trails4u
02-18-2016, 01:07 AM
Just a few days out of hip surgery, and managed the stairs for the first time today down to the reloading room. .223 dies were already setup, components were handy, so for sake of not having to hobble around too much on crutches, I grabbed a pound of Win 748 and set off to load some j-werds. (my apologies for that).
I was working on a Lee Classic 4-hole turret, with the Auto Disk, using 2 Disks. Needless to say...the powder starting leaking after about 4 rounds. I have tolerated this in the past, as time was always a factor, but not today! I know this measure has been beat to death....and I'm sure I'm not the first guy to go down this road, but I did manage a 'fix' for the Auto Disk and fine powders.
Doesn't take astro-physics to figure out that the excessive clearance between the disks/measure/hopper is the problem, so I scratched my head, grabbed a file, and went to work on the hopper and measure, removing material slowly from each, at the contact points on the sides where the screws are, until I found a fit that wouldn't leak the 748, but would function without too much friction on the disks. Took about 30 minutes of slow, steady filing/fitting, but patience won the day, and after the quick mod I loaded probably 200 rounds without leaking so much as a flake of powder. The disks did 'hang up' after about 40 rounds, but a quick, very minute loosening of the screws corrected this for the rest of the session. I removed enough material so that I can now control the tension on the disks with the screws. Previously, the plastic spacers would not allow this, as they would interfere with pulling the hopper down that tight.
Again...I'm sure it's been done, and I know I haven't solved a moon-landing here, but it's something that's been bugging me, and now its fixed. Maybe another noob like myself can gain from my extra time on my hands....
God Speed! Trails.
I was working on a Lee Classic 4-hole turret, with the Auto Disk, using 2 Disks. Needless to say...the powder starting leaking after about 4 rounds. I have tolerated this in the past, as time was always a factor, but not today! I know this measure has been beat to death....and I'm sure I'm not the first guy to go down this road, but I did manage a 'fix' for the Auto Disk and fine powders.
Doesn't take astro-physics to figure out that the excessive clearance between the disks/measure/hopper is the problem, so I scratched my head, grabbed a file, and went to work on the hopper and measure, removing material slowly from each, at the contact points on the sides where the screws are, until I found a fit that wouldn't leak the 748, but would function without too much friction on the disks. Took about 30 minutes of slow, steady filing/fitting, but patience won the day, and after the quick mod I loaded probably 200 rounds without leaking so much as a flake of powder. The disks did 'hang up' after about 40 rounds, but a quick, very minute loosening of the screws corrected this for the rest of the session. I removed enough material so that I can now control the tension on the disks with the screws. Previously, the plastic spacers would not allow this, as they would interfere with pulling the hopper down that tight.
Again...I'm sure it's been done, and I know I haven't solved a moon-landing here, but it's something that's been bugging me, and now its fixed. Maybe another noob like myself can gain from my extra time on my hands....
God Speed! Trails.