Reloading with the Frankford Arsenal X-10 Progressive Press

[@keimolantio]

We need more of these videos? Review after 1000 rounds etc.

[@johnkaras9490]

I do not even reload but I've watched every episode because it was so interesting. Thank you for the meticulous way you present information. I have learned so much, about so many different things. You are always a pleasure to watch. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. May God continue to bless you.

[@happyhome41]

Received my X-10. Everything you've said so far - as far as I've gotten - confirmed. Still not running - good assistance on the X-10 Facebook group. "I like it." "I'm telling it like it is." HIGH praise - beautiful video. Solid press well set-up and operated by you. Thank you.

[@travispowell2471]

Just ran across this vid. Glad to see you working with this press. Ur experience and knowledge make ur channel my favorite to learn more about reloading

[@lens7859]

I’m in Ct. and boy has it been raining, then goes up to you. The good thing is our lawn looks great, usually dead when September comes around.

[@ericwilliams4076]

I have one also. I have in the beginning experience my bearing malfunction at the armature on the left side of the press. What was happening was a hole in the press where the old primer drops into the plastic tub leaving the press. Some times a used primer would get out of the hole and drop onto the bearing causing it to get crushed. All I did was cover the hole with a piece of metal tape. I've never had a problem since

[@balaton1]

Thank you! I have been following development of this press for some time. I am so delighted to see that you got your delivery about a month ago and have watched all the videos. Based on your comments I purchased it this week and it arrived today and assembled everything following your recommendations and instructions. I have some RCBS, Lee and Redding gear. This is a whole new level! Also maybe I got lucky but my primer pickup tube seems to operate as well as other brands. God bless you all.

[@lowrider9367]

I've been reloading with my X10 for a couple of weeks now. I have noticed with the primer pick up tube, that if you stir the primers around with it to separate them it makes picking them up much better @ quicker. I also wanted to mention that it looks "maybe" your tool head was flexing a little bit @ around the 20 minute mark. I noticed that mine came loose after a few hundred rounds of 9mm's so I had put a wrench to it. Other than that a great press & I have been super happy with it so far!!! Great Video...

[@ApexNick]

Dillon makes thinner walled primer tube tips. I've never been a fan of the metal tips. Something about mashing metal against explosive primers just feels wrong. Thanks for a great video series! I've learned a lot.

[@balaton1]

I was SOO waiting for this video. I finally ordered this as to your comments. You are a treasure, Sir.

[@reubenjohnson3865]

Glad you are back!

[@jeffthompson5840]

Thank you enjoy the knowledge say hi to Benny enjoy the cigar my friend god bless waiting on the next video

[@jimtewa8096]

Thank you Sir. for another nice video, good luck with the loader looks real nice.

[@Bill-jv5eg]

Very impressive ,,,,,I’m sure you will enjoy this press, 100% quality!

[@henrybobswillikers]

Glade all is good. Love your videos GunBlue490.

[@charlesmudd9834]

★ Nice setup you have there. Thanks for the video.

[@TheREALLibertyOrDeath]

Looks like a fine piece of equipment

[@johnhale9686]

Very interesting , with a lot of stations to add different operations. I guess its the new wave of technology. The ability to mass produce a lot of rounds in a short amount of time this press looks like it can do that and some. Powder and caliber change over look like a major concerns , with a lot of die adjustments. I'll stick to my 550 , not because it cheaper , cause it's not. All the tool heads with caliber conversions for each different caliber with powder dispenser. Faster yes. Good video series just the same.

[@roddecker1900]

Sometimes use antique balance beam[ matches my antique progressive for box or two.] I've started hoarding my ammo. Dont want any more rebarrel jobs.😅hes really a tight wad

[@wyatterp6480]

Very nice, I'm thinking of starting to load I used to help a friend some years ago. This progressive press looks like the way to go but it seems pricey.

[@talisikid1618]

Great vid!

[@anthonybmwsoldat1530]

good video, i have Lee LM, and i am debating on moving on to this one. its a tough call...

[@frankbodenschatz173]

Glad all is well, I went and bought a Forester Co-Ox press. Just not enough in the retirement for this X10.

[@GunBlue490]

You bought an excellent press.

[@frankbodenschatz173]

@@GunBlue490 Thanks! $157 new, didn't think I could go wrong, can't wait!

[@Wayne-z5y]

Thank You for sharing your knowledge, I have learned so much however I have one question, when you are loading 308`s as you were doing. When setting up the military crimp swager die are you running 7x62x51 cases along with your 308`s and are you using the same powder charge for all of your cases. May God Bless you and your family and benny.

[@model7374]

Do you check the cases for length. Sizing a fired case usually lengthens the case?

[@tomalophicon]

Varget is made in Australia by ADI.

[@chrisszymanski5225]

Anxiously awaiting this episode all week...inherited 400 series from Dad...COL I get, but what about case length and trimming? Do it after cleaning but before hitting the press?

[@GunBlue490]

It makes no difference. Trimming and cleaning are separate processes that may be performed in any order. Trim only when cases exceed the specified length. Cleaning is entirely cosmetic and has no effect on performance.

[@biglemms]

Thanks for another great video. Could you maybe move the Peters metal sign. Nothing against it because I have the same metal sign on my reloading room wall, but the press parts are getting lost in background of the dark sign.

[@GunBlue490]

Thanks for the suggestion, but I won't be redoing this same video. The only part of the entire press involving the sign was the powder hopper and perhaps the primer tube, and there's quite a lot of visual contrast to those parts that are entirely static.

[@griffyize]

do you gauge your round when setting up the sizer die? i was wondering if you had to lower the sizing die down more than "contact the shell plate". as the instructions say. thank you,. glad to see some one else using this for a larger caliber other than pistol.. thanks again

[@ernestcoombejr.3047]

Don't let Benny have a cigar!!!

[@tommytaylor7851]

Hello GunBlue490. Hope you are well. I have a question please. Since you've had this press for a while now, what do you think of it? I bought one and NEVER did get any amount of ammo loaded and finally gave it away. I've been loading on the blue equipment for over thirty years and wanted to try a ten station press. Mine was junk !!

[@deankaras8359]

Mr Gunblue how does the powder measure reset?

[@UnCoolDad]

Put the double alpha powder check on one of your stations.

[@GunBlue490]

Quote from AA: FRANKFORT ARSENAL X-10 NOTE This Powder check is not compatible with the Frankfort Arsenal X-10 press, due to interference with the Powder hopper activation arm.

[@UnCoolDad]

@@GunBlue490that's unfortunate. Perhaps some other powder check may be compatible.

[@griffyize]

i had installed the mark 7 powder check in mine, the hornady powder cop will also fit

[@williamparrish673]

Gun blue are these for spraying and praying ? Or are you gonna range test for grouping? And I was very interested in length over all.

[@GunBlue490]

I'm a rifleman. I do not spray. I demonstrated the superb accuracy of this load with the M1A in a prior video. Overall length of ammo for service rifles should generally be magazine length, but at least seated one caliber depth.

[@gscotty311]

Wow! That's awesome!

[@deenunya7735]

I prefer to deprime_ prime seperatly ..wiuld there be a issue in bypassi g those Stations ? Just 2 pulls then onto powder fill.i always have a rcbs powder check die in after the fill station. Presumably it still would lock that press too if faulty fill was Present

[@GunBlue490]

What you prefer is certainly not necessary for accuracy or any other reason. This machine is designed to accomplish the multiple stages of reloading. The shell plate rotates ten positions, regardless of the number of active stations. It's contradictory to engineer an inconvenience to that convenience.

[@deenunya7735]

@@GunBlue490How ever its Built for Excellence it can't Guarantee a Faultless Performance , as anything, until its Weakest Point Fails, maybe just once, but Prefer a Human part of the Process too

[@comodice905]

Gundawg any more guns for sale brother

[@Paladin1873]

Does the shell plate always advance to the next station or can you repeat a step?

[@GunBlue490]

The mechanism always advances. No operation ever requires a second repetition. A case is deprimed and sized once, primed, charged, and given a bullet just once.

[@jasongross4124]

Moving forward how will you be handling case length?

[@GunBlue490]

Cases are trimmed to length as required, which is generally done after more than one or more firings. Most folks do so as a separate operation, sometimes in conjunction with annealing.

[@MrBarbuster]

ummm so you dont have to push on primer stroke?

[@GunBlue490]

There is no "primer stroke". The swaging and priming rams drive upward on the same down stroke as all the other stations. You'll understand if you watch my prior setup video.

[@tunafish3216]

I didn’t see you measure the overall length.

[@GunBlue490]

No, and I didn't give my load either. The reasons are quite simple. Neither number necessarily has anything to do with another rifle. This video was about loading ammo with the X-10, not creating loads with it. Service rifles such as the M1A or AR-15 employ an overall cartridge length that fits the magazine, and which is shorter than the chamber throat, all of which must provide a minimum seating depth--exclusive of the boat tail or ogive--of one caliber. These measurements are derived from any stock loading table for any commercial bullet. That's the length you use.