[Reloading For Glocks...]

It is a glock. clean it once a year and shoot it. Only one of my four glocks have ever seen factory ammo. They all have stock barrels.

[550 or 650 Press]

I will be the dissenter here. I had a 550 sold it and got the 650. Now the 650 is a heck of a press and it will almost load ammo as fast as you can blink. But I discovered the reloading with the 550 was relaxing. With the 650 you reload for 20 minutes and you are dine. Not enough time to wind down and relax. The 550 will load 1250 rounds a week if you spend just half an hour a day 5 days a week with it. Very few people need more output than that. I wish I had kept the 550.

[The Holly Grail of Breakage and its Game Over for the Session...]

Being a bad reloader I was trying to get my 223 reloaded of Friday for a match on Saturday.

So of course I broke the only decaping pin I had. I couldn't get a replacement that fast si in desperation I went shoping for a new sizing die and the local stores were out of lee 223 dies.

I was staring ay my press wondering what to do. my eyes happened on my 357 tool head. The 357 die looked big enough to hold a 223 case. It is wide enough so that it wouldn't size the case. I wondered if it would work as a deprimng station. So I grabbed a 223 case and gave it a try. Looked good so I put it into station 1 in a tool head and moved the 223 sizing die to number 2. It meant another trip through the press for all the brass but it worked.

[Looking for accurate arms #5]

I would happily give you some if there is a way I can legally ship it to you. I have 5 pounds and I don't like it.

[WSF, too slow for 9mm?]

WSF is one of my favorite powders for 9mm. The only thing about WSF is it runs best with mid to upper end loads. So if that is what you are after then great. But if you want powder puff loads then use something faster.

[1 press or 2 ?]

If you are going to do a lot of 9mm and 223 it might be worth your while just to go with the 1050 if you are going to end up with a lot of military brass. Or you can be like the rest of us and need two tool heads for the 650 and a super swager.

[which dillon]

I own a 650 because I wanted it not because I needed it. With a Dillon 550 If I reloaded for 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week you would be putting out around 1200 rounds that week. I know once in a while I have shot more than that a week but certainly not every week. For the vast majority of people the 550 is all they will ever need.

[Will I kick myself later if I sell my 550?]

I dont see the point of having a 550 next to the 650. I was going to do this but it didn't make sense to me have to have to buy 2 different kinds of tool heads, conversion kits, etc. especially when the machine are kind of similar, sell the 550 to buy a basic 650 so all the parts are common to both presses. Or sell and buy something else to enhance your reloading room - giraud trimmer or something.

I ended up getting a lee cast turret press that I find works great next to the 650. It handles prep and does a great job at smaller quantity's.

I regret selling my 550. I have a couple of calibers I would like to reload for but don't. I can't bring myself to fork over $200+ to load a caliber that I would only load a few hundred rounds a year.

[650 vs. 550?]

I had a 550 for 3 years before I upgraded to the 650. I say that if you can afford it just go with the 650.

[Price of store ammo going up!]

All metal prices are going up because people are speculating on how much Japan is going to be using in the next few years.

Hopefully or maybe not the price spike should be short lived because the rest of the worlds economy is in the crapper and headed to the septic tank.

[Rainier 165 gr. in a Glock 22]

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH

WE shoot Steel Challenge With Rainier 165 RNFP 4.7 gr WST. OAL 1.125 Glock G24-6" Limited.

Perry

Do you have any idea of your FPS or power factor? I have never used any 165 but I picked up several thousand to cheap to pass up. I had planed to use WST or tightgroup anyways.

[Reloading .40 on a dillon - problem fixed]

The only people who have this problem are people who load hot loads. I do not shoot major power factor. I shoot minor and mid range loads and never have had this problem.

My G23 is a first year gun as a matter of fact I was on a waiting list for the g23 to hit the stores. So I have one of those not so supported barrels and well over a decade reloading the 40 SW. My Dillon die run down to touch the shell plate works just fine.

[.40, Titegroup, HP38 & Clays]

STEEL LOAD

XTreme 180 RNFP - Titegroup 3.6gr - 1.125 OAL

XTreme 180 RNFP - Clays 2.7gr - 1.125 OAL

XTreme 180 RNFP - HP38 3.7gr - 1.125 OAL

180 RNFP - Titegroup 3.4gr - 1.125 OAL

131 power factor (sea level). Very nice to shoot and accurate. My favorite 40 load.

180 RNFP - HP38 3.7gr - 1.125 OAL

128 power factor (sea level. Burns one side of the case and not as accurate as TG.

[Practice Targets]

I use a lot of 1/3 scale targets. Steve Koski has left them scattered across the net. I print them at home on cardboard colored paper.

ipsc.pdf

idpa.pdf

[165 gr minor load?]

Thanks for the replies. They may not be the most popular bullet weight but for what I got them for I am not complaining. If tightgroup doesn't work for them I will switch to WSF or POwer pistol.

[165 gr minor load?]

I have been shooting 180 gr out of my glocks for years. Yesterday I got a deal of 2K plated 165 gr for $25 a K. It was just to good to pass up. But now I need To load them. My current load is 180gr 3.5 gr tightgroup at 1.125 for IDPA. I haven't been having much luck with my searches. So what is your 165 gr minor load?

[About to start reloading. Have some questions]

Finding someone who can get you setup and going will save you a lot of time and effort.

A lot of the information on this site is geared towards the competition shooter. When you start to reload your pistol avoid the temptation to use tightgroup and other fast powders. It is safer to learn with WSF, power pistol or some other medium burn rate powder.

[deprime all brass separately]

With pistol brass it is just a waste of time.

[New Dillon 650 owners!]

I have a new 650 but an not new to reloading. So here is my take.

1. I don't know.

2. Buy an EGW resizing die also referred to as the Lee "U" die. No explaination necessary!

Actualy just a waist of money adjust your current dies. I hav wel over 50 K of 40 SW reloads that haven't needed it.

3. Throw any bullet seating die in the trash (or sell on ebay) and get a Redding Competition Seating Die or a

Redding Pro Seater die with thumb adjustment knob on top. (These dies only seat the bullet). Crimp separately!

Simply adjust your dies and you don't need it. It just makes adjusting faster.

But thanks for the offer of help.

[Reloading w/ a Dillon]

Sounds like you are a perfect customer for a Square deal. If you change your mind in the future you can sell the square deal for 80% of retail and jump to the 650. Also remember that the square deal is actually a little faster than the 550.

[grip and arm position]

How does everyone hold their elbows? I have started doing a lot of dry firing and I find pushing them out to the sides a little really squares up my stance and tightens my grip.

[What do you do to your weapon AFTER a match or training?]

Its a glock. I just throw it in the bag. I clean it once a year whether it needs it or not.

[IDPA Match Recommendations]

Koski, I'm from Boise.

When is your Idaho match going to be this year?

If it will fit my schedule I want to go. Like a lot of people the earlier I know the easier to get time off from work.

[Is the Lee product as bad as they say?]

I had so much trouble with my lee that I bought 15 years ago that I gave up on reloading. After a couple of years a friend got me up and going again on a rockchucker. Four years ago I bought a 550. But the lee left such a bad taste in my mouth that I probably still wouldn't be reloading if my friend hadn't drug me back into it. Nowadays I enjoy reloading with quality equipment.

[dillon dies or lee dies?]

i just bought a dillion xl 650 is it better to use dillion or lee dies i load 9mm ,40 and 38 spl i bought dillion 40 dies i dont like the seating die and the crimp die any suggestions.

Lee are cheaper. Lee has a better depriming system. If your lee dies are in spec then your golden.If not you have to send them back.

Everything else is better with dillon dies.