MEC 600 Jr. reloader disassembly and reassembly - KOL 129

Today I take apart, clean, and reassemble a neglected MEC 600 Jr. reloader.

[@toadman506]

Talk about timing, I just spent this morning taking apart the base of my versa-Mec, not quite as rusty as yours, but close. Guy at one of the local gun shows only wanted $20 for it. I'll be using your videos once it's time to put it all back together

[@KingsOutdoorLife]

Yay, I hope it helps. Best advice I can give is video all the way around it before you start then video yourself taking it apart. Then you can watch your own video when you reassemble. Thanks for watching and helping me get to 1K subs.

[@jamesp739]

I picked up a well used 20ga 600Jr. for free a few months ago and you've inspired me to tackle the re-build, thank you! My crimping die is rusty on the inside so I'm thinking after derusting like you did, I'll try to polish it by wrapping some 000 or 0000 steel wool around an old bore brush and chucking it in the drill and polish away. If I have trouble removing the re-priming ram, I'll try a impact screwdriver. If I can get the driver on the screw, a few taps should break it loose in short order. I see you have the older model of of the 600Jr. that uses the 3-piece wad guide assembly. Know that the plastic Hornady wad guide fingers work well as a replacement. I understand MEC no longer supplies replacement fingers in 12ga. Great video. Thanks again!

[@KingsOutdoorLife]

Yay, so glad it helped! Video yourself disassembling piece by piece so you can see how it goes back together. Had I not done that I never would have gotten it back together right. I need to look into some new parts. Thanks for watching!

[@toronadogofast7868]

It is really easy to upgrade the pre 82 assembly to the mark 5 wad guide. Just need the new slide and was guide. Very little removal to get it in! I like the early model deprimer/ resizer and pre crimp. They are full metal. The replaceable ring for 6 or 8 crimp work better. Ballistic products sell the crown crimper that is fantastic to use.

[@tractorrookie]

😊👍 Wow! That was a lot of parts! Nice work!!!🍺🚜🇺🇸

[@KingsOutdoorLife]

It was a lot of parts and if I hadn’t videoed it, I never would have gotten it back together! Thanks!

[@toronadogofast7868]

Bought the early model of Mec Jr, from a guy selling a bunch of shot, for $50 to help him out. After 3 trips to get parts to convert it to 28 gauge, to a guy who is a Mac dealer in Issaquah that's 40 minutes away. It was $50 away from his new price! Only did it for speciality loads. As I have PW 800 plus in 4 different gauges. This stuff can get spendy!

[@KingsOutdoorLife]

Yeah' I'd like to get the 16 gauge dies for this one. I haven't thought of that until now. I have an old sweet 16 that I'd like to shoot but not for $1 a shot. Thanks for watching and the idea!

[@carllove3705]

Thank you for the video. I wish you wouldn't have sped up the video at the end when you were putting all the dies back in.

[@KingsOutdoorLife]

in youtube, Go to settings (little wheel right of CC at bottom right of video) and click playback speed. maybe at .25 you see see what you need. Thanks for watching!

[@carllove3705]

@@KingsOutdoorLife thank you. I will give that a try.

[@CarlPapa88]

Looks the same as one I see on eBay. Still trying to talk myself into a 600 Jr over a Load All 2 instead. Haha

[@KingsOutdoorLife]

Just saw this comment. What did you decide? I put on a part upside down I just discovered two years later! Thanks for watching!

[@Edwinsoda]

I know this video is old but any clue of all the tools you used?

[@KingsOutdoorLife]

No I am sorry, I don't but it was standard tools, nothing special. Thanks for watching and good luck!

[@lawrencelewis1036]

The previous owner must have been loading on a ship deck.

[@KingsOutdoorLife]

NO, I had put it in the attic in a tub with powder in the tub and the chemical process did that. Thanks for watching!

[@magicalmilitia7838]

No man video is great it is not shit quality it’s 2024 and I’m using it atm to fix mine

[@KingsOutdoorLife]

Great to hear, LMK if you get it worked out. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@FirePirate099]

You got it running again?

[@KingsOutdoorLife]

I did! If shells keep going up I’ll get back to reloading. I’m under a 100 boxes of 12’s. I have a 16 gauge reloader as well. I may get the Sweet 16 out of retirement.

[@FirePirate099]

@@KingsOutdoorLife you wrote boxes, did you mean to? I try to keep 1 case ahead. Which is only 250 rounds of 12 gauge

[@KingsOutdoorLife]

@@FirePirate099 yes, boxes! you never know what DC will do so I stocked up a couple years ago.

[@FirePirate099]

@@KingsOutdoorLife smart man

[@uplandwild4136]

Hell No!!!!! and I thought I was cheap. Throw that away. I can't imagine it would drop powder and shot consistently. Did ya ever use it?

[@KingsOutdoorLife]

YES, cleaned up fine and I loaded all our Pheasant loads to got to South Dakota that year and Montana 2 years since. Everything was surface rust and it cleaned up just fine. I was glad I did the video or I never would have gotten the thing back together correctly. Check out my hunting videos. Very satisfying to drop birds with your own loads.