Be sure the set screws on the powder charger dial are secure. I noticed on my x-10 my powder checker started showing the charge drifting and I adjust the dial but couldn’t get a consistent charge. When I investigated further, I pulled on the dial and the whole assembly came out and I was water falling powder everywhere. I plugged the hole with a finger until I could get a container to catch the powder and let it dump into that. I don’t know if I would threadlock the set screws, but I do recommend making sure they are secure before filling the hopper. I’ve made several thousand rounds without issue, but it’s something worth putting on your checklist as you set up the dies and doesn’t take 45 seconds to check. Learning from my mistake is much better than having to take the whole press apart and clean up all the wasted powder.
The issue is that the set screws were not through the holes in the micrometer, if they were it would have been impossible for it to have fallen out even if not tight. I cover this in my x10 set up video on the powder dropper cleaning.
Great video! Great kit for starting out for sure!!
Be sure the set screws on the powder charger dial are secure.
I noticed on my x-10 my powder checker started showing the charge drifting and I adjust the dial but couldn’t get a consistent charge. When I investigated further, I pulled on the dial and the whole assembly came out and I was water falling powder everywhere.
I plugged the hole with a finger until I could get a container to catch the powder and let it dump into that.
I don’t know if I would threadlock the set screws, but I do recommend making sure they are secure before filling the hopper.
I’ve made several thousand rounds without issue, but it’s something worth putting on your checklist as you set up the dies and doesn’t take 45 seconds to check.
Learning from my mistake is much better than having to take the whole press apart and clean up all the wasted powder.
The issue is that the set screws were not through the holes in the micrometer, if they were it would have been impossible for it to have fallen out even if not tight. I cover this in my x10 set up video on the powder dropper cleaning.
In your opinion which is the better single stage M Press or F1? I’ve always wanted one or the other just to add to my collection.
F1