[100STR8]

I hate to be a party-pooper at this love-fest for the Auto-mate but I'd hesitate to recommend it. I will say is that when it's working OK, it does take all the work out of reloading and will make good looking loads. Having said that, when I change loaders there is just too much fiddling to do to get it making good loads. I've marked the position of the overtravel stop and even though I've got it set in the same place each time, at the start, I always have to make minute adjustments. Of course, the pull rod has to be adjusted for length between each loader. And, the claim that 99% of all MEC loaders need no adjustment for them to work with an automate is pure rubbish. I've got three rigged up and ALL of them took extensive adjusting. As far as I'm concerned, I converted three perfectly good MEC 9000G's into something far less desirable. The fact that I can eventually get good loads at a fairly brisk clip is the only reason that I keep it.

Russ

 

[100STR8]

Dave,
When you were in Kansas this summer, Mike was going to bring you up to look at the set up and I waved him off, thinking I had it solved. Now, I wish I hadn't.

To the gentleman who said the loaders weren't adjusted right before I put them on the Auto mate........all I can say is that they were producing perfect shells before mounting to the Automate. The bar locks worked perfectly, the indexing was timed correctly, the shell lifter came up flush with the shell plate, shells were crimped exactly the way I wanted. Only the indexing was still right after setting the loaders on the Automate. I have finally gotten these pretty well worked out.

Here's a head-scratcher that I've had to deal with. I keep the heat off in my loading room until I'm ready to load and I've learned not to change loaders or make any adjustments until the room is nice and toasty. If not, then the longer the Automate runs the shorter the stroke is. It's like it needs temperature compensation.

By the way, this Automate was purchased prior to the MEC involvment. And, I've had at least 6 looooooong conversations with Jim Binn. Make no mistake, I can get it loading good shells. It's just not consistent loader-to-loader.

Russ

 

[100STR8]

Replied to your PM with one.

Russ