The RCBS Pro 2000 has similar bumps in rotation as the D. 650. Fixes are similar as well. the Hornady with it's half stroke rotation is a little smoother.....sometimes. There have been threads with similar powder spillage in even Hornadys. Like someone said....no perfect presses out there.
RCBS has a new idea on smoothing rotation on their new Pro Chucker presses, but I haven't seen them work nor heard accolades on their smoothness.......seems everybody's attention with those presses is on their breaking primer shafts......supposedly fixed now? (maybe they shoulda stayed with what worked for them...APS
) Anyway, so maybe a user will finally tell us whether they really came up with a "smoother" non-powderkernelchucking index action on a progressive.
That said, all of the progressives have workarounds when you get to know your press, to keep kernals mostly where they belong.......but as long as there are loaders trying to set speed records with progressives, there's bound to be some powder spillage.
My Pro 2000 was "cured" to my satisfaction with a slightly lighter spring under the factory index ball bearing.....coupled with smooth, non jerky, indexing. But when I try to yank the handle up and down as fast as possible? I still lose a few kernals with full cases of .45 or 9mm.
Sometimes a powder change (not so casefilling) is a good answer for pistol shorts.
RCBS has a new idea on smoothing rotation on their new Pro Chucker presses, but I haven't seen them work nor heard accolades on their smoothness.......seems everybody's attention with those presses is on their breaking primer shafts......supposedly fixed now? (maybe they shoulda stayed with what worked for them...APS
) Anyway, so maybe a user will finally tell us whether they really came up with a "smoother" non-powderkernelchucking index action on a progressive.That said, all of the progressives have workarounds when you get to know your press, to keep kernals mostly where they belong.......but as long as there are loaders trying to set speed records with progressives, there's bound to be some powder spillage.
My Pro 2000 was "cured" to my satisfaction with a slightly lighter spring under the factory index ball bearing.....coupled with smooth, non jerky, indexing. But when I try to yank the handle up and down as fast as possible? I still lose a few kernals with full cases of .45 or 9mm.
Sometimes a powder change (not so casefilling) is a good answer for pistol shorts.
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