Powder Check System Adjustment
Once the powder bar is throwing the desired charge, the powder check rod can be installed and adjusted.
Warning:
A double-charged round (a loaded round with twice as much powder) can damage your
gun as well as cause bodily injury.
Warning: A round loaded without powder can
also damage your gun as well as cause bodily injury. If a round without powder is fired in
your gun, the detonation of the primer will push the bullet part way down the barrel. If
the lodged bullet is not removed before another round is fired, the gun will be damaged.
A. Installation and
adjustment of the powder check rods (Figure 139)
1. Remove the powder check rods from the bag Figure
139. The three rods fit different calibers. On the left .44-.45 caliber, center
.30-.41 caliber and on the right .22-.29 caliber.
2. Choose the correct rod for the caliber you're loading. For
example - if you're loading .38 Spl. you would use the .30-.41 caliber rod. If the rod
you're using doesn't have thegrooved sleeve on it, remove the grooved sleeve from the one
you're not using and thread it onto the correct rod Figure 140.
3. Insert the rod into the powder check die Figure
141.
4. Put on your safety glasses.
5. Place a case with the proper powder charge into Station 3 and raise
the platform. Leave the platform in the raised position.
6. Thread the grooved sleeve down so that the contact pin fits inside the
groove as seen in Figure 142.
7. Snug the lock nut with a 3/8" wrench Figure 143.
B. Powder Check System
Demonstration:
1. Place a primed but empty case (case with no powder) into Station 3 and
raise the platform. The contact pin is above the groove Figure 144 (the
alarm sounds) indicating that the case has a low or no charge.
2. Lower the platform. Remove the empty case from Station 4 and
place it in Station 2.
3. With the empty case in Station 2 give it a double charge.
To do so:
a. Raise the platform all the way to charge the case.
b. Lower the platform halfway (enough for the powder bar to
return to its starting point without indexing the case to Station 3).
c. Again, raise the platform to give the case a second
charge of powder.
d. Index the case to Station 3 by lowering the platform all the
way. (The case is now double charged and ready to be checked by the Powder Check System.)
Note: This is for setting the Powder Check System only!
4. Raise the platform Figure 145. The contact pin is below the groove (the alarm sounds) indicating that the powder charge is double or more.
Note: If the buzzer to the powder check system goes off, stop loading and check the powders weight with the scale. The primer warning buzzer and the powder check system have different pitch buzzers to distinguish the two. The primer system is a deep buzz and the powder check is a high pitched tone.
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