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Yesterday I was trying with Chrome and no dice. But today I tried with IE and it worked, then tried with Chrome and it worked. Glad it's working now though!

Link no longer seems to work for me. Does it work for anyone else? I see: gunwiki.net This domain has expired. If you are the owner of this domain, please click here to renew it.

Same here on my iphone 5. As of a few days ago, Tapatalk seems unable to connect to the forum. Other forums (like the 1911 one) work just fine. Tapatalk 2.4.0 IOS 7.0.4

Wow. Can't say I've ever seen my 650 strong mount flex like that. I get a little, let's call it a "jiggle", at the case feeder, but it's never cause me any problems. I wonder if when the strong mount was bolted down if the legs weren't quite in their natural position and square to both the bench face and the 650 mount face?

I've never reloaded on any machine other than my Dillon 650, so I have no comparisons to give you. But I can give you encouragement to dive into the 650. I absolutely love mine. I was a bit leary initially of diving right into a progressive because of some of the "legacy" ideas that you should start with a single stage or a 550 non-auto indexing press, but I'm glad I ignored that. I've loaded around 6k rounds of 9mm and 45ACP in the year that I've had the press. The learning curve was easy for me. I'm fairly mechanically minded, so it didn't take long to figure out the workings of the thing. A few issues I had that were easy tweaks or no big deal: - When first set up I had a lot of issues with crushing primers. The instructions say to adjust the case holder arm at the primer station so it doesn't quite rest on the case, but I have found that adjusting the arm to give a very slight hold on the case makes the primers line up reliably. Now the only primer issues I run into is when I come across the tight/crimped pocket 9mm cases, or a small primer 45ACP that got through my checks. - I have very occasionally had a case come down the from the case feeder upside down, but it happens no more than probably 1 case every 2,000 rounds. - Very occasionally a case will not be inserted all the way into station one and will not slide easily into the decap/resize die, so I have to give it a little nudge. I think it might either be rebounding out of station 1 because I'm running the press too fast, or I need to clean the face of the piece that pushes the case into position. Maybe it's sticking a little. Happens maybe 1 case out of 1,000 rounds. - It indexes pretty snappy stock, causing some powder spillage. I clipped the spring, which helped. I tried the bearing mod but it didn't really work well for me. In the end, I've adapted my technique to sort of "catch" and soften the case arrival at station 4 with my left hand when placing the bullet. It's a totally unconscious action now, just part of loading, and it works. And it's free! - As everyone knows, the spent primer cup and unused primer ski jump aren't ideal, but they aren't a biggie to me. I placed a little electrical tape along the lip of the spent primer cup and now don't get any spent primers on the floor. There is the nipple/hose/bottle mod, but I haven't felt the need to bother doing that. The skijump isn't an issue because I know when I have missed a primer, and just place my finger over the end of the ramp on the next cycle of the press to block the primer flying. It really has been a joy. It's solid, works great, is pretty, and I'm proud to have it on my bench. Couple recommendations: - Get the "As it should BE" kit if buying from Brian. The roller handle, strong mount, and bullet tray are all things I couldn't live without. - Definitely get the case feeder. The XL650 seems like it would be crippled without it. - I also recommend the toolholder and wrenches that bolt to the press. Makes it really handy to have all of the wrenches you might need right at hand all the time.

I started with the 650 as my first press and so glad I did. If you are fairly mechanically/technically minded its really not that hard to learn and adjust. I think the progressive nature of the press might make it safer since a double charge should basically be impossible in normal loading process.

Don't be intimidated by any perceived complexity of the 650. I am a new reloader and the 650 was my first press. i have loaded about 7k rounds in 9mm and 45acp on my 650 in the last year with very little trouble and no safety issues to speak of.

I really like the 100 round MTM boxes. The hinges are really nice and the latches are sturdy. No fear of them popping open. I prefer them over bags so I can see how many I have loaded etc. I also like that each row of 10 in the boxes fills a mag to capacity for IDPA and USPSA (in 9mm at least)

I've reloaded a lot of it and it seems fine. I am not sure how many times I've reloaded some of it but I'm guessing 2-3 times as least.

What is the general opinion of Tula primers? Worth buying a few k of when they come available again?

I've shot and loaded a lot of 9mm Aguila and haven't had any issues.

Xtreme had plated 124gr bullets last week. I ordered 3k two weeks ago and got them last week.

Turns out that I just needed to play with the tension adjustments and put the gun in it a few times. Seems to fit fine now. Thanks for the help!

Hmmm, interesting. I figured they were pretty standard in form and size unless you have a gun with rails and such. Maybe not? I got the holster for my Trojan from Dawson, so maybe I'll call and see what they say.

Thanks for the comment. I believe I had tried that on the holster for my Dan Wesson a while ago, but I can give that a whirl again on the new setup. The gun doesn't feel "tight" in the holster though, it just slides in easily then stops firm, but seemingly too soon.