Adding mechanical advantage to my presses

[Cheyenne Ranger]

I've found that I've enjoyed less and less the effort that it takes to resize .45 Colt brass.  

I've done the spray lube and it works but it requires another trip through the tumbler to get the lube off after they're loaded.  

Also, I'm into the tumbling, depriming, cleaning primer pocket and then running them through the progressive press.  Yes, I know it's more work but I'm seeing if it helps with the miss fires we get now and then at the matches.

So I came up with an extension to slip over the existing one.  Shown is the one on the Sq Deal B but I also made one for the MEC Case Conditioner.  Since I'm just resizing and depriming both the .45 Colt cases and 12 gauge hulls the added movement isn't a big problem.

Here are a couple of pictures, before and after, to give you an idea of what I'm talking about:


 

It makes the total movement longer but requires less Force.  To be totally correct I'm actually doing more Work but that's OK,  the lessening of the Force is worth it.

cr

[Yukon Gold]

  Any bigger and it would be a plow handle! (or the handle on those old pumps by the water troughs).

I like that bit of wood you added to the bin on the square deal.

[howdy doody]

That would work, but are you sure that is the cause of your misfires? What about things like the type primers you use, the hammer spring rate and stuff like that? As far as sizing goes, that should get your round to chamber, but if your primer isn't seated, then sometimes it takes the first hit to seat them and a second to fire them off. CCI and Win primers don't work for me because I have too light of springs in pistols and rifle for them. My choice, so I use Federals and get good reliability.
I check my rounds primers by standing them on end on a flat piece of glass. If the will rock, they go into my high primer pile and I don't box them for a match. I do however shoot them off one at a time for practice on paper to get rid of them and get my brass back.
Just some thoughts.  :-)

[Cheyenne Ranger]

We've used all types of primers and we're talking about maybe 1 or 2 per 200 rounds.  I do check for high primers, twice; once when I box them and again at the loading table.  

And this "addition" is something fun to play with.   :grin:

Remember I'm using it to resize and deprime.  Then the cases get their pockets cleaned and then, after all the cases are cleaned I run them through the SDB.  It kinda defeats the speed of the the progressive press but it keeps me off the streets.

cr

[howdy doody]

Pard I only wish I could figure out your delema. I know it has to be frustrating to go click in the heat of battle so to speak.
I will say this though,  it is sounding more and more like gun trouble. I never clean primer pockets. I have all kinds of stuff from other shooters mixed in my inventory of brass and it goes off bang, hopefully clang for me.
I forgot what you shoot for irons pard, but could there be a problem there?
Is this only a pistol problem or is it rifle too?
 :-)