levellinebrad

My favorite load with these are the 147gr, 3.2gr Solo 1000 at an oal of 1.110. They are making 895fps from a CZ75 sp01 so PF of 131. Very soft recoil and very accurate. I have loaded these with 3.5gr WSF at a PF of 127 and they work very well with that also.

I realize this an older thread but thought I would share my opinion with Hi Power Jack anyway. I try to load all my rounds at 130 PF, That way, if you ever have your rounds chrono'd at a match, your avg velocity should be good to go. This should also make you safe from temperature variances from the day you tested your loads and having them tested at a match.

I have the load master with the discs. I have to say that the throws are very consistent. The only downside is that you have to make changes in powder in .2gr increments unless you customize the discs, I also had inconsistencies in my oal after awhile. I am talking about differences of .020 which is not acceptable. I reset my dies and tried numerous fixes. I finally changed my tumbling media and added more nufinish. (I add nufinish at every tumble now) which had not been changed in a year. I tumbled the sizing die and cleaned it with alcohol. This helped a lot. I also picked up a tin of redding resizing wax. When I am loading my cases, I rub my finger through the tin and then rub my finger against my thumb before I load the cases. My oal's are now no more than .002 variance with a very rare .005. The machine runs so much smother now as well. I guess you have to ask yourself, do you want to spend $600-$700 on a 650 or would you prefer to spend that money on primers, powders, and bullets. It is all in what you can afford. I would love to try out a Dillon 650 but I just can't justify the expense when my $225 Loadmaster is pumping out a consistent quality product.