BuckshotBear

I have an irritating problem that's started with my Dillon XL650, its started to drop a second shell that sometimes will be lying horizontal and they usually end up getting crushed or mangled if it stays upright as I'm resizing the case that's going up into the resizing die. Anyone got any hints on what to change/adjust so that it doesn't drop this second case (about 1 time out of 15 it's happening)?

Thanks mate appreciated.....I've reloaded upwards of 60,000+ 9mm on my Dillon and I must have gotten lucky setting the dies up all those years ago (never changed them since). Setting up the 45acp has definitely tested me.

Thanks all appreciate the advice. I've loaded for a lot of calibers over 40+ years and .44-40 and now .45auto have been the two that have made me feel like a total novice. Been so busy with Christmas and its blisteringly hot down here so I haven't been able to spend long stretches in my reloading room. Put the Dillon crimp die back in and found and followed this setup suggestion and I think I have it nailed. Reading heaps....it seems .468 is the crimp to aim for with lead pills? I have noticed that using a kinetic hammer on a dummy round loaded using the Dillon crimp take a LOT more whacking to remove the pill than one loaded using the Lee FCD?

Pretty sure the problem has been the mold. A mate was casting and Hitek coating the pills for me using a Lee 452-228-1R mold...I had to reduce the overall COAL a LOT so that the pistol would go into battery (even though rounds went into a Dillon case gauge). Did some Googling and that mold seems like a well known issue.

New to loading .45acp on my Dillon Xl650. Just installed the conversion kit and dies, not getting the greatest reliability in the final Dillon crimp die as some rounds feel tight in the Dillon case gauge whilst others plop in and fall right out. Replaces the third Dillon crimp die with a Lee Factory crimp die and getting the results that I want, but wondering why the Dillon crimp die isn't working as well (rather use the Dillon die) is there something that I haven't done right setting it up? Any hints? Should the Dillon crimp die be working so that every completed round plunks in and slides out of the Dillon case gauge with ease? Thanks in advance.