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In my experience, powder coat on bullets should be viewed as a lube - high tech, smoke free, elasic and all that good stuff, but still just a lube. It does not magically turn your cast boolits into...

I've had my GEN 5 G19 for over 2.5 years and have shot more than 15 K rounds through it, exclusively my own cast and powder coated boolits, never had any problem with leading. After each session...

Pretty much the same, I use 10-11 BHN for everything from 9mm to slow 7.62x39, no need for harder alloy anymore. 45acp and 38sp, I can get away with about 8-9 BHN. If I push the 7.62 a little faster...

I dry tumble about 500 9mm boolits for about a minute, pour these on a mesh tray and stick them in the oven (actually it is an old dentists heat sterilizer, essentially a big square oven with a timer...

One thing to consider - If the bullet si larger than the throat diameter, then it gets sized down alright, but the force of the bullet squeezing through the tight cylinder throat will accelerate wear...

I shot some of the bullets today with low to medium powder charges (700-830 FPS), all to the same effect. Accuracy was acceptable - palm sized groups at 25 meters, shot off hand out of my 3" Smith...

Well, the 1/5" sems to retain the cases well enough. I do not see why a 1/4" would not work just as well. But in my opinion there is no added value in using a much thicker (and more expensive) plate,...

Sure, the microwave motor seems like a good idea. The key is keep the RPM at about 3 - this way I can't outrun the casefeeder even at a quick pace (100rds in about 10 minutes), but it is it slow...

Here is the backside with the 1" plastic water pipe mounting brackets and the electrical components.
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And here is the optional LED light - got a bunch of these off...

Some pictures with a tape measure to give you a better idea about the dimensions. The units are centimeters cause I don't have an inch tape measure around. I did not measure the two polycarbonate...

Thanks for the kind words...well if you take into account the time you spend by manufacuring and adjustments, you end up with a whole working day or two weekend afternoons, so I imagine that for some...

I carefully took the steel threaded tip off the thermocouple wire, inside there are two wires coupled together with with what looks like a soldered drop of metal. This I attached to a brass cable O...

Feel free to pick my brain :) I'll take some more pictures over the weekend.

If I do not apply any crimp, I get unburned powder all over the place and big spread in muzzle velocities. If I try to crimp with the seating die, I get lead and/or PC shaved off the sides of the...

Not exactly plans, I can post some photos and take some measurements over the weekend if you are interested.

Here is what it looks like:
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The base is made of some plywood...

And one follow-up question. Does pulling the bullet out of a roll-crimped case with a bullet puller yield different results than actually firing the bullet in terms of reducing the bullet diameter?...

I got two XL650 - one is set up for large primers and the other one for small. That way the caliber changes take only about a minute or two. In my humble opinion, unles you get a really, really good...

I just ran into an interesting, but not the less annoying problem. I recently started reloading 38sp with my soft (9.5 BHN) cast .357 boolits, I use NOE expander plug of proper diameter and seat/roll...