Mec 12ga press

damonsulli · May 5, 2023

I don’t recall running into this before. I found a handful of fired hulls. The ones with the tall base jam up when sizing/decapping. The short bases eject properly. Is there something wrong with my press? It’s old, I inherited it from my grandpa, he probably loaded a few hundred thousand shells with it

damonsulli · May 5, 2023

It’s a MEC press

Rick Barker · May 5, 2023

Nothing wrong with your press, it is those tall brass shells you are trying to reload. Tall brass is an unnecessary thing, it is archaic. It is a carry over when black power was used. Toss it.

waverider · May 5, 2023

No, it is old and not really ment to resize high base, brass washed steel hulls.

If you have a lot of short base hulls, dump the high base ones. If not you just have to make do until you do.

Jason

1straightshot · May 5, 2023

waverider said:
No, it is old and not really ment to resize high base, brass washed steel hulls.

If you have a lot of short base hulls, dump the high base ones. If not you just have to make do until you do.

Jason

Bingo.
Jason gets the prize. High steel bases are hard to resize. Period.

MBM1565 · May 5, 2023

The old Versa MEC 700 was made to resize high brass hulls but not the 600.
Not sure if the resize rings from the 700 are still available.

colonel klink · May 5, 2023

resize rings are still available. I recently bought one from Graf's. They may still have them?

1straightshot · May 5, 2023

Do yourself a favor and pick a quality brand hull to reload and stick with it. It will simplify the entire reloading process and decrease problems.

paul Harm · May 6, 2023

-I had the same problem till I got looking at my 10ga Mec press that would size and deprime 10ga high bass shells just fine. My solution was to unscrew the chrome tube so I could get to the 1/4 x 20 bolt/ jam nut and deprime tool head attached to it. Loosen the jam nut and unscrew the deprime part a couple of turns, or what ever it takes to fully push the shell out of the resize ring. I may have had to replace the 1/4 x 20 bolt for a longer one, but I'm not sure. I think I had to on one Mec jr. When you bring the handle back up after depriming, the deprime tool head pushes the shell back out of the chrome tube/resizing ring. You'll have to do what ever is necessary to get enough travel to push the shell down enough to disengage from the fixture. Good luck.

MBA5 · May 7, 2023

When I rsize hi brass 20's I just insert the end of a flat wrench between the cam and ejector bolt on the upstroke. Pops those hi-brass right out.

bubbasdad92 · May 7, 2023

Paul Harm is a winner - you need to adjust the deprime punch length

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