Reloading Press
Where you assemble ammunition. Put in a case, a charge and a projectile, choose the size, and pull the lever.
Crafting
P S P
I
I I I
P is an Iron Plate, S is a Shaft and I is an Iron Ingot.
The screen
| Slot | Takes |
|---|---|
| Case | a metal case |
| Charge | loose powder: gunpowder, blaze powder, or redstone dust. Leave empty for a jar round |
| + Charge | a second powder, to make a blend |
| Bullet | a metal bullet, or a nugget to make shot |
| Payload | optional: glowstone dust, redstone dust, gunpowder or blaze powder |
| Round | where the finished cartridge comes out |
Set the bore with < > at the top. This is the die set. Every round you seat comes out at that size, and only guns of that bore (within 1 mm, on a built gun; see Gun Parts) will take it.
Press Seat to make one round.
What comes out
| Charge | Projectile | Round |
|---|---|---|
| powder | bullet | an ordinary cartridge |
| powder | nugget | a shot shell, for shotguns |
| redstone | iron bullet | a coilgun round |
| nothing | iron bullet | a jar round: "Seated dry: a jar round. Charge it on a wire." See Round Charger |
How much charge goes in
The press seats everything in the charge slots. Put in a stack of three and you get a three-powder round. The press doesn't decide how much is "right"; that's up to you. It refuses more than a case can physically hold (8 in total).
One case, one projectile and one payload are used per round. The charge slots are emptied.
The preview line
With a case and charge in, a line at the bottom shows the pressure the charge will make against what that case can hold, e.g. "Charge 4: 3.0 Pu against case 3.8 Pu". It turns red if the charge is more than the case can take.
That line is about the case. Whether your gun can take it is a separate question: compare it with the Chamber line on the gun's tooltip.
Messages
- "Needs a case and a bullet.": something is missing, or something is in the wrong slot.
- "A case takes at most 8 charge.": take some powder out.
- "That charge will not seat: a coil's drive cannot be blended with powder.": you've mixed redstone with gunpowder or blaze powder.
- "Take the round out first.": empty the output slot.