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Synopsis
This guide picks up where the MEC shotshell reloader owner's manual leaves off. For the tens of thousands of MEC shotshell reloader owners, this guide answers the question of how to reload fast, flawless shotshells. It provides step-by-step instructions that not only aid the beginner, but help accomplished reloaders increase their speed with no loss in quality.
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About the Author
Jonathan M. Rozek is a competitive skeet shooter and owner of several MEC shotshell reloaders. He encountered and solved dozens of problems while reloading many thousands of shotshells. He realized that other shooters worldwide are no doubt challenged by the same issues, but may not have discovered solutions to them. So he developed this guide to systematize the setup and operation of MEC reloaders, thus saving both time and money for shooters that apply the principles he covers.
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Excerpt from Chapter 4: Getting Your Reloader Ready to Go
Be Careful with the Bottles Don't torque down the powder and shot bottles too tightly. If you do, thinking you're just making them snug, you risk flattening the brass ring that acts like a seal over the powder drop. Doing so can remove its sealing capability, and more powder can leak out from the shot bar as you reload. This is especially true with the unusually fine-grained Winchester powders.
Adjust the Primer Drop Mechanism to Gain Speed Spend time to set up the primer drop mechanism. It's the toughest part of the setup to get calibrated. But getting it right will save you tons of aggravation. MEC instructions were at first not clear to me about what to do with the retaining clip, a black clip that is flat on one side and an open half-moon on the other. It comes from the factory loose in a bag. It goes between the primer tube and the screw that locks the primer tube in place. Really tighten that primer screw. If you're too gentle, when you pull the handle, the chain that actuates the primer mechanism will also pull the primer tray to the side, messing up your calibration.
Another Speed-Increasing Adjustment I've seen more than one reloader come out of the box with the shell lifter not operating properly. This device holds the shell up in Station 1 so the Shell Carrier can move after depriming. Check the following to make sure yours is OK: Look in the space right above where the spent primers fall into the tray. You will see a small plate attached to the bottom of a rod. That's the Shell Lifter Bracket. (Buried in the manual, MEC only says that the 'Shell Lifter should go in the yolk [sic].' This is a reloader, not an egg-poacher. I think MEC means 'yoke.') Anyway, rotate the bracket to make sure it is straddling the shell lifter, the removable rod that sits in Station 1. When it's positioned right, the shells will be resized on the downstroke, and will return up so they can be easily rotated to the deprime station.
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- PublisherThe AnswerWorks
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0970039204
- ISBN 13 9780970039200
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages26
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