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I first bought a Hornady LNL press. My first thought was I liked the idea of the quick caliber change over and I think the powder measurement system with the micro adjustment was a better design. Once I assembled the LNL press I could not get the cases to advance to the next station completely. It would not advance to the next station and it kept on sticking halfway between stations. The LNL uses small indentiations on the shell plate and a ball bearing. The bearing needs to catch on to and lock in the shellplate indent which it seldom did and would not advance correctly. I called Hornady customer service and was on hold for more than 30 minutes and the agent still could not figure it out. I kept on calling them for different issues each time I was on hold for at least 30 minutes. I also had an issue with the casefeeder as the LNL uses different metal feet attachments. I could not get the case to completely feed into station one. I kept on fiddling it and finally got fed up and returned the press. I am glad I bought it at Cabelas and they returned it no questions asked. The next day I called Brian, great guy, he knows Dilion presses inside and out. I bought a 650 and never had a problem with it. Buy a Dillion it might be a little more but it was worth it.

Now I wish I saved those film canisters. No one uses film anymore.

Save your $20.00 for the second primer system(only one size is included with the 1050) and the conversions... Good luck buddy!

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You got to be kidding me! This reminds me of the time in which I used to sell computers and this lady thought the mouse was a pedal. She placed the mouse on the floor and moved it with her foot. These two will make a great couple.

Is it the same head stamp? The rim might be thicker and will not insert in the shell plate.

I noticed that thread. After (despite this thread) leaning toward the 1050 I saw the problems people were having. It looks like a lot if the post were back in 2002.. so I was hoping a lot of the kinks have been worked out of the design. Does that still happen a lot? If I spend the extra money for the 1050 it damn well be reliable. For the price tag, any hiccups every 100rds is unacceptable. Not for that price. Brian wrote a great FAQ for all the Dillion presses. It is located in his Dillion storefront. there is pros and cons with all presses. Which Dillion

Get whatever you like but I will keep my xl650 and the money I saved over buying the 1050 I am going to run out now to the gun store and buy me a new 1911.

That's not good advice as most 147 loads are over half a grain lighter than 115 loads. Some are almost a full grain lighter. I loaded 124's with 4.2 over powder XXX and loaded 147's with 3.8 for the same PF. 115's with that powder probably needed around 4.6 to make the same PF. I think the 147's would be overcharged using your suggestion. Agree...

That's the beauty of the 1050, you don't have to "feel" for anything as the swage station makes sure they will enter the pocket just fine. I will say the brass tip on the 650 primer tube works much better than the plastic tip they use on the SD and 1050. Yeah you just get crushed primers.

This is my reason why I went with the Xl 650. My first thought was of getting the 1050, but I thought it was overkill for what I was loading. I wanted the auto index plus at least 5 stations so the RL 550B was out. I called Brian, GREAT GUY, knows his stuff and he said I should go with the RL 550B due to my needs. I thought that was great a sales guy that actually told you straight up and didn't want to upsell me. I am in sales and for him not to upsell me and actually listened to my needs was why I will buy my Dillon reloading stuff from Brian’s site. Talk to Brian he will lead you to the right decision. I still did not listen to Brian’s advice at the end because I am a gizmo type of guy and I like tinkering with stuff and the caliber changeover was not too bad in my opinion. I can do and caliber change with primer change over in about 15 minutes and with the Xl650 lifetime warranty it was a no brainer. I like the primer system better with the XL650 over the 1050 becasue you can "feel" the primer seat. The 1050 is better with swage brass prep, but,don’t really have too many swage brass. I think if you are only in the 2000 rounds per month and you are doing a lot of Caliber conversions I would go for the XL650. I do 5 Caliber changes and reload in batches of 1000 so after I am done with one caliber I convert and load the next. I average 5000 rounds per month. Cost with the conversion was the ultimate deal-breaker. 1050 conversion Caliber change kits include the shellplate, locator buttons and a swage backup expander-$117.95 Plus if you want another powder measure and Powder Die, optional, but I would recommend so you don't fool around with the expander and powder setting every time you convert calibers. $269.95 Total for complete caliber conversion $387.90 Xl650 Conversion Caliber Conversion Kit (Shellplate/Locator Buttons (Qty. 3)/Powder Funnel/Casefeed Adapters) $77.95 Plus Deluxe Quick-Change Kit Includes Toolhead, Toolhead Stand,Powder Meassure, which includes Pistol and Rifle charge bars and Powder Die $107.95 Total for complete caliber conversion $185.95

The RCBS reps said the tube only system works with lead cast. I bet you got to clean the dies out a lot.

Shot the upright for the sunscreen of my Competition Pro Chronograph because it was getting late and dark and I was hoping I would get the last reading of the day.. Luckily I found the exact steel rod at my local hardware store. chronograph is good as new.

Depends on your volume and how much time you want to spend reloading. I reloaded 20K of .45 last year. Agree it is time consuming. I go thru about 1500 45 acp a month. I prep my cases in batches of 1000 at a time and I reload in batches of 1000. Takes about 2 hours to prep the cases after tumbling and about 1 hour to reload on a xl650.

After I tumble my 45 acp brass I decap and size all my .45 acp brass in a spare tool head I have then I clean the primer pockets. That way I can sort out the small and large primer brass. I also have a single stage and run them thru a Lee bulge buster setup. Takes more time but I have less problems when reloading.

I am sure it was my fault, I just didn't sense more resistance than normal when it broke, and for all I know, the problem was underlying when I got the press from my buddy. I have loaded over 100K rounds on the LNL with only one part failure (primer guide arm) and this press just seems drastically different and more "fragile" to me for some reason Sorry to hear you are having problems with your Xl650. It is stange that I was thinking the same thing about my LNL. I could never get my LNL to index to the next station fully. I hated the indent balls on the LNL they never held the shellplate in the next station and I kept on crushing cases. I totally gave up on the LNL and I got a XL650. I could not be more happier. I guess it is a personal preference.

Thanks great idea I got a 9 Mak Crimp die on order. I assume the 9mm Luger case is a little undersized after running thru the 9 Mak crimp die. Did you run into any chambering or bullet seating issues?