Got a sexy new Dillon XL650 reloading press for xmas, and it's the greatest thing I've ever owned in the way of firearms!
You can crank out 500 rounds an hour with NO PROBLEM,
And we cranked out over 800 .223 Rem rounds in an hour without working very hard at all!
If anyone is on the fence between a 550 and XL650, make the jump to the 650!
Worth EVERY penny!
Caliber change isn't nearly as complicated as I though it was going to be, and it's pretty fast too (about 5 minutes).
HATES STICK POWDER!
If you have a bunch of stick powder laying around,
You might want to use that up before you break into a Dillon,
The Dillon powder droppers use charge bars, and it HATES stick powder,
Charge bar won't return on the upstroke, and you have to nudge the charge bar every single time.
(sometimes the 'Nudge' will need to be a little violent!)
Other than not being able to use the piles of stick powder I have around here,
This thing is GREAT!
I have two calibers right now (.45 ACP & .223 Rem) and it does GREAT with both!
Just super fast compared to my old manual index press!
Charges are consistent, seating and sizing are both very good...
I did spring for the EXPENSIVE Dillon carbide dies for both calibers, so I'm sure that helps cut back on the lubing I have to do for the .223 brass.
I did reuse my Lee factory crimp die,
Works better than the Dillon compression crimp die since I don't resize every single case...
I just check them with a case gauge, and if they aren't over the max, I just reuse them the way they are,
And those compression crimpers don't like that much.
Doesn't care if you use a cannalure bullet or not,
Doesn't care if the cases are all trimmed or not,
Can't beat that Lee factory crimp die!
You can crank out 500 rounds an hour with NO PROBLEM,
And we cranked out over 800 .223 Rem rounds in an hour without working very hard at all!
If anyone is on the fence between a 550 and XL650, make the jump to the 650!
Worth EVERY penny!
Caliber change isn't nearly as complicated as I though it was going to be, and it's pretty fast too (about 5 minutes).
HATES STICK POWDER!
If you have a bunch of stick powder laying around,
You might want to use that up before you break into a Dillon,
The Dillon powder droppers use charge bars, and it HATES stick powder,
Charge bar won't return on the upstroke, and you have to nudge the charge bar every single time.
(sometimes the 'Nudge' will need to be a little violent!)
Other than not being able to use the piles of stick powder I have around here,
This thing is GREAT!
I have two calibers right now (.45 ACP & .223 Rem) and it does GREAT with both!
Just super fast compared to my old manual index press!
Charges are consistent, seating and sizing are both very good...
I did spring for the EXPENSIVE Dillon carbide dies for both calibers, so I'm sure that helps cut back on the lubing I have to do for the .223 brass.
I did reuse my Lee factory crimp die,
Works better than the Dillon compression crimp die since I don't resize every single case...
I just check them with a case gauge, and if they aren't over the max, I just reuse them the way they are,
And those compression crimpers don't like that much.
Doesn't care if you use a cannalure bullet or not,
Doesn't care if the cases are all trimmed or not,
Can't beat that Lee factory crimp die!