Six Pack Pro observations
Posted: 27 Jan 2024 09:46
I've had mine almost a week, and I've loaded 300 hundred 357Mag, and 300 hundred 44Mag, loading some 45ACP today. Overall I like the press.
My only complaints are:
1.The new Primer tray is very tight, and the primers don't flow thru it very well, but that has always been an issue. just use a known good one.
2. After loading about 200 44Magnum, I didn't pay attention to the flow of the primers, was still using the new tray. Primers quit feeding and I didn't notice it for a couple of rounds, powder went all over under the shellplate. No big deal. I cleaned this up, and finished this run.
When I inspected this last 200 rounds of 44Mag, I noticed some primers not seated at least flush, and the ones that were have a flat spot in the middle of them, same size as the primer seating pin.
I corrected, as best I could, the incorrectly seated primers, and came to the realization, that we are now seating Large Pistol/Rifle primers, with a Small Primer seating pin, as there is only one primer pin for the Six Pack Pro. This Six Pack primer pin is about .030" smaller in diameter, than the old large Primer pins, we are used to.
Even the primers that were really messed up, shot fine, but the large primers do get flattened some, by this small primer pin.
I realize I caused the missing primer/powder issue to happen, which I believe caused the really bad seated primers, but I went back thru all 300 hundred Large Primers I seated, and you can see the impression of the small seating pin. I don't like it, but they shoot fine.
The 357s all look great, and overall I am very impressed with the press, but after I load these 45 ACPs today, just to keep testing, I'll never prime another Large Primer case on this press.
In my opinion, it's much easier to pull the indexing rod, and manually index the press, while setting it up, especially the powder drop and bullet seater.
My only complaints are:
1.The new Primer tray is very tight, and the primers don't flow thru it very well, but that has always been an issue. just use a known good one.
2. After loading about 200 44Magnum, I didn't pay attention to the flow of the primers, was still using the new tray. Primers quit feeding and I didn't notice it for a couple of rounds, powder went all over under the shellplate. No big deal. I cleaned this up, and finished this run.
When I inspected this last 200 rounds of 44Mag, I noticed some primers not seated at least flush, and the ones that were have a flat spot in the middle of them, same size as the primer seating pin.
I corrected, as best I could, the incorrectly seated primers, and came to the realization, that we are now seating Large Pistol/Rifle primers, with a Small Primer seating pin, as there is only one primer pin for the Six Pack Pro. This Six Pack primer pin is about .030" smaller in diameter, than the old large Primer pins, we are used to.
Even the primers that were really messed up, shot fine, but the large primers do get flattened some, by this small primer pin.
I realize I caused the missing primer/powder issue to happen, which I believe caused the really bad seated primers, but I went back thru all 300 hundred Large Primers I seated, and you can see the impression of the small seating pin. I don't like it, but they shoot fine.
The 357s all look great, and overall I am very impressed with the press, but after I load these 45 ACPs today, just to keep testing, I'll never prime another Large Primer case on this press.
In my opinion, it's much easier to pull the indexing rod, and manually index the press, while setting it up, especially the powder drop and bullet seater.