Al from United States, OH Public Profile

If you poke around on AR pattern rifles this punch set contains every punch that you will need. It allows you to easily seat or remove every pin on your rifle without damaging the rifle or driving yourself insane.

I have one on a pistol and the other on a shotgun, They work really well and don't die. They have a large screen, are bright and the controls are easy to manipulate. I've pretty much made them my standard small optic. There are so many choice if these things out there. I know what I'm getting with Swampfox.

I am absolutely stunned! I have been reloading ammo for 45 years. I have every kind of single-station press there is and multi-stage press. I have three Dillon presses, a RL550B, XL650 and XL750. The Franklin Arsenal X-10 is the finest press I have ever gotten my hands on and not just for the money. It is built like a Swiss tank. It is smooth to operate without any slop. The parts fit precisely together. The fit and finish are just fantastic. The only downside is the amount of grease they pack it in. It's a pain to remove but that is just fine. It shows they care even about that.

I have never used a Dillon RL1100 or a Mark 7 but this is surely in that class.
The only thing I wish they would have done was to make the case-activated powder measure also expand the case mouth, as the Dillon powder measures do. The powder measure itself is awesome but if it could use the Dillon-style powder through expander funnels...that would be amazing. It would really help with bullet tipping when using a Mr Bullet Feeder and not waste a die station by having to use a Lyman M-die. also, the powder funnels available are specifically designed to work with the Mr Bullet Feeder. We could use a 223 expander funnel too by the way.

I don't have the bullet feeder yet so I'm using my Mt Bullet Feeder, which is not ideal. The F/A bullet feeder integrates into the top of the machine die holder. I hope it works as well as the rest of the machine.

I would not hesitate to buy another X-10. I don't know

So at first it is a totally frustrating affair. It just flat doesn't work but then you play with it a bit and you begin to realize that you have to play it like a pinball machine. It gets kind of fun. I've gotten to the point where I can load a stick in no time at all. It sure beats doing it one at a time.

I bough a cheap eBay endoscope. A couple of big reasons why this is better. The big one is that this is focussed SUPER close at 90 degrees. The eBay ones do not focus close enough to see your bore clearly. Neither are adjustable so what you got is what you got. Unless you pickup a 90 degree view attachment, the eBay ones only see straight ahead. That is kinda neat, but not what you're looking for. Even when you buy the 90 widget, they won't focus close enough.

Also, the quality of the Borecam is very good. In my opinion, you can see everything that you need to see. As I said, it is set for CLOSE focus. In fact, if you put the rod on the far side of a .45, the other side of the bore is blurry. You must put the viewing side right against the bore. When you do that, it is very clear.

It does not use batteries. You must have a 120v outlet. That could be a problem to some but I don't think so. You can record on it through an SD card that is provided. You can do stills or video.

There is one thing that I wish they would fix or figure out a solution to. It doesn't break down far enough. It a couple of feet long and it's going to stay that way. It's a one piece tube that is the length of a shorter rifle cleaning rod. I wish you could break it down to a shorter length for both storage and viewing pistols. It's a bit unwieldy. You can view pistols with it and I do but it's a little awkward.

For best results, put your rifle or pistol in a rest. Don't try and hold the gun, whatever

If you haven't tried an ultrasonic cleaner you're missing the boat. I have a smaller Hornady unit that is great on small parts but you can't fit whole guns in it. This one you can and it doesn't cost a million dollars. It's super important that the cleaner heat the fluid. Why? Not so much for the cleaning aspect, although I'm sure that helps a lot, It's so it drys. You really don't want water on or in your gun. The parts are usually too hot to touch when they come out so they dry off really well and pretty fast. If you have compressed air, so much the better. Get as much water off as you can and then spray it down with a WD40 like product and you're good to go.

I was able to clean a totally gunked in cosmoline Yugo M48 Mauser. It was so bad that when you pulled the trigger, the striker oozed forward. It was almost unclean-able with a tooth brush and solvent. The ultrasonic tank with the appropriate detergent worked a miracle.