Question on P-W P-200 Metallic press

[wmitty]

There are currently two of these presses on E-bay. The older one has an s.n. in the 21XX range, with the newer in the 45XX range. The older model shows a shell holder "arm" which apparently uses one or two set screws to retain the shell holder while the newer model has an apparently modified "arm" which uses a slotted steel plate with socket head capscrews in addition to the aforementioned set screws to retain the shell holder. Is this a factory modification or is there a design problem which someone attempted to address?

[dverna]

A quick call to PW will get you the right answer. I have three of their machines and have had great dealings with them.

[9.3X62AL]

My P-W P-200 was bought new in 2001 and uses 3 cap screws and the slotted plate to retain the shell holders. GREAT machine, and the company folks are first-rate.

[dale2242]

I love my P200....dale

[bobthenailer]

Mine came with two opposing set screws to retain the shell holder !
My Uncle Paul was a master machinist and made me a C coller with 3 hex hed machine screw to hold the shell holder in place many decades ago , I bought mine sometime in the 70s long before the Dillons came out.

[wmitty]

I won the bidding on the press that J&G sales was offering; guess I'll see if I like it better than the Lyman T-II and put one or the other up for sale. Looking forward to trying it out; as I have a M 375 shotshell loader from P-W and I like it.