Has anyone else had the press bushing wear out?
Looks like the locking lugs wear down and even ruined 2 of my die bushings.
Found this review on Amazom similar to my experience. I have replacement coming from Hornady that ships NEXT WEEK! BTW my press is a Rock Chucker
If my Hornady AP press wasn't a piece of junk i wouldn't have needed these in the first place. The threaded insert part that lives in the press eventually cracks on the locking lugs and breaks to the point where the die wont stay locked in. this has happened several times even when being gentle on the press. yeah i can call Hornady and their service is great, they always sent out replacements but im sick of calling and the parts usually take over a week to show up. That's no good when i need to make ammo for a competition on the weekend and the press is down. fortunately amazon come to the rescue with one day delivery and got me running again.
If you have a non lock and load press seriously consider keeping it as is. The lock and load system is just a bad design, its fragile and temperamental and you can end up with inconsistent rounds if you dont check the dies are locked tight every 10-20 rounds. If they made a kit to convert my press to a regular non lock and load i would buy it in a heartbeat! that's how fed up i am with it!
Looks like the locking lugs wear down and even ruined 2 of my die bushings.
Found this review on Amazom similar to my experience. I have replacement coming from Hornady that ships NEXT WEEK! BTW my press is a Rock Chucker
If my Hornady AP press wasn't a piece of junk i wouldn't have needed these in the first place. The threaded insert part that lives in the press eventually cracks on the locking lugs and breaks to the point where the die wont stay locked in. this has happened several times even when being gentle on the press. yeah i can call Hornady and their service is great, they always sent out replacements but im sick of calling and the parts usually take over a week to show up. That's no good when i need to make ammo for a competition on the weekend and the press is down. fortunately amazon come to the rescue with one day delivery and got me running again.
If you have a non lock and load press seriously consider keeping it as is. The lock and load system is just a bad design, its fragile and temperamental and you can end up with inconsistent rounds if you dont check the dies are locked tight every 10-20 rounds. If they made a kit to convert my press to a regular non lock and load i would buy it in a heartbeat! that's how fed up i am with it!
