Tomme boy
Well-Known Member
I have had this press ever since it came out. The last few weeks I have been working on loads for 2 of my AR's. I have been getting horrible groups out of both uppers. So I took the same loads and ran them through my Savage bolt action in 223 with a 1-9 twist barrel. This thing shoots amazing groups with just about everything I feed it. Well the groups were about the same as the 2 uppers.
So I took a few of my pet loads for the bolt action and shot them through the uppers. They did a LOT better. So I am chasing down what the difference on why the loads I have been testing and the pet loads. Well I loaded the pet loads on my RCBS chucker press. And all of these I have been testing were loaded on the LEE.
So something is up with the LEE press. So I started to load a few shells real slow to see what might be the issue. I think I may have found it. The ram is not in line with the turret holes. It is off a few degrees or so. When you run the shell up into the die, you can see the case is tipped to one side as it goes into the die. So I must be bending the neck of the bullets! I am going to try some loads done on the RCBS next.
This sucks. I have shot a couple hundred rounds in the last month trying to figure a load. I am thinking I should be able to loosen the bolts on the top and maybe adjust the head from there. Anyone else think that this may be part of my accuracy issue? And has anyone seen this before? If I were not down to eye level with the ram I might not have seen this.
So I took a few of my pet loads for the bolt action and shot them through the uppers. They did a LOT better. So I am chasing down what the difference on why the loads I have been testing and the pet loads. Well I loaded the pet loads on my RCBS chucker press. And all of these I have been testing were loaded on the LEE.
So something is up with the LEE press. So I started to load a few shells real slow to see what might be the issue. I think I may have found it. The ram is not in line with the turret holes. It is off a few degrees or so. When you run the shell up into the die, you can see the case is tipped to one side as it goes into the die. So I must be bending the neck of the bullets! I am going to try some loads done on the RCBS next.
This sucks. I have shot a couple hundred rounds in the last month trying to figure a load. I am thinking I should be able to loosen the bolts on the top and maybe adjust the head from there. Anyone else think that this may be part of my accuracy issue? And has anyone seen this before? If I were not down to eye level with the ram I might not have seen this.