Saturday Evening Update:
As reported earlier, press #1, Hornady Lock-N-Load single stage, is up and running and has turned out some very fine .45/70;
Press #2, Dillon 650, was clam ped down and parts ordered last weekend. The parts arrived Thursday, and before bedtime it was mounted on the new Strong Mount and parts laid out for set up this weekend;
Press #3, MEC 9000, was set up, clamped down, and ran 25 test loads on Thursday evening prior to bedtime. Tonight I sat down, and in 90 minutes +/- I ran, inspected and boxed 450 rounds of 12 gauge featherlights - 7/8 ounce shot over 16.4gr Red Dot - Should 1,200 fps with 7900 psi. I ran a half dozen through the coach gun, and they are nothing for recoil as compared to standard target loads. These are for SASS, so light is the name of the game.
Sunday's goal is to run another 1,000 featherlights through the MEC. This will finish off the wads I have on hand for this load. Then I need to put the caliber head together for the Dillon and start my run of SASS .38's. This will be 125gr RNFP over 3gr Red Dot and 7gr white hominy grits. The trick to this is I need to make a powder die extension to lift a second powder measure up about four inches, so it will operate next to the other measure (stations 2 and 3 are powder drops to pull off the special low power loads).
If all goes well on Sunday afternoon I will be writing a report that the 650 is ready and has proven a couple dozen rounds that work in the rifle. I would like to then switch to finishing off the shotgun loads, so I can move the MEC to a shelf while I run a couple thousand .38 spl. Those need to be cranked out between runs this week to be ready for Sunday match.
The following week will be to reset the MEC and run a couple thousand standard trap loads. I believe I will run out of shot by that time - I estimate I have powder for 2,500 rounds and shot may run out around 1,750.
What next? Well, there is a lot more brass, lead, primers, and powder around, but I think I will just work on emptying things for a few days first.