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  1. I have been reloading on the Dillon 550 for 20+ years. I'm mostly loading 9 major and using 9.5 AA#7 with a 124. The case is pretty full but with the indexing control of the 550 I have no issues with powder spillage. I'm considering going to the 1100 for the priming on the downstroke and the swaging station. I'm looking for feedback on the auto indexing with respect to how smoothly the case moves when mostly full of powder. I have watched a bunch of YouTube videos but it's hard to tell if the operating handle controls the speed of the moving shell plate or not. I also see aftermarket gizmos to prevent powder spillage. Are these effective?
  2. I shot a 52 back in my bullseye days for the Centerfire match. I used 148gr. HBWC and bullseye powder. I recall 2.9 grains but you should start lower. The bullet should be seated slightly below flush and a roll crimp using a revolver seating die. It doesn't have to be much but the case is definitely rolled over the top of the bullet. There is a Bullseye forum where you could get more info.
  3. The easiest way I have found to remove One Shot is to spread out about 100 rounds on a medium size towel and spray it with a foaming glass cleaner. I use Sprayway but any will work. It can not have ammonia in it! Roll the bullets in the towel to dry and then case gauge. This works with One Shot, I don't know about other lubes.
  4. I have three open guns with the Dawson guide rod and use Wolff variable rate springs. Never a problem for many years. I do put a drop of oil on the guide rod and spread it around.
  5. I bought it when it first came out. It was nowhere near $400. It works perfectly for .38 Super. When used for 9mm I occasionally get an upside down case, which is easy to fix. Overall I like it.
  6. Wolff 9 # variable in 3 open guns. One .38 super and 2 in 9 major.
  7. I'll address your question #2. Pick either Super or Supercomp brass and go with one. You will need a .223 shellplate to load Supercomp and Super brass won't fit. If you use a Super shellplate it is not unusual to have Supercomp brass pull out of the sizing station. Extraxtors are different if you use Aftec. If you use a standard extractor you may or may not be able to run both kinds of brass. I have one gun that will run either and one set up for Super that will not feed Supercomp 100%. My opinion is if your gun runs reliably with all your mags using Super then keep it simple and don't change.
  8. I use patches only. Never a brush of any kind except a chamber brush for that area every 500 rounds or so.
  9. I load .38 Super with Montana Gold 115 CMJ to 1.250 and with Hornady 115 HAP to 1.240. If the OAL is not creating problems with the magazine, feeding or bullet hitting the lands, most .38 Supers can go to 1.260.
  10. I use the Redding micrometer competition die because my current load of 11.4 AA#7 is not a compressed load. I used to run about 9 grains of 4756 which was a compressed load and used the Dillon die. Redding says not to use their die on a compressed load.
  11. First, take the primer assembly apart. Clean everything with alcohol, especially the bottom of the primer slide. Now put it back together after putting a light coat of gun grease on the threads of the 2 bolts that hold the assembly in place. Finger tighten only. Now with the ram in the resting position and the primer seating stem properly centered in the shell plate, tighten the 2 bolts with an Allen wrench. Just a little! Like one quarter or less past finger tight. These bolts will strip out the primer tube threads and cause no end of problems if they are overtightened. I know from experience.
  12. I have been using them for several years in both 9 major and .38 super. I run OAL of 1.165 in 9 major and 1.240 in .38 super. I have done some bench testing and they are more accurate than the Montana Gold and Zero I was using, however I'm not sure if the difference is meaningful given the average uspsa field course. If you have a situation like 50 yard sideways targets that were at Area 3 a while back they do give some extra mental confidence. I use a Lee U Die for both to be sure there is no setback problem. I have no idea about distance from lands. As long as it fits in the chamber and sits a little under the barrel hood without hitting the lands you are good to go.
  13. If that works for you that's great. I posted this comment more than a year ago and stand by my experience with the EGW and Dillon gauges. I have shot plenty of 9 major and had zero malfunctions of any kind. And yes I am into competition. I try to shoot one or two matches a week and at least 6 majors a year.
  14. I just started with wet tumbling before Christmas. I ran a load of 9mm range brass through the Franklin unit using 1 gal water, 1.5 oz Hornady sonic cleaner case formula and 1 tbsp Lemi shine. I do have a water softener for what that's worth. I did not want to use the pins for pistol brass and I did not want to deprime first. After 3 hours in the FART unit I rinsed well, spun off the excess water with the Franklin separator tub and dried for about an hour or so in the Franklin brass drier. The results were outstanding. The brass looked better that new on the outside and about 75% clean on the inside. I left them sit in a plastic bucket until a few weeks ago. No tarnish at all. I use Hornady One Shot and make sure to get the lube inside the case. The powder funnel does not stick on most cases. An added benefit is no more tumbling media to jam my case feeder. The cases were plenty dry right after they came out of the drier unit.
  15. I have 2 550B. I bought the 550 case feeder when it came out. I installed it on the machine I used to load .38 Super. It worked quite well. The only problem was once in a while a piece of tumbling media would get caught in the drop tube adapter and a case would get wedged in. No way to clear except take the whole drop tube off and push the case out. I found I was shooting more 9mm and now the case feeder is on the 550 that is dedicated to 9mm. The other machine is for Super and .223. The situation with the media jam still exists, although I recently changed to wet tumbling so I wont have that problem going forward. There is one new problem using 9mm. Every 100 to 200 rounds a case will go into the drop tube upside down. This never happened with .38 Super. This makes the case fail to feed into the size/deprine station and the case is usually flat on the slide and can be removed without problem. Thanks to the manual advance on the 550 it does not create too much issue. On the whole I would buy it again.
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