dcbridgwater

UniqueTek has a primer cup mod.

I purchased a real wrench for my lock rings, this one works well, wrench and replaced all my old rings with the 1 inch ones.

This what I ended up doing on my Dillon 550 for rifle reloading. Since my rifle brass is already sized and primed I put a Hornady Bench Rest Powder Measure with the Hornady Case Activated Powder Drop (some say the Case Activated Powder Drop won't work on the Bench Rest Measure but it seems to fit and function fine on mine) on station 1 and removed the priming system operating rod and skip the step of pushing the press handle all the way foward as to seat a primer. Then since it is hard to see inside the rifle case to verify the powder charge I put a Dillon Powder Check on station 2 I had to drill a hole in the tool head for the operating rod but it works well. The put the seating die in station 3 and crimp die in station 4. For handgun reloading I still use the Dillon powder measure with the UniqueTek Micrometer Powder Bar Kit installed.

Get one of these Adapter or a AT 500 Powder Dieand a Funnel. I also some times use a Hornaday Lock-N-Load Bench Rest Powder Measure with the case activated linkage for some rifle reloading.

If you have the cash this works great as a counter Press Monitor. I have one and it works well. Dale

I took it off so I could get you a picture, just 3 screws. Here is the best I can get with it mounted to the press.

Will this help? Taken with cell phone so its not the best, if you need another view let me know. It is for the empty case bin on a strong mount for a RL550.

Perfect! Thanks again, Dale

Would someone please measure the diameter and thickness of an XL650 Shellplate for me? I am going to build a drawer organizer for my conversion kits and I would like to know the size of a 650 shellplate in case I decide to add a 650. Thanks so much!

Hmmm, since Dillons service is legendary, what if you called them and told them that yours broke? Would they send you a new one, no charge? If every one thought like that Dillon might have to reconsider the no BS policy. Most cases when I need a part I just order it from web site and pay for it for since most cases the broken part was my fault. I am saving my NO BS privileges for when I really need it.

thanks dc and thanks brian! i sent an email to them an hour ago. i`ll wait til tomorrow if they reply. btw, is this bracket for both bins or are there 2 seperate brackets, one for brass bin and one for loaded rounds? There are 2 brackets the one for the empty case bin is bolted on in front of the bracket for the loaded rounds that came with the Strong Mount, using the same mounting holes with longer screws.

You can purchase the empty case bin from Brian's website Empty case bin or from Dillon's website Empty case bin but the Strong Mount is required to mount the bracket. Oops reread your post and seen your just looking for the bracket. Went back through my paper work and the instructions for the Empty Case Bin shows a part number of 11147 bracket. But I do not know if you can buy just the bracket.

Give this web site a try it should tell you what you need Calconversion.

I do not have a 650 but have set up a Hornady Powder Measure on a 550. This what I ended up doing on my Dillon 550. Since my rifle brass is ready sized and primed on my Redding Big Boss II press. I put a Hornady Bench Rest Powder Measure with the Hornady Case Activated Powder Drop (some say the Case Activated Powder Drop wont work on the Bench Rest Measure but it seems to fit and function fine on mine) on station 1, remove the primer system operating rod and skip the step of pushing the press handle all the way foward as to seat a primer. Then since it is hard to see inside the rifle case to verify the powder charge I put a Dillon Powder Check on station 2 I had to drill a hole in the tool head for the operating rod but it works well. The put the seating die in station 3 and crimp die in station 4. Here is the results of a quick test I made after setting the press up this way. I only have it set up this way for rifle, for pistol I switch back to the Dillon setup. I did a little testing on my new Hornaday Bench Rest Powder Measure with the Hornady Case Activated Powder Drop installed on my Dillon RL550B.The results are with IMR 4895 powder into a 223 case and my target was 23.3 grains, with a Dillon D-Terminator scale. There was no spilled powder or any sign of a powder bridge. Drop # Grains 1 - 23.3 2 - 23.3 3 - 23.3 1 - 23.3 5 - 23.2 6 - 23.3 7 - 23.4 8 - 23.2 9 - 23.3 10- 23.3 11- 23.3 12- 23.4 13- 23.2 14- 23.3 15- 23.3 16- 23.2 17- 23.3 18- 23.3 19- 23.3 20- 23.3 Then a 10 drop total of 232.6 grains for an average of 23.26 These were my results, actual results may very, but I am happy with my results. I only use this set up for rifle and switch back to the Dillon setup for pistol.

+1 also the top cover lifts off once it is open so you can get it out of the way.

subline195, Thats a real nice cover your wife made! Would she be intrested in making another one? Will trade cash for a cover . Dale,

Here is link to some pictures of Press Monitor hooked to a Dillon RL550. My Press Monitor Post #41 Dale

Take a look here Press Monitor switchs.Although I did it a little different on my Dillon RL550, I mounted the switchs for ram up and down to be accuated by the powder fail safe bracket and the rotation switch as shown in the picture. Dale

I have a Press Monitor, I purchased it as an assemble it your self kit. I think it is a very well designed product that can be helpfull in many ways, first as a press monitor, it is like having a little friend watching over you, true if your pefect and reload in the perfect place with no distractions you might not need it but I like having it so when the wife comes in talking about something and I become distracted I know if I missed a step. The statistics are also a nice feture, it can help you keep an even pace for consistancy by letting you know is you start execeeding a set rolls per hour count. The powder monitor feature is also nice, basicly you weight the powder before putting it in the hopper and then weigh what is left after the session and the Press Monitor knows if your close to having used the proper amount of powder. This is just a couple of benifits. The Press Monitor is a very well designed product, it does what the web site description sayes it does. Some will say it is just another unnessary gadget but I like mine and I am glad I bought it, you can never be to safe. Alan was a good guy to do business with he was prompt to ship and answer Emails and he even reflashed my chip for free when a newer version of software was ready. Dale

+1 on UniqueTek, I have one on both large and small powder bars and if you take the time to complete the free Excel spread sheet they include setting the desired charge weight is super quick. Sure beats having several powder measures all over the bench.

I stuck a piece of the plastic from the low primer sensor in to the scanner at Home Depot and it came up with Behr 540b-7 d (Royal Peacock (deep)) as the match I had it mixed but I have not yet tried it to see how close it really is. As far as spray paint the best match I have found is Rustoleum Professional Safety Blue, it matches Dillon plastic pretty good. Dale

Thats the way it should work. The only things I can think off is something was a miss when it was first set up, something may have been something wrong with the way the shell plate was in so the rim on the Shellplate Bolt was hitting the bottom of the tool head before the ram was fully up and now that the shell plate was reset when changing calibers the ram is now going all the way up. My other thought is the stop on the crank (the tab on the crank that meets with Left Link Arm) may have cracked. I am no expert just a thought, good luck with it. Dale

As long as you need to buy a powder bar order one from uniquetek.com and get powder bar with the Micrometer Powder Bar allready installed. It brings the cost up a bit but they sure are nice.

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Anyone tried one of these?