Bawanna
02-20-2012, 06:53 PM
A year or so ago I got a Hornady Lok and Load progressive reloading press. It has quick change bushings to screw your dies into so once they are set you can remove or replace without losing the adjustment.
I discovered that they make a Lok and Load conversion kit for single stage press's. I finally got around to ordering one last week and tried it for the first time today.
It's totally the cats backside. I know you can set the lock ring on a die but I never seem to trust that my setting hasn't changed so usually start from scratch with the adjustments.
This is very positive.
You do have to remove the insert in the press that the die normally screws into. I read horror stories of them being impossible to get out but I got lucky, a pair of channel locks removed it quite easily. Some said they had to get impact wrenches and square sockets to break em loose.
Any how two thumbs up on the Hornady conversion unit. Wish I'd done it long long ago.
I discovered that they make a Lok and Load conversion kit for single stage press's. I finally got around to ordering one last week and tried it for the first time today.
It's totally the cats backside. I know you can set the lock ring on a die but I never seem to trust that my setting hasn't changed so usually start from scratch with the adjustments.
This is very positive.
You do have to remove the insert in the press that the die normally screws into. I read horror stories of them being impossible to get out but I got lucky, a pair of channel locks removed it quite easily. Some said they had to get impact wrenches and square sockets to break em loose.
Any how two thumbs up on the Hornady conversion unit. Wish I'd done it long long ago.