new to me press. got a used dillon 1050 (small priming issue)

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just picked up a super 1050 press for my rifle loading. so far i like it a lot for processing but when i load on it i have noticed a issue. i get a popping crunchy like sound when its priming. primers look fine but the noise cant be right.
i have taken it apart as much as i can but the bushing holding in the primer rod wont come out. is it reverse thread? i thought maybe it was not swaged enough but my go-no go says its a-ok and my other presses have primers gliding right in. any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
ohh. i have tried cci and winchester primers with same result. my theory is the primer rod is interfering with the primer rod but i see no obvious damage to the parts.
 
Obviously its hard to diagnose a sound. When I got my square deal it felt different and sounded different. I was used to Lee hand primer and Forster press. Hardest was the feel of pushing forward on the handle to prime, just didn't feel right. If they're coming out right, just monitor them very closely for a while until you get used to it. Try removing the brass so you can watch the primer come up.
 
thank you duke. i will likely call them today but i do find often that people sometimes have better answers than the manufacturer, lol. i have a rcbs rock chucker for special stuff or loads i dont do a lot of volume for. two dillon 650's and now the 1050. after i get the 1050 running like butter i might sell a 650.
 
well, i found the problem.i took the primer punch out of the press and low and behold the hole is still "as cast" the primer punch was scuffed to hell on the bearing surface. took a 3/8" end mill in my cordless drill to clean up the cast finish a bit. a rheem would be bette rim sure but i dont have that and a 3/8 mill is a far cry better option than a twist drill:D then wrapped some 2k grit sandpaper around a metal rod and used it to smooth the hole a little more. cleaned up the scuffs on the primer punch greased it and assembled everything. primed a few hundred cases and i could not hear any noise anymore. back on the phone with dillon. im gunna order a new punch and see what they might do about leaving the hole "as cast" my guess is if i left it alone they would have swapped it out even though i got the press used.

its a used press but it never ran a single round through it.
 
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