Mark asked if I would FL size, trim and bell the 400+ shells. I had picked up a nice RCBS Rockchucker II at a gun show this winter and wanted to try it out. It worked great but I had to beef up my bench which I did AFTER the 400 cases were done. Put a giant piece of fir vertical to the press all the way back to the wall, (6x7x22) under the bench. 4" long deck screws captured it to the 3/4" plywood and I used some threaded 7/16" rod through the 3/4" bench and 6" fir block. Now there is some REAL beef under the press and I look forward to another 30-30 test. Only casualty was a broken de-capping pin on the 4th to last shell. I was stupid! The pin had loosened up so it was not centered and I put too much pressure on it as I wanted to finish. Did I say STUPID! I'm smarter than that but I was tired of running the press. Good lesson.
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