.410 Re- Loader

[SciFiJim]

If you can post a PDF, open the document, go to file print and select your pdf maker as the printer.

JIMinPHX emailed me the .doc and I did just that. It took a 17 meg .doc file down to a 1 meg .pdf. The limit on size to post to a thread is 100K.

I am going to shrink the photos and replace them in the doc and then create the pdf and see what that gets.
I will keep everyone posted.

[SciFiJim]

OK, I am only able to get it down to 720K without resorting to a drastic remake of the file.

Is there anyone else that can get is smaller? Not a challenge, just hoping someone can.

I can email you the original doc to play with.

[JIMinPHX]

Jim, take a look at the end of page 4. See what you think.

[SciFiJim]

Jim,
I was hoping for an elegant solution (1 file), but brute force methods work also.

[JIMinPHX]

Thanks for taking the time to try.

[JIMinPHX]

Geeze,
I thought that I was going to be swamped with more interest in these things than I could handle, but nobody has jumped up to buy the two kits I have available. That kind of surprised me.

Oh well, I'll keep the stuff out on the bench for the rest of this week & after that, I'll shelve it. If anyone want's one of the two kits that isn't spoken for, please let me know.

Thanks,
Jim

[45nut]

If any of you have been waiting for a review................

This is a neat piece of kit and works just as advertised. I am pretty impressed at the simplicity and ease of use. I know the .410 as a very expensive shell to buy across the counter and when you talk buckshot it skyrockets, this tool frees you to make your own buck loads for pennies.

The directions were clear and the pictures put you right on the trail to completed shells in a jiffy,, now where did I put the rest of my spent .410's.......................

[JIMinPHX]

One more is now spoken for. That leaves 1 still available.

[saigafan2008]

Jim,

Try getting PrimoPDF. Its a free PDF print tool that you can download from the web. I've been using it for years at both work and home and it works great. It's an way to post word docs to the web without losing too much picture quality.

Awesome job on this tool! I'm getting sorely tempted...

Carl

[Big Dave]

Still like my Mec 600 jr. Got three of them, each dedicated, 12 ,20 and 410, though the 410 is a royal PIA to change from 21/2 to 3 inch. If I ever find all brass 410s I think I still have the Lyman set for my Comet press or the Herter #3 in a drawer here someplace. Those old Mecs will put out a hundred rounds an hour easy enough, plenty for my needs,

[JIMinPHX]

The MEC is a nice rig. If I was going to be making .410's in large quantities, it's the press that I probably would have bought.

[Intel6]

I am a big .410 nut and have a grabber for loading 2.5" shells but since it can't load 3" shells I also have a 600 Jr. to load those. It is too bad because the grabber really cranks out some shells. I use the 2.5" shells for skeet and dove hunting so I shoot a lot more 2.5" than 3"

And just because I want them (not need them) I also have collected 3 of the Lee loaders for .410.

Neal in AZ

[JIMinPHX]

What's a grabber?

[Big Dave]

Used to go thru a lot of 410s, Wife likes the low recoil and both daughters started with 410s.
Three guns can make a lot of empties in an afternoon. Time to time I even helped it along, little Stoeger import side by side with rabbit ear hammers. Both girls moved up to 20 and 12 ga. but grand daughters are starting to get interested so 410 will be in demand again. Had a lot of "experts" tell me its a poor choice for beginners, to hard to hit with, I'd rather start kids on something they won't be afraid of and when they learn on 410 they are really deadly when they move up bigger guns. Always wanted to try them on 28 ga. but there ain't no cheap ones out there.

[Intel6]

What's a grabber?

Progressive shotshell press that I compare to the Dillon 550. Progressivly works on shells and you advance them by hand. Every crank produces a loaded round. I like it because it also has the collet resizer instead of the ring that scratches up the hull heads.

http://www.mecreloaders.com/ProductLine/8567Grabber.asp

Neal in AZ

[JIMinPHX]

I just saw something that scarred me. I just saw a shotgun primer cup that protruded beyond the base of the shell. If a primer like that were loaded in my rig, it is possible that the shell could discharge when pressure is applied to close the crimp. That would be very bad. I am going to make up some bases with recesses under the primer area for use with these things. I'm going to send them out in the mail today for no charge to anyone I have sent a loader to. In the mean time, please do not use the loader unless your primers are below flush & you are working on a flat clean soft surface.

PMs on their way.

Thanks,
Jim

[JIMinPHX]

The safety rings went out priority mail this morning.

[0verkill]

Any news on these? User end results, uprades or modifications? Any new production?

[JIMinPHX]

There is no new production from me, now that I have safety concerns.

I've never received a complaint from anyone that I've sent one to. I've always gotten good shells off of the one that I kept for myself as long as I use Win HS hulls, 2.5" or 3".

Another board member is working on making a version of this gizmo that will screw into a standard 7/8-14 single stage metallic cartridge reloading press. You might want to watch for that die set to pop up in the Vendor Sponsor area.

[0verkill]

I have an MEC Sizemaster for whem I want to sit in the house and reload. I was just looking for something to use underneath the shadetree.