[Another Help me decide between the 550 and 650]

I was looking at the same 2 reloaders as you when i got my 650 for christmas. i love it!!!! i had 2000 rounds of brass and reloaded them in approx 4 hours over a 3 day period now the problem i have is i'm out of brass. I would recomend the 650 because of the progressive. i follow a couple easy steps since the machine is set up and ready.

1. load the case feed tube with about 15-38spcl. ( i cant afford a case feeder yet)

2. pull the handle 3 time since i don't have a powder check

3. set a bullett on

4. pull the handle

5. set a bullett on

6. pull the handle

7. set a bullett on

you get my drift its easy and you could load 200+ rounds in about 20 min without breaking a sweat.

but again thats just me.

[XL650 Tips and Tricks]

Bill,

Use the allen wrench on the bolt like thing in the center of the shell plate. Mark where it was when you started eo you can retighten it, if it doesn't help. ONLY move it a SMALL amount at a time! like a 1/16 of a turn counterclockwise at a time, test and repeat. I think if you move it too much, primers won't fully seat. Go slow.

Good Luck

George

Thanks, I looked yesterday and the set screw on the main shaft wasn't tight so when i adjusted the shell plate and got everything tight i was able to load 5 boxes without any problems.

Thanks again for the help

[XL650 Tips and Tricks]

Welcome to the forums Bill,

I got a 650 for Christmas too, and I was having a simular problem. I was crushing primers.

I noticed my shell plate wasn't centered over the primer pin for 3 of the 5 spots. Called Dillon, thinking my shell plate was out of spec. He had me adjust the shell plate tension.

Got off the phone and thought all was well, until I crushed another primer. Then I adjusted the small metal piece that holds the case in and it has been perfect since. So check your shell plate to primer line-up.

Good Luck

George

How did you adjust the shell plate?

Thanks again for the help

[XL650 Tips and Tricks]

I was having trouble with a new (Got it for Christmas) xl-650 primer feed/seating station. I am reloading 38spl and it is crushing half of the primer in the cases or not putting them in at all. I called Dillon and they had me try to adjust the small metal piece that holds the case in but after no luck I bent it inward a tiny bit and this helped tremendously. After loading about 200 rounds it quit feeding primers all together. I took the primer assembly apart and clean with a rag and that fixed the problem, so I don't know if it was dirty or not but it fixed that. Then finally Sunday morning I was loading 300 rounds and it started crushing primers again, (Dillon still can’t tell me why) I finally quit when I seated a primer and it went off. Any help would be greatly appreciated.