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I have been getting the best results on my Revolution with a bottom dwell of 3 (.40 S&W).

As a Revolution owner I am not aware of any NEW issues from updated Revolutions. No issues running it at 3,000 rph setting with pre-processed brass after tuning it.

Yeah, I was actually going to use that gun in an IDPA match in CCP division and decided not to due to that issue.

I recently got a few new 120mm magazines. Two of them will cause the slide to lock back with a round in them. It does not seem to matter how many rounds are in those mags to start with. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks in advance.

I have had great customer service. All my issues were taken care of in a speedily manner. While getting my powder dispenser upgraded I was getting almost daily text messages about the progress.

The M7 forums does have the installation instructions.

The theory is that the beam goes to the mirror and comes back to activate the sequence, coupled with the movement of the shell plate. The bullet breaks the beam going to the mirror hence no alarm.On the Revolution the bullet breaks the path to the mirror. I am not 100% sure how it is on the Evolution Pro as the location of die locations are a bit different.

Well, Primer Orientation sensor has more to do with QA then press operation. Yes, I am waiting for it as well. One thing I have done that has reduced jams at primer location is to remove the drain hole plug on the wheel of the collator and put a plastic tube there to catch primers. If a primer does not get seated for whatever reason I don't want ti to go through again as that can cause jams etc.. So, it goes into the tube and every so often I inspect the contents and use the undamaged primers.

Congratulations. Once I had the bullet sensor put in I almost don't have to pay full attention anymore. I can dry fire next to the press while it is making ammo.

One other thing when comparing to Dillon 1050 that comes with dies. Dillon ships with 3 dies only. Decap/Size, seat and crimp. On my 1050 I had actually bought the Mighty Armory decapping die and had put a Redding sizer die (without decapping pin) where the swage backup was in order to do away with the issue of not always decapping brass with the Dillon sizing/decapping die. For the record my Revolution came with a MA decapping die and I got credit (they shipped me a mirror instead) for the expander die as the machine had come without it and I bought a Redding expander die (which I think is better than Lee) locally.

You are at 0.102 grains variation at the low end and 0.067 grains variation at the high end. I'd call that very acceptable for a progressive press regardless of the brand.

For most of us the dies we'd get would be the decapping, swage back up and the expander die as most already have the sizer, seating and crimp dies. About $90 total. I would not buy dies from Mark 7.

No. Evolution with standard priming, bullet feeder and regular case feeder in a caliber of your choice is still $3999.80 according to the web site.

Out of curiosity I priced an Evo Pro and a Revolution. Compared to early summer the Evo Pro price is up about $700 and the Revolution price is about the same. So, I think by this price change they are pushing people to an automation solution.

From where? Nothing but regular products shows up here: https://www.dillonprecision.com/reloading-machines_8_1.html

I think "enjoying the reloading process" is the big difference. I do not enjoy it. To me it is a chore that I have to do. At one point I even paid a manufacturer to make my ammo but out of 10K rounds he made for me about 10% would not go into battery due to a concentricity issue though they would case gauge fine. So, when the Revo became available I jumped at it. A few hours and I have enough ammo for a month. Plus I don't have to worry about a sore shoulder etc..

The 4K is with a case feeder and a bullet feeder. So, if you already have an automated 1050, then most likely you don't need a bullet feeder. That's $500 in savings there.

I have a feeling that most of the people will go ahead and get the Evolution Pro package as the price jump from the basic Evolution to the Pro is not that much. As I have mentioned in the past it does NOT matter if they lose a large part of the hobbyist market if the remaining market share matches their production capacity. I would expect the price to move down a bit (or sensors etc. thrown in) if production capacity ends up exceeding demand.

Yep. I tried it both ways and the way you said it above works best.

Yes. Originally I though it wouldn't be. Then, not having to stop the press to load primers was so worth it. Also, it came with the Revolution.

When I was using it the best possible way was to put it on a concrete floor and to run it as slow as possible while still moving the primers up its ramp. I got no upside down primers after that.

Yes, early adaptors were kinda Beta testers, but with great support. I have spent countless hours of video conferencing. At the end I have filed down index pawl, replaced the automated powder dispenser, replaced the primer collator bowl with a tuned one (was getting 5% or so upside down primers), replaced the nut on the powder dispenser. All free of charge and they did send me a Fedex label to ship the old powder dispenser back. Now, I can run it at 3,000RPH setting (see Mark7 IG page they have linked my video), and heck of a lot more than 300 rounds hands off. Max I have run without actually stopping is about 1,000 rounds as I stopped the press to feed it brass. You can feed it bullets and primers without stopping, I guess I could feed it brass in small batches as well but figure that is a good stopping point to check powder etc.. I do check the OAL as it keeps on working. No issues running it at 3,500RPH setting when processing brass, but I was getting tipped bullets at the max setting while reloading occasionally and did not feel like tuning it more as I don't shoot more than 5-6K rounds a month anyway. I will get the 9mm conversion soon and then just load a whole bunch before going back to .40S&W, I do have a spare toolhead for it already . I shoot IDPA about 3-4 times a year so about 10K rounds of 9mm will last me a long while.

An alternative, if you are so inclined, is to create a PDF document with questions/problems and solutions. Also, a lot of the issues that were addressed went away with newer versions of the press and press components.

It also depends on the priming system. With the primer collator I have tried both the swage back up die and the sizing die at the priming station. I found that the sizing die centers the brass much better for the primer collator system.

There is a difference in the primer collator station when brass is preprocessed and uniform. I have not had a jam since I began pre-processing my brass. For me pre-processing means rollsize, decap, swage and resize. Then in regular processing I swage again, and resize again at the priming station though the resizing die is there just to hold down and center the brass. Also, I have not had a reject at the hondo case gauger due to brass being out of spec either. So, basically brass is handled 3 times. Once to rollsize. Once to swage, decap, and resize and once to finally load. As fast as the rollsizer (using Mark 7 case collator) and the Revolution is when just processing brass I can pre-process tens of thousands of pieces of brass in a weekend and then I am good to load for a good while. Not to mention I really don't need to keep a close eye on the process so I can have a lot of dry firing going on while doing this.