you are dead on with this mod! I was moving in this direction when I watched this video. I took an old tape measure and removed 8” which when cut fit fine. held it in place with small C clamp and very happy with the result. Thx for making this video
Good tip. I hope others have more luck with their Hornady case feeder than I did. The number one thing I did to speed up my reloading was to get rid of it. Hornady should go back to the drawing board with that thing.
Why can’t Hornady make a similar fix. It looks like it performs better the the factory setup. Of course you could just purchase the Dillion like many are suggesting. I actually recently purchased a XL750 but have not set it up yet. Now i have a bunch of Hornady AP presses to sell.
Hi if you make a small hole where the pointy end of that brass wedge and bend it into the hole the tip will be below the casing edge and you should not get any jamming due to poking the casing. Just a thought, good mod though :) Cheers!
I have the same Hornady press with the auto case feeder. With the same problem. Hornady should have to fix their crap rather than all the buyers of their junk having to do the engineering for them. 9mm is especially problematic. My case feeder drops cases out of the drop tube at any angle causing them to fall into the processed case box or behind the shell plate so when the ram goes up it smashes the case sideways into the decapping pin and bends or breaks it. This is because the small drop tube provided is way too big to hold 9mm so they drop out straight. The v block is designed to tip the case over as it is pushed towards the shell plate. The v block regularly tips the case and the edge of the rim catches as it tries to cross the retention spring. The hopper jams up all the time. I spend more time unjamming the pile of crap hopper than what it takes to manually feed the cases. I noticed you selectively cut out parts of the video. It is obvious to me you edited the malfunctions of the case drop tube, the malfunctions of the v block, and the jamming up of the case feeder hopper.
I actually solved the root problem by buying a Dillon 650.. No editing on the video though.. I'm not that skilled. I did also insert a playing card on the port that goes to the tube.. That helped too, but yes, way too many frustrations with the AP to keep it. Moved to Dillon and haven't looked back, it's a "Buy once" product.
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you are dead on with this mod! I was moving in this direction when I watched this video. I took an old tape measure and removed 8” which when cut fit fine. held it in place with small C clamp and very happy with the result. Thx for making this video
Good tip. I hope others have more luck with their Hornady case feeder than I did. The number one thing I did to speed up my reloading was to get rid of it. Hornady should go back to the drawing board with that thing.
As I mentioned in the other comments.. I sold my LNL and got a 650. Zero issues since.
Why can’t Hornady make a similar fix. It looks like it performs better the the factory setup. Of course you could just purchase the Dillion like many are suggesting. I actually recently purchased a XL750 but have not set it up yet. Now i have a bunch of Hornady AP presses to sell.
Hi if you make a small hole where the pointy end of that brass wedge and bend it into the hole the tip will be below the casing edge and you should not get any jamming due to poking the casing. Just a thought, good mod though :) Cheers!
What is that plastic from??
I have the same Hornady press with the auto case feeder. With the same problem. Hornady should have to fix their crap rather than all the buyers of their junk having to do the engineering for them.
9mm is especially problematic. My case feeder drops cases out of the drop tube
at any angle causing them to fall into the processed case box or behind
the shell plate so when the ram goes up it smashes the case sideways
into the decapping pin and bends or breaks it. This is because the small
drop tube provided is way too big to hold 9mm so they drop out
straight. The v block is designed to tip the case over as it is pushed
towards the shell plate. The v block regularly tips the case and the
edge of the rim catches as it tries to cross the retention spring. The
hopper jams up all the time. I spend more time unjamming the pile of
crap hopper than what it takes to manually feed the cases. I noticed you
selectively cut out parts of the video. It is obvious to me you edited
the malfunctions of the case drop tube, the malfunctions of the v block,
and the jamming up of the case feeder hopper.
I actually solved the root problem by buying a Dillon 650.. No editing on the video though.. I'm not that skilled. I did also insert a playing card on the port that goes to the tube.. That helped too, but yes, way too many frustrations with the AP to keep it. Moved to Dillon and haven't looked back, it's a "Buy once" product.