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Shell plate #1 Dillon 13692 buttons #1 13930 funnel A 13426 Any dies Be cautious of powder bridging

They are a fine pair of presses, you will enjoy them.

Any chance of a pic of the light on your SD?

Thats what I did even though I have a comple primer housing & slide for large primers. I've been finding SP 45acp once fired brass from indoor ranges for $40 per 1K on ocassion. Plus small pistol primers are a couple bucks cheaper per K.

I'd anneal a few and then try. See what you get .005 might be all a 550 can do. This is exactly why a lot of guys have a 450 in the herd.

If they are match rifle rounds each one gets wiped with a rag with a LITTLE mineral spirts while giving a final inspection of each piece before boxing.

Dillon sells complete tube A with spare tips & retainer for 7.99. I can't see making them and coming out ahead other than making them just for the fun of it.

Where did you purchase your tubing material?

If you raise the ram half way up- turn the shell plate with your finger. Is it silky smooth as it turns and can you feel the detent ball? If it is take the shell plate off and operate the press while watching the pawl. Look at the bottom of the shell plate to see if there are scuff marks from anything but the pawl. Put an index finger on the pawl while moving the ram up slowly while you feel for smoothness or something jerking. These presses are pretty simple, just eliminate the possiblites while you think about how they work.

Please let us know what you find when you get the problem corrected.

Take the collar sleeve completely out of the powder measure collar and inspect it well. When you reassemble make sure the flange on the nylon collar sleeve is down. It should look exactly like the great photo jmorris is pointing the pencil lead at. Keep in mind that the bell occurrs because the funnel goes solid limiting its upward travel pushing the funnel into the case creating the flare on the case and operating the powder thrower. The little Square Deal is to simple to be complicated.

Couple of years ago I was at Harbor Freight looking around. I found drill press covers on closeout for $0.99. I got one for my bench drill press because they were extra heavy dark green vinyl with a heavy flanel lining. Got home and tried it on the Dillon press on the strong mount and it was a perfect fit flush with the bench including the case feed ejection box. For that money I decided to get more but they were sold out by the time I got back. Crap!!

Pull the nylon collar sleeve out and inspect it well. You can tell by the way the shell plate contacts the bottom of the sizing die if you are getting the correct stroke. Double check the letter on the powder funnel. Not much left from there.

Deprime on a single stage not a sizing die wash in Lemi shine & dry inspect each case & trim if needed lube with Dillon spray lube I use all three Dillon dies carefully check powder level on station three before setting each bullet wipe loaded rounds off with a rag as I take them from the ejection bin to box them I like to wash cases in liquid as it gets all the grit out and off the cases before loading. When I tumbled in media the cases were clean but when the primer was punched out a lot of burnt priming grit dust still fell out on the machine.

Makes sizing bottle necked cases easier. Doesn't apply to straight walled pistol cases. And, Helps a little from stretching the neck back as the expander ball pulls thru coming out.