Hand made MEC Sizemaster repair part

[Tackdriver]

So somewhere along the line I lost the shell plate out of the priming station on my SizeMaster. Not one to be found locally.
So I made one. Use a 10 gauge shotgun hull, and cut it off right above the brass with a fine tooth hacksaw. Deprime it and drill out the primer pocket to just slip over the reprime pin. 5/16 does the trick. Go to ACE and get a "fair to medium" coil spring with about a 5/16 ID.

Works like store-bought.

I should say, this is for a 12 gauge press.

 

[derbyacresbob]

That is fun making something out of what you have by using your imagination and brains! God job!

I have a Mec 600 Junior and a Mec Grabber. Over the years I have had to order parts from Mec for my Grabber. If you need to order parts from Mec it is pretty easy to do and the shipping isn't to bad.

https://www.mecshootingsports.com/p-677-sizemaster-parts.aspx

 

[204 AR]

Good thinking, it's always nice to be able to repair your own stuff. I bought an ancient Herters progressive shotshell press from ebay years ago. It took some thinking outside the box to adapt parts from other stuff to make it all work.