Hornady AP with Case Feeder - Manual (Page 23)

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Step 16: Placing the Feed tube end on the assembly.
17a. 17b.
Figure 17: Setting the Feed tube end.
• Select the tube for your application (#15 or #50), see pages 25 and 26.
• Screw one lock ring on the tube.
• Place it thru the hole on the feed tube mounting bracket. Adjust the height of the
tube to have approximately 1/16” below the bottom of the tube to the case mouth.
(See Figure 16a for more details.) With some cases such as the 357 Mag. it may
be necessary to adjust the tube to where the case mouth sits up inside of the tube
approximately 3/16”. (See Figure 16b for more details.) These are both starting
points, and for your particular case, it may need to be adjusted a little differently.
(Long skinny cases, which are shorter than 1.50” long will not work with the
Pivot Adapter (#18). They may need to be supported at the mouth of the case by
the Feed Tubes (#15 or #50). This will allow the case to feed down the Drop
Tubes (#22 or #53) with out falling over and causing double or triple feeds.
• Screw on the other lock ring.
• Select the proper “Feed Tube” (#13 or #14) and insert it in the top of the “Feed
Tube End” (#15 or #50). If you select The Small Feed Tube (#14), you will have
to use the Plastic Feed Tube Small Bushing (#66), see pages 25 and 26.
(When feeding some cases (such as the 357 Mag.) you may notice that the base of
the case will not fall into the hole of the pivot every-time. The base will ride on the
radius of the pivot hole. You can operate the press with the cases doing this and
when the push rod (#24) starts to rotate the cam, the case will fall into the hole).