not some NOS from some warehouse. The press wouldn't index at first but was just not properly adjusted, the "flipper" was to tight against the frame and was to far out on the index rod, that was about a 3 minute fix. Press was very stiff to operate (also a good sign to me) but with a little more lube and several cycles it smoothed out very nicely. A little judicious work with a fine file on the end of the index rod tapering the offside edge a bit and breaking the sharp edges on both sides really smoothed it out. I read about doing that somewhere a long time ago and have done that on every LM I've had since. It works. Set up the case feeder and adjusted that, had to screw the large black bolt out from the press two turns to get that working right, another 5 minutes. Ran some 45acp cases (no 45 acp but I do have brass, go figure that one) ran several through with zip issues. Did not prime them but did have all the dies in and setup. The primer system will be my next objective. All in all everything looks and is working very well. Actually fellas I purchased this to use "mostly" as a decapping machine for 9mm, they are a beast for doing that, assuming a person is smart enough to figure out how to adjust the case feeder, I'm sometimes amazed at the number of people who can't do that. I will have to pick up a couple more things for it (here we go 
) for my "uses" but I knew that going in. I don't really know why but the Lee Loadmaster press just intrigues me and I really enjoy putzin' with them. Wzzzz bump, wzzzzz ker chunk, wzzzz bump, wzzzz ker chunk. That's the way it sounds to me.....
While I'm at it just how many LMs do you have by now. Do you get them just cause your bored or does the Mrs want you to keep outta her hair? 
) Not saying she ain't never been mad at me, she has, but never an argument. Easiest woman to be around I've ever met, that's why I asked her to marry me. I was 52, never thought I'd do that again after No. 1 went down the road. (still have visible scars from that one, possibly deserved 
