I have a slight problem with the indexing of the shell plate on the Lock-n-Load press. Sometimes the shell plate doesn’t fully advance to the next slot. I notice it because I’m trying to press the handle to seat the primer and nothing goes. A little nudge clockwise and viola, the plate goes into position and things move on.

I call Hornady’s customer service and am told to give the right pawl a small counterclockwise (backing out) turn; say, 1/8th turn at a time. See if that helps. I’m out of .38 brass so I’ll have to try again later.

I go to the range, shoot some of the reloaded .38 as well as some factory new ammo (Magtech). Shoot some 75 rounds total. I come home and reload not just to have a full stock of .38 ammo but also to see if I can get the shell plate problem to reproduce.

Of course, it doesn’t reproduce.

Oh well. I’ll keep on the lookout for it and adjust it if it happens.

In other news, there’s something awesome about just loading up primers and powder, then getting to work and cranking out 75 rounds in a short period of time. Didn’t keep track, but it was basically “in and out” of the garage. If I tried that with the single stage I’d have been in there for a couple hours at least. So nice!

It does suggest to me a few things:

• Yes, I want a case feeder.
• I want to get micrometer inserts for the powder drop.
• Long term when money isn’t an issue, it would be cool to have setups for every caliber I load. So in addition to the standard dies, I’d need another powder cop, I’d want another powder drop micrometer insert, I might even want more power-through-expanders and powder drops. Not sure really. It all depends how much I care for quick change between calibers. Having one of everything per-load is useful since you can set it and forget it (so long as you never change your load recipe), then swapping to another caliber is a piece of cake. If some things don’t change tho, it’s just a matter of some time and work to set things up for the next caliber, but nothing seems to be that much of a pain other than the powder adjustments. Really, this would be a matter of just blowing money on buying unique accessories per load.