I bought a press back in 04. used it to get ready for plains game hunt. I loaded 1000 rifle rounds with it. I broke the large primer slide right off the bat. It went unused for about 10 years. I just updated the main plate and primer cam. I added a shell feeder and a bullet feeder.

I have had timing issue,and can't keep it in time. I broke a couple more primer cam brackets ( I had to file the primmer seating punches to get clearance )

The case feeder worked great with 308 case big problem with 45 acp.( I had to file the main bracket to get it to line up with the slide. The main bracket has a little twist in it) Its doing better now but still needs work.

The LNL powder measure is driving me nuts I got great metering with varget ( with in 2 ten's of a grain but lousy with bullseye (3 to 5 ten's).


The bullet feeder works well.

I broke the main drive (indexing wheel) last night loading 45acp.


Any body else have problems with the lnl ammo plant.

Hornady customer service is friendly and ships same day, but this is getting old. I can't seem to keep her running.I would be just as fast loading one at a time with all the problem.

My 308 loads were sub moa, 45 look good



JD

If the timing is out you need to adjust the pawls on the bottom of the ram. There is a left and a right. First,adjust them per the manual.. its simple. Clockwise turns lower them,counterclockwise raise them. Id time it to where after an up or down stroke, your shellplate ALWAYS sits in the ball bearing undents underneath. After it's timed, check to see if your pawls feel very loose or if they self tighten or loosen when you actuate the ram. If they do, something is no right because this shouldn't happen.

**For the primer feed tray thing, I took a dremel and slightly beveled out the underside so it would stop hitting the primer seating rod when sliding forward. If youlook at yours, im sure youll see small dents where it has been hitting.. this is where i dremeled a tiny tiny but off.. then polished it. Then I took a deburring tool (the one that goes inside the case neck for rifle rounds,) and removed that little ridge of metal on the underside of the primer feed tray where the primers sit Yours might not have it, but mine did and after removing it my primers feed fine and the seating rod doesnt get stuck against the underside of the primer hole space anymore.

For the powder dispenser, clean the crap out of it, then clean it again,, and again. I was getting crazy measurements due to a little grease left inside of it. Use some powdered graphite to lube everything internal. Also, make sure all the screws are tight and dont come loose. When you full a case, the powder dispenser should go through its entire range of motion, until it comes about 1/16" from the adjusting screw hitting the funnel part of the powder holding part. That way, when you press, that slight little bump ensures nothing remains in the compartment that holds your charge. Don't over do it because you could break something.

Sorry my terminology isnt great. Im new to all of this but I'm an aircraft mechanic tinker with all sorts of stuff on a daily basis.
Its a well made press, but regardless what they say, it wont always come ready to use.

1. DEFINITELY clean, clean clean and graphite lube everything.
2. Spend the time to get everything in time perfectly.
3. Might have to remove some machining burrs or ridges left over from the manufacturing process.

If you want graphite powder quickly and conveniently, take a mechanical pencil if you have on around. Remove a stick of lead and sandwich it between 2 pieces of laminated paper, magazine pages,whatever... tap it with a .308 casing, a hammer,or whatever until you turn it to powder. There's graphite powder. I use it on my lockout die and after 600 rounds now, i never have had a grain of powder stick to it.

As for the case feeder, Id sell it. Some people had good results with it, many have had bad results especially with .45 being fed upside down or jamming it all up Unless you're mass producing .45 and .308, the extra second it takes to put a projectile in by hand is nothing. Plus, when you put one in by hand, you get that last little bit of secirity by looking in the case to veridy you have powder in there and it looks to be the right ammount. Even with the powder lockout die I have, I still look in there when i put a bullet in. If you are still having problems setting yours up, email me and ill send you my number and I can walk you through what I did.
I spent a good 4 or 5 hours inspecting, cleaning, deburring, and assembling that press.

Also never hurts to call Hornady and ask whats up. I asked for extra pawls just in case,and they first class mailed me 2 for free for backups should I ever need them

Spent a 1/2 hour on phone with tec. They are sending me replacement parts for the index wheel and new prawls. If this does not fix the problems they want it back and will pay shipping to get a look at it ( the tec showed real concern about the continue problems and wanted to make it right) The powder measure needs a updated linkage set up over what came with it 10 years ago. He said what I got would not work, not a big deal, but My thinking it should come as a upgrade when ordering a bullet feeder. That has been ordered from midsouth, they could not sell it to me, but found it in stock at two locations. Even though I been having problems you can't help but feel good about such great customer service.

I will report back. I have spent hours getting the timing adjusted and power measure set up. I believe I have a understanding on how it should work and how to adjust I think I missed a initial timing problem ,and have had some fitting issue with upgrading to the latest add on's.

The bullet feeder and case feed or worth it to me, I am putting together 6000 45 acp round and 3000 308 rounds 9no bullet feeder for rifle. I can see powder as it goes up into bullet feeder die. No disavantage there.

JD

Sounds good, nice to hear they took care of you well! Good luck

I don't have the case or bullet feeders but I have been using a Pro-jector, which Hornady converted free from my Pro-7, from the first day they were announced. No timing or priming problems at all and I have gone through thousands of rounds on it. I asked Hornady if they could make it a LNL and they said they couldn't; not enough metal on the head.

They shipped my parts the same day except the one part I need , the index wheel is on back order, I am waiting on email to find out for how long. I have been snake bit by this press from day one!!!!!!!!

JD

JD
I got 100
bucks to solve your snake bite issue

What a great buddy , sure just send me a 100 and I will let you come work on it

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Originally posted by J D:
What a great buddy , sure just send me a 100 and I will let you come work on it

good one!

Mine measures Bullseye just fine, but note that if you have been loading 308, you need to changeover to the small pistol caliber rotor for anything under 5.0 grains, which would be common in .45 ACP with lead bullets..

watch you tube 76highboy on the lnl ap, between the comments here and the vid, you should be good to go (get the updated sub plate - no wire).

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Originally posted by stented:
watch you tube 76highboy on the lnl ap, between the comments here and the vid, you should be good to go (get the updated sub plate - no wire).

I went through some hugh moments with mine. Some sandpaper knocking off burrs and getting the timing correct was what I needed. Now its like butter. Like ot more than my old blue machine.

I have two older versions - pre-LNL Hornady's. One works great - timing is perfect. The other works ok, timing isn't quite 100% but it works well enough if I slow down a bit.

The powder feeder was the real issue I had. I simply had to learn what powders worked and didn't work. Ball powders work GREAT. SSC powders work well. Long Stick and flake: not so much.

So for me the Hornady Pro-Jector is really about what I'm doing. Long runs of straightwalled pistol with HP38 or 2400? Heck yeah. Long runs of .375 H&H? No, no thank you. I stick to my RockChuker for that.

I have a pro 7 which Hornady converted to a Pro Jector; (they said they could not make it a LNL) works great over these many years. But, as much as I dislike Dillon presses, their powder measure works great too; it uses a sliding bar and not a rotating drum. When I got my Hornady, it did not come with a measure. BTW, the timing is adjustable on mine.

I think I preferred the primer system on the Pro-Jector and Pro-7.
The current L-N-L primer system, to me, is like on the Dillon 1050--and I've had some real issues with the 1050s.
Timing is everything.
Cleaning the measure and using the correct rotor is critical.
I never had the "upgrade" to the measure or had an problems with original system. The Hornady measure that I have is much more repeatable and consistent than the five Dillon measure I have; however, they are all good enough with most powders.
My big problem was with the powder measure--it is very top heavy and the bushing I first used must have had an o-ring that was slightly small as the measure worked loose. A different bushing solved that problem.
If you like the Dillon measure, it works just fine on the L-N-L.