Case Pro 100

[GymB]

Anyone use one?

I don’t think that I need one, I don’t shoot 40 or Glocks, but since I have one I’ve been reading a little and the guys that have them for 9mm seem to love them. Think there is anything to it, or just justifying the expensive purchase?

 

[ncav8tor]

I have one. Since I started using it, I don’t have to case gauge after the round is loaded. The round is always perfect. They are pricey and it does add another level of complexity to the reloading process. The other downside is you really need a case feeder to make it fast.


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[mikep7m10]

I second what ncav8tor said. I quit reloading about 5 years ago but I had a Casepro 100 with case feeder. I used it for 40S&W. In fact, I upgraded to a Dillon 650 so I could share the casefeeder between the two machines. Don't know the current status but it used to be a year waiting list to get one and they were next to impossible to find used. Used prices were the same a new ones too.

 

[JohnFreeman]

They look great but at 1K$ , that's a lot of 9mm prep investment. I use the lee pushthru 9mm Makarov die for about $15. It removes the bulge but it takes 1 pull of the handle per. I go thru a LOT ( I just unloaded 500 at the range this morning) of 9mm and I can tumble a load full while I resize a load full, so it works out.

Would be slick to have the case pro but that's a lot of coin...

 

[JohnFreeman]

. They are pricey and it does add another level of complexity to the reloading process.
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Much like MOST any worthwhile reloading toy..errr.. tool.

 

[GymB]

Well I just shipped it back to the company, getting it refurbished and replacing a couple of the dies. We’ll see how it works, and if nothing else it’ll be in great shape to sell.

 

[Toprudder]

I can't see spending that much, at least for myself. I don't have a gun that leaves a bulge, and any range pickup that I find with the "Glock bulge" gets culled during the reloading process.

PS: I know that guns other than Glocks leave bulges, but Glocks made them famous.

 

[GymB]

Got it back. Setup for 9mm and 40 s&w. Have run a few pieces of 9mm through it and it clearly works. I’m going to load 1,000 9mm rounds this weekend, random range brass with modest culling based on headstamp and half roll sized and half not, to see if it makes a difference.

This assumes that I can borrow or buy a case feeder. I don’t might working the arm manually, but the natural motion is to drop the cases in upside down and that queers up the works.

 

[GymB]

I have one. Since I started using it, I don’t have to case gauge after the round is loaded. The round is always perfect. They are pricey and it does add another level of complexity to the reloading process. The other downside is you really need a case feeder to make it fast.

Got it working with a LNL case feeder last night, that did speed it up considerably. Wife even said “wow I’d have done this for hours when I was a kid” as she pulled the handle a couple hundred times.

Process question, do you re-tumble after roll sizing or go right to the press?

 

[mikep7m10]

Tumble before, roll-size then straight to the press.

 

[ncav8tor]

Got it working with a LNL case feeder last night, that did speed it up considerably. Wife even said “wow I’d have done this for hours when I was a kid” as she pulled the handle a couple hundred times.

Process question, do you re-tumble after roll sizing or go right to the press?

I go right to the press. I use case lube to reload on my progressive because it makes the press smoother. After reloading, I usually run the rounds in corn cob media for 30 minutes.

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[GymB]

Tumble before, roll-size then straight to the press.

I go right to the press. I use case lube to reload on my progressive because it makes the press smoother. After reloading, I usually run the rounds in corn cob media for 30 minutes.

Thanks guys!