I suddenly had a problem spilling powder one night after changeing to a new set of dies. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what was going wrong. One time it would drop the same amount, one time not as much, one time nothing at all, next time spill powder everyplace. I was sitting scratching my head wondering what it could be when suddenly it dropped powder on it's own! I took the powder die apart and noticed what appeared to be a ledge halfway through the die. I took a drill bit and drilled the ledge or step or whatever you want to call it out of the die and fixed the problem. I called Dillon the next day and spoke to a tech. He assured me the inside of the drop tube should not have had a ledge on it and that is should be perfectly smooth. He couldn't believe I could drill it out with a hand drill that the die (or drop tube) should have been made out of tempered hardened steel, but I did. You might check and see if you can see or feel a ledge in your powder tube. By the way, this was a brand new set of Dillon dies. Maybe one slipped past quality assurance, I don't know. Despite my one problem, all my future dies will be Dillon!
