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                                   MARCH 2015 NEWSLETTER

I always try to keep our newsletter “light and cheery” but I am absolutely astonished by the number of intelligent Americans who do not take this new M855 ammo ban seriously. This administration launched “Fast and Furious” right out of the box to blame America’s gun culture. Then they bought up ammo in enormous quantities leaving the store shelves empty for “us subjects”. They have been militarizing our police departments across the country with equipment intended for fighting full scale wars. Now our King wants to ban M855 ammo because they say it can penetrate body armor. It is more than obvious what they are gearing up for and WE MUST STOP IT! Our Founding Fathers, who understood the tyrannical nature of man, gave us the 2nd Amendment to ensure that “We the People” could stop tyranny and now our King wants to ban the ammo that could in fact stop agents of tyranny. HEADS UP AMERICA……they have plans for you and your children. STAND TALL and BE HEARD…..if you are NOT Okay with these changes. They know what they’re planning for us and so should we, if we pay attention to what’s been going on. There’s a reason they’re using the backdoor and there’s a reason they are afraid of our guns. I do not advocate for an armed uprising ( our Founders would have been shooting by now ) but the time has come for all 2nd Amendment supporters to STAND TALL to BE HEARD and avoid any need for an uprising! All of our liberties are guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment, we cannot allow it to be “infringed”.

We are truly enjoying all the friends we have made through Titan Reloading and look forward to many more. Feel free to contact us. When possible, please email us rather than call. Due to our limited phone system and staff we are able to respond to your questions quicker via email. Please include your full name or order ID number with any order inquiries. Service and Support is our top priority. As always, you will find many answers to questions in the “FAQ” and “Help Videos” areas of our website www.titanreloading.com . Check us out on Google+ and Facebook .

Dennis / Titan Reloading

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INSIGHT OF THE MONTH:

Turret Press Indexing Explained

The square ratchet is both free to rotate inside the clamp and held fast by the clamp, depending on which direction the ram is moving. If you are lowering the press lever (raising the ram) you don’t want the turret to rotate, so the square ratchet must be free to rotate inside the clamp. The friction between the square ratchet and the index rod causes the square ratchet to slide down to the bottom of the cavity inside the clamp, where it is free to rotate when it passes over the twist in the index rod. On the upswing of the press lever (as the ram goes down) the drag between the square ratchet and index rod causes the square ratchet to slide up to the top of the cavity inside the clamp, where the square ratchet fits into matching notches in the clamp which prevent the square ratchet from turning, so as it passes the twist in the index rod it turns the turret.

Included with the Deluxe and Classic Turret Presses is a spare black nylon ratchet. This installs inside the black auto index clamp on the steel ram. The square black ratchet rides on the 1/4″x 1/4″ steel index rod. When removing the aluminum turret, be sure to raise the ram to disengage the square ratchet from the twisted part of the rod.

The nylon square ratchet that comes with the turret press is designed to properly index the press for 10s of thousands of rounds; however, an extra does comes with the press. This inexpensive part is made of nylon for two reasons with the first being that if the index rod is operated against the proper rotation, the nylon will fail before any damage occurs to any other part. The second is that they are inexpensive to produce and purchase.

The ratchet enables the indexing without “tweaking” or adjustment. The index rod may be removed and replaced at will without affecting the timing of the press. In the unlikely event that your press was received and not indexing correctly, the ratchet is not the reason and the issue is easily resolved by turret press index alignment.

The only reason the ratchet would be damaged is from forcing the index rod against that ratchet. This generally occurs when turrets are removed with the ram at the bottom of the stroke as the ratchet is engaged during the down stroke. When removing turrets, it is necessary to raise the ram about an inch or so.

A problem can ultimately affect indexing if the ratchet is excessively forced against the index rod, because the top portion of the ram, designed to rotate for another reason, would do so under these circumstances. Then, even with the ratchet replaced, the entire housing is off center. The proper alignment of the housing is completed by using the lever portion of the priming arm and aligning it with the two bumps on the base of the press

The nylon housing that holds the ratchet never needs to be opened other than to eventually replace the nylon ratchet. Remove the index rod, then the housing by removing the horizontal screw. Replace the ratchet remembering to place the flange in the downward position and reattach the nylon housing. This housing does nothing more than contain the ratchet. Do not over tighten the screw because the threads can be stripped.