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550's can go boom too, and have! You have to be just as careful and vigilant with your 550. If it don't feel right, STOP QUICK and inspect. Stay safe.

If those tips don't work, you may need to get an alignment tool from Dillon. Your first time to do the procedure will take about 10 minutes.

Forcing things. I have loaded for 28 years on Dillon progressives and never had one go off. It must be the right combination of force and speed as well because I have crushed primers completely flat in a bench vise before without them going off. If you want to avoid it, stop when something doesn't feel quite right. I agree. My experience is 30 yrs as well with Dillons.

Ghost rings work great on rifles because your eye is right behind the sight and you don't really consciously have to align the rear sight and the front sight. You simply look through the rear sight for the front sight. On a pistol Ghostring sights still need to be alinged like standard sights so their not faster and they obscure more of the target. Not a good idea. I tried them for a while.Pat Agree! I have a set on a pistol also. I find that I must raise my head up a little to be able to peek through the ghost ring. Not natural from a combat shooting standpoint.

Funny, all of these points were my thoughts as well!

Glad to hear ONLY the press got busted up. It happens with both presses. While you may hear of it more with the 650, keep in mind that more 650's are sold than 1050's. I have been quite fortunate with my main 1050. I've loaded roughly 30K+ rounds per year with no problems for over 9 years. I use Federal primers exclusively. My second 1050 has not had much use yet.

I have two Thumblers that I have used hard. One model B, and one Heavy Duty Model. They have done the job even though they appear to be a POS. I did have make a mod on the axle on each unit. But they are Very limited on the poundage: 8 and 12. For few bucks more I bought a real BEEFY Mother on EBay that will go 40 pounds!! Best money I spent. I'm sure it will last a lifetime. Don't monkey around with that junk and look at the "Dillon" of tumblers.

No surprise!

Depends on how fast you want to move it. I agree with others- between $1000-1200 is fair.

+1 This is what I'd do if I had your dilemma. Simple, easy, and very expandable.

I load over 30K per yr on one of my 1050's using Federal small pistol, been fortunate so far. However, I only use MATCH primers. Don't know if that is the key or not. I prefer them for other reasons.

1050 conversion is definitely Not a two man operation. However, it is a bit more of a PIA than a 550/650.

Howdy Dave, I can't recall anything off hand. It seems most gadgets are geared for the 650. You may have to just weigh your brass as far as the counting goes. Good Luck

Man, that is very nice!

The title makes perfect sense to me.

Clays works fine with a Dillon Powder Measure on a 550B.

This one looks different than the one I bought from them 8-10 years ago(?) which was quite lame.

I have a 550 and added a 1050 and beat myself up for getting one sooner. Then I added another 1050. I'm sure a third is in my future. I see no need for a 650.

Interesing view and experience Sandrooney. I actually understand.

For vibratotry tumblers, a receipe that an older experienced gentleman passed on to me was: either walnut or corncorb, like Steve; one capful of Nu Finish, one or two squirts of Turtle Wax rubbing compound, both from Wal Mart ( auto motive section) and one capful of mineral spirits (Lowes paint department). After adding, with NO BRASS in tumbler, let it run for 30- 40 minutes for clumps to settle out. Then add Brass. Works Great! Rotary,tumbler with SS pins and Soap and water may work better. but to me major PIA. You need extra room and time to dry brass. For me, it goes against my grain to put water where my gunpowder goes. Yeah, yeah, you dry it, so what.

Guys, thank you so much for your input! And I am so sorry for being late in my reply. After posting, I have had out of town company come stay witht me and my computer time is zero! They are still here, and the only reason I am on the computer is because I have a bad headache and have to be alone, It really bothers me when people ask for help on forums and I go to the trouble of doing research and get no response or even a thank you. I don't want to be "that guy". Again thanks to all. p.s. - the major thing was a blonde moment, sorry.

I've been using chamber checkers well over 20 years. Never had one from Dillon that did not coincide with my barrel. I bought a 4-way, but rarely use it. It does not allow you to individually roll the nose of the bullet at the hole while looking for splits at the neck like I do with a single checker. If you shoot competition, you need to check one way or the other.

Chills is correct in that the Collet type resizers are nice to have. However, the first die in station one on the MEC 600 Jr sizes great. I do not know if the Texan single stages are set up that way or not. You may want to look for a Texan manual at Steve's Pages. Or just try a Empty shell in your press out. And then see if it drops freely into your chamber. This experiment will only be successful if the shell was fired from a different gun than what you test. If the test fails, then Chills has provided you a source to by a MEC SuperSizer which works very well Good Luck.

What do you think are the top choices for 40 cal bullet weights for IDPA? If you were going to order10k bullets right now and had to choose one weight, what would you choose, for Major?

That does not sound right. Sounds like a warranty issue with just 3k on it; Now as far as the delay time; that can really be drag for you. Some guys disconnect the whole spring and rachet system on their 1050's all together and like it better. Keep in mind the possibility of a short stroke though, which means a possible double charge. So you really gotta watch what you are doing. Me, I prefer my 1050's stock in that regard. Good Luck