Taipan

Hi could someone tell me what part of this they have removed I have taken the notched part off my 1050 and made up the distance of the metal with a washer of the same thickness but when I stroke the press it moves at least 6-10 mm sideways on the downward stroke and that to me seems way to much. The last thing I want to do is to have the toolhead hit the shellplate is this kind of movement normal after you have taken off this part or should I just take off the spring loaded pawl that runs up and down the that notched bar. To me that pawl is not going to last long at any rate as the sawing action of this setup is already starting to wear it away . I have put the notched bar back for now just to be on the safe side and wait until I get some advice from the 1050 Guru's on this site. & Thanks in advance to any replies

Hi I would like to ask owners of the 1050 what parts they would suggest as vital spares and should be kept on hand as I live in Australia I would like to have them on hand now rather then try to get them in a rush when I break something (ok ok I know Dillon's never break ) but in my hands any thing is possible. I know that Dillon give you 1 year warranty on the 1050 but I still would like to have the items that tend to be prone to wear/damage just in case. Many Thanks to any response

I would like to thank the forum members who offered their suggestions on how to fix some of the problems I was having I now have run 1500 rounds through my press and have not had one problem to date. Now all I have to do is make sure I don't forget about that 650 that has had no work for the last few days.

That is possible but I did not want to start hacking in to the machine and doing damage to that indexing hole and make matters worse than they are now. When I free up the indexing ball it seems great for awhile and then you can see that it is not as high as when I first started after cleaning it at times this could be after only 50 or so rounds. At the moment the press seems to have the better of me but I don't want to give up just yet I also have a 650 that at the moment beats the 1050 hands down

Thanks to all your replies I will give these suggestions a try and see how I go at the moment this must be the most stripped and cleaned Super 1050 in Australia I just would like to have it up and running like other members of this forum say theirs run like but at the moment it seems a long way off Is there any way to stop that indexing ball from sticking down that hole it sits in when it sticks I normally have to get an allen key or something to push it out of its hole after stripping down the shellplate etc.. and yes I have cleaned that hole out a 100 times with a cotton bud or rag and still have it happen

I am reloading 9mm rounds and as far as I know the right casefeed plunger is installed as I ordered the press setup in 9mm from Dillon. If I tighten the shellplate to tightly the indexing ball bearing jams in the hole and the shellplate does not index correctly, I have stripped/greased and cleaned the press a dozen times and still end up with same result. In response to Canuck's 223 response the toolhead does sort of realign the shellplate a little but nothing major as the toolhead has a bit of movement in in which I thought was normal I do not let the lever fly up or race the machine just slow and steady. Just how tight should the shell plate be? should you need a little effort to move the shellpate or should it be a one thumb with no effort type push?

Could someone please help me with a problem I am having with my Super 1050 when I start reloading I have a problem with the casefeed plunger not feeding the cases into the shellplate at the right time and this causes a jam up and this is on new brass as well as used brass is there some way to fix this problem. I don't run the press at a fast rate just slow and steady but the problem still happens on a very regular basis and my press is less than 3 weeks old,and this has been happening from day one. I would be most greatful for any tips and advice on how to fix this problem.

Hi I am a long timer lurker of this site and have been using an XL 650 for a few years now and I would like to say that in the past I have tried Fiocchi small pistol primers and found that they have caused me problems I have about 5 pickup tubes and only one of them will pick up the Fiocchi primers so I rang Dillon tech support and they told me that Federal are what they would use. I have just purchased a Super 1050 and got some extra pick tubes and tried some new Fiocchi small pistol primers in these pick-up tubes and had the same result as before they just wont go up the tube no matter what so I will be sticking to what Dillon told me to use. Just thought you might like to know just in case.