MrG5122

Two "long" bolts are too time consuming?A hex key socket might solve your problem. .. Didn't mean to step on any blue toes. I have hex key sockets and ball hex drivers and a cordless drill. Yes, it only takes 60 seconds. 60 seconds out, 60 seconds in. I get it. All I was saying was that I'd spend money for it to take five seconds out and five seconds in. WOW.

If Dillon or an aftermarket company would come up with a primer system attachment that would be easier than backing out those two long bolts I would be a customer. That is the most time consuming part of changing primer sizes for me. Maybe two studs with QD levers like a picatinny optic mount?

Good move!

I load on a 650. I don't have a 1050, use a 1200,or load 308, but you sir are what we used to call back in the day "a peckerwood" Manners go a long way. Good luck getting any worthwhile help.

That looks nice. Ready to rock n roll!

You can also temporarily bolt it to Mommas dining table while you finish your bench;)

Notch it out to accommodate the ram and handle.

I would mount it on single a piece of plywood.

:smacks forehead:

Loosen the slide cam bolt and move the cam toward the shell plate as far as it will go and tighten the bolt as much as you are comfortable with. In my limited experience, the tighter the better. This seems to work for everything I load. Up to six different calibers so far.

For future reference: I followed Brassaholic's takedown steps......well, except for step 1. The spring shot into the nether region somewhere. Still looking for it. Luckily I had one in the spare parts kit. Step 1 is very important!

My XL650 only strong mount is 6.75" tall. The bottom of the ram is ~0.75 above the bench. The bottom of the handle is 0.625" above the bench. A 6" stand will be cutting it close. 36" bench+650 only strong mount+650+case feeder= ~78"

Congrats on the new press. An XL650 is really good at two things: making great ammo quickly and emptying a bank account. I got mine in August and now $100+/- blue things seem to show up at my doorstep regularly. I think I'm up to five quick changes and caliber conversions....9mm, 40, 45acp, 223, 38/357, 22TCM....nope, that's six. Enjoy!!

Yes. Apparently the precision mechanics of the 650 do not allow enough tolerance to digest 50 grains of ball powder. I went ahead and took off the platform and indexing ring and cleaned/relubed everything. Took a little effort to get it aligned but it wasn't too bad. Think I'm back in business. Thanks for all the help!

I'll call them when I can get in front of my machine. Thanks for the help.

Will I need the alignment tool to get it back together?

Thanks for the replies. I'm sorry. I may not have made myself clear. I removed the shell plate. With the shell plate off the machine the plastic indexer ring is binding and won't cycle completely.

My son, who has loaded pistol rounds with me before, came home from college and sat down and started pulling the handle on some 223. He forgot about pushing the handle to prime. He had run a couple through the powder drop before I shut him down. Subsequently I have about 50gr of H335 dumped into the machine. I took off the primer system and shell plate and blew everything out. Now the indexer ring runs stiffly and won't make a complete cycle. What can I do to loosen it up short of taking it completely down? If I do need to take it all down I assume I'll need the alignment tool to get it back together correctly?

I decided to treat this round like 556/223. Do all the prep work before dropping any powder. I set up my prep toolhead to size/deprime in station 1 and flare in station 2. Then I wet tumble them. I prepped 300 cases tonight and loaded 50.

I decided on a load and ran my last 75 empties through the full loading process last night. Everything worked perfectly. Thanks Dillon!

The only bottlenecked caliber I have loaded on the 650 is 223 for my ARs. I chamfer the inside of those. I assume the same could be done with the tcm. It would just add another step. Flaring on the press accomplishes the same thing. I'm not sold on not crimping for magazine fed guns.

Sorry. 0.020.

I loaded a dummy round on the canallure. It failed the plunk test. It measured 1.300. Factory rounds are approximately 1.255. It's about 0.200 too long.

From what I gather the factory rounds are taper crimped. The bullets are canallured but if they are loaded to factory COAL they are deeper than the canallure.

Here is the die. As i said, Hornady calls it an expander die. I guess if the case wasn't expanded it would do the trick. The very top of the stem flares the case mouth. The stem is 0.350" long before the flare starts. I was concerned that with a full case the stem might compress the powder charge before it flared. There was plenty of room in the max loads though. There is also an expander ball on the decapping pin.