My 3rd MEC 9000gn
This is my third MEC 900gn and it works awesome just like all the others do
Works as promised
Once you set up and make minor adjustments, if needed, this progressive machine can reload 400 or more shotshell per hour. The secret is to be smooth in pulling the handle down and not bringing it back up until the new primer stops moving in the base shell plate. If your primers dont load or stick in the tube, use paste wax or furniture polish to make the primer tray bottom slick. If the handle jerks or is not smooth on the upswing, clean and lubricate the sizing collet fingers. Same if shell doesnt drop fully in collet. Never force handle if you feel hard resistance. Stop and check for primer tube contacting out of round hull or mis-alignments on one of the stations. Once you learn what can go wrong any problem can be corrected in seconds.
great press
Great press second MEC I have owned started with a 650 then bought the 9000g in 2002 loaded thousand of shells with very little problems.
Damaged powder bottle
The seal on 4 lb powder bottle was missing and screw lid was not tight. A little powder had leaked from the bottle.
Enormously Frustrating
Decided to move up from my MEC 8567 Grabber reloaders to the 9000GN. Looks good on paper but you end up spending most of your time fixing it. There is NO END of things that can go wrong. For every 50 shells loaded, you can easily spend 20 minutes or more on diagnosing the problem, fixing it, then cleaning up the mess of powder, primers, and lead. Split some lead? Plan on taking forever to clean it out. If lead gets into the resizing collet it bulges the brass and destroys the shell. For every 100 shells reloaded plan on throwing 10-15 away. If a ammo manufacturer had that kind of loss rate they would be out of business. This thing is one problem after another. Need to reload 1000 shells? Plan on it taking forever. I bought it to speed up my reloading time so I can shoot more. This thing will constantly waste your time and money while leaving you enormously frustrated.
Not Happy
I've had a Mec 9000G for 3 yrs now and I have had problems with the primer mechanism from the start. I called Mec twice and the first time I spoke to the engineer, he was helpful. The second time, an engineer was not helpful or courteous at all. He was very impatient. I even was going to ship the reloader back for them to adjust which they advertise they do and charge $65.00/hr, but UPS wanted $100.00 just to ship it one way. I had enough of spilled powder and shot and much frustration with the machine that I gladly sold it and purchased a RCBS Grand. The Grand is such a better press. The adjustments are easy and easy to get to, it's more sold, better made, better engineered that I am extremely happy with it. I won't buy Mec again. If you haven't had problems with one, consider yourself lucky. I'm glad I sold it.
