zanemoseley
New member
The Hornady LNL has impressed me over the first 1000 rounds or so I've put through it although I'm still learning the in's and out's of the machine.
Today I had my first unintentional lock up on my RCBS lock out die, it was due to a squib round, it the process of trying to figure out what was going on I actually double charged the round behind it. Once I figured out what was going on I dumped the cases out and started over. I couldn't figure out what was going on until it happened another time or two. The measure rotor was sticking in the up stroke and not dropping powder.
I followed all the cleaning and setup instructions but I guess the spray dry lube I used was wearing off and caused the metal to stick. I gave the rotor a few shots of dry lube but hung up my hat for the day, both I and the machine were making too many mistakes so I figured I'd quit while I was ahead.
In general what do you guys to avoid this from happening? Do you just shoot dry lube on the exposed section of the rotor just above the metering insert? Perhaps I should add that to my pre-load routinue.
One thing I'm not so thrilled about on the LNL is all the mild steel components, no plating or anything. I'm already starting to get a bit of surface rust on some components like the side of the rotor. I guess the dry lube doesn't do much for corrosion resistance. Not sure why they didn't plate all components.
Today I had my first unintentional lock up on my RCBS lock out die, it was due to a squib round, it the process of trying to figure out what was going on I actually double charged the round behind it. Once I figured out what was going on I dumped the cases out and started over. I couldn't figure out what was going on until it happened another time or two. The measure rotor was sticking in the up stroke and not dropping powder.
I followed all the cleaning and setup instructions but I guess the spray dry lube I used was wearing off and caused the metal to stick. I gave the rotor a few shots of dry lube but hung up my hat for the day, both I and the machine were making too many mistakes so I figured I'd quit while I was ahead.
In general what do you guys to avoid this from happening? Do you just shoot dry lube on the exposed section of the rotor just above the metering insert? Perhaps I should add that to my pre-load routinue.
One thing I'm not so thrilled about on the LNL is all the mild steel components, no plating or anything. I'm already starting to get a bit of surface rust on some components like the side of the rotor. I guess the dry lube doesn't do much for corrosion resistance. Not sure why they didn't plate all components.