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This is a little project I worked on during these christmas days: install a cheap Lee bullet feeder on my Dillon 550 press. In order to make the bullet feeder work properly, it was necessary to make its little brace to be linked to the shell plate's vertical movement. So, I redesigned the original Dillon powder vertical brace linking flange, in order to obtain a new piece able to operate both the braces at the same time. This is the original Dillon's flange: For the new project, I designed the new flange with Rhino 5.0, a fantastic 3d CAD I love since so many years. Here is a screenshot of the finished project: As you can see, there is still the original shape of the Dillon's flange, but now a new part is added to the geometry. This new part will catch the bullet feeder vertical brace end, thus transfering the vertical movement of the shell plate to its actuator, in order to put a new bullet under the seating die every time the press handle is operated. To move the virtual object into reality, I managed to cut a 1,5 mm. thick stainless steel with a waterjet machine: its 40,000 psi water flow went through the metal like a hot blade through the butter, and the cut came out so laser-accurate that no post-production finishing on the new piece was necessary! Here it is the brand new flange, nice and clean, ready to go: And this is the flange put into position, ready to make the Lee bullet feeder work properly on a Dillon 550 press: Note: in order to make the Lee bullet feeder operate properly on the Dillon 550, it is necessary to replace the original Dillon seating die with the corresponding Lee seating die. This is because the Lee die is correctely shaped at its bottom part in order to work with the bullet feeder moving fork. Dillon's die causes this fork to be stuck against the shell plate, thus preventing the bullet to be seated at the right height into the shell. If is anybody out there interested in this solution, please let me know, I'll be glad to share the flange project for free :-)
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Hello, I currently use a Lee Classic Cast Turret to reload. I clean, deprime and size then clean the pistol brass. To clean I keep it simple and just soak them then dry them. So I begin my reloading by seating the primer with a fwd stroke. Then I load powder with a Lee auto drum in station 1, Hornady bullet feeder in 2, seat in 3 and Lee FCD in 4. This is on a turret press that has the auto index rod enabled. I have been pondering the same procedure and set up on a Dillon 550. I like this model as it is essentially a turret press with a shell plate vs a single shell holder. I do not have one to set this FrankinDillon operation up on. I am also unclear as to what might happen if you mix Red & Blue to make bullets. Will it end up purple ? So, if you have a desire to try out a purple press shoot a video of it and give us a full report. I am guessing this would increase production by 2-3x over my LCT, perhaps 1.5x of a 550 and still be a simple machine. Thanks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaPoU1mCRW0 http://ultimatereloader.com/2016/05/20/lee-auto-disk-powder-measure-from-unboxing-to-loading-pistol/
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Will the Mini Mr. Bullet Feeder work on a Dillon 550 press? When the third die (bullet seating die) is replaced by the Mini Mr. Bullet Feeder custom die, how a bullet can be seated? The 550 sports just four stations, how to properly seat the bullet before the final station (crimp station)? The press should have one more station, isn't it? Am I missing something? Second question: is it mandatory to use the powder funnel of the Mini Mr. Bullet Feeder kit for the Dillon's powder/expand die? -
I think I need a different powder measure for Varget. The stock Dillon measure doesn't work well with Varget at all, tho it does work well with a host of other powders. I am considering the Hornady measure with the auto drop adapter. Has anyone done this mod with a 550? How does it work and what parts are needed to make it work. Thanks -john -
I am having an interesting issue with my dillon 550 primer punch. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I went into the bag of spare parts, pulled the spare out, and the spare didnt have the extra nipple on it. I popped it in, and now the problem is solved. I shot dillon an email and explained the problem.
