Hi:
Does any one have a RCBS Pro Chucker 5 Progressive Reloading Press.
What do you think of it?
Thanks,
Terryt
Hi:
Does any one have a RCBS Pro Chucker 5 Progressive Reloading Press.
What do you think of it?
Thanks,
Terryt
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Looks like it has one weak link, fairly easy to fix.
Unsure if they currently do, but MidwayUSA had a lot of shell plates in "clearance"
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I got me one for xmas but it arrived afterwards since... uhg long story short it's on my bench and has got a good couple 100 rounds through it both pistol and rifle. Once set up and tuned with a bit of grease everything runs smooth and powder spilling is minimal, except.. yes, primer feed. Everybody's gripe it seems. Personally, I broke two of the four (LP, SP) primer bars already, the material is really rubbish. Both of them broke with the first (1st that is) stroke on the lever. I'm following the thread over at ar15.com and just decided for myself I hand prime unless RCBS comes up with a better primer slide bar. Other than that I like it. So with SHOT coming up, my hopes are that in the meantime RCBS found a solution for the priming system on this one.
Odd that the priming system would be the problem. Switching from the APS strips to the tube upset RCBS fans the most. You would have thought they would at least made a reliable design.
Last edited by jmorris; 01-11-2016 at 10:35 AM.
I figured the lack of a case feeder would have been what would cause slow sales (even more so with the pro 7) have they come out with one yet?
Last I heard it was supposed to be out early this year. And the lack of one combined w/ the priming system is sure to lead to slow sales.
You gotta wonder about RCBS. Sometimes they are their own worst enemy.
Hi,
Would a primer bar out of brass or bronze help and solve the problem?
Don't own one, just wondering?
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I don't have one either but they might have designed it to fail instead of breaking a bunch of other stuff on the machine.
They knew the part would fail, that's why they send extras with the press. So they likely had a good reason to not make the part stronger.
Kind of of the same thing as a fuse or circuit breaker.
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace.
We ask not your counsels or arms.
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.
May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” -Samuel Adams
Janet Reno, killed more children at Waco, with Bill Clinton's permission, than Adam Lanza killed, at Sandy Hook.
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace.
We ask not your counsels or arms.
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.
May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” -Samuel Adams
Janet Reno, killed more children at Waco, with Bill Clinton's permission, than Adam Lanza killed, at Sandy Hook.
The New/Current Handloader Mag has an article by Charlie Petty on the 7 Station Machine. He broke the primer feed on the first stroke as well.
A marginal Magazine article will kill sales.
My son got a 5 station one for Christmas and I will be the one to set it up,,, after reading the instructions. I will also be talking to RCBS at the SHOT Show next week and finding out What is going on with these machines.
Putting out a machine that is as complex as these are is no small accomplishment,,, however putting out one that isn't right is a big mistake.
Randy
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I figured the sales killer for the pro 7 would be the lack of case feeder. It can't compete with the cheaper LNL or 650 without one and who knows what that will add to the $850 the press costs.
Guess it doesn't matter either way if the priming system doesn't work.
It blows me away that they would put this thing out with obvious flaws. According to Petty they knew the priming system had problems as they told him so when he called for parts. He also called several other times with problems.
Dillon wouldn't do this.
Randy
"It's not how well you do what you know how to do,,,It's how well you do what you DON'T know how to do!"
www.buchananprecisionmachine.com
When was the last time Dillion came out with a new progressive press?
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Is there a reason to design a new press? Many models leads to having to stock a lot of parts to support your customers. Look at the aftermarket for Dillons. If there really was a need to fix/upgrade it then someone would be making it by now.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |