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On 9/17/2020 at 1:48 PM, Lower40 said:
Never owned a Dillon but am considering buying one for loading 38 special ammo (mostly wadcutter).
On 9/17/2020 at 3:58 PM, AHI said:Square deal has propitary dies . Do not recommend for full wadcutters.
Also, a Mr. Bullet Feeder will not handle wadcutters ( DEWC/HBWC ).
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This won't be any help to the OP, but I just finished a quick surf.
https://www.precisionreloading.com/index.php
They are listing:
Federal - Lg pistol mag -- Lg Rifle mag at $41.59 ea. --- Lg pistol mag match at $48.00 plus CCi - Lg rifle at $52.52
If anyone is interested.
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I was speaking to Mark just before Christmas & they were pretty busy.
There wasn't a hint that this was going to happen....
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4 hours ago, R1_Demon said:
if I can ever find small pistol primers.
Best suggestion is to call around to all your LGS for the primers & powder. Hazmat fees are too expensive for small quantity orders placed online. Plus the owner can answer a lot of your questions.
For a powder, you would want one that would take up more than half the available casing space, as this would eliminate the possibility of a double charge.
I am not familiar with CFE, perhaps someone else can chime in on this....
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5 hours ago, R1_Demon said:
When I start this, I'm going on piece of brass at a time through the entire cycle to ensure everything looks right and I'm doing things right.
This will definitely keep you out of trouble.
Be safe & enjoy....
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7 hours ago, RePete said:
Their web site says under construction.
Reverts to the domain owner when no longer in use for whatever reason.
http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/good-chrono-under-200.4015011/
Post # 16 by Minshooter
After 20 years, my Shooting Chrony Gamma Master bit the big one (168gr). I discovered Shooting Chrony is OOB.
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19 hours ago, ML123 said:
I ordered a Lee APP press to re-size and decap/swage brass. If I do this on the APP press do I still use a re-size die on the loading progressive press
If the press progressive press you order does not do swaging, then you made a wise purchase.
As far as resizing, you are just starting out. Do not complicate the process. Learn the basics with your main press. As you gain experience, then you can experiment with refining your reloading process.
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I am also using Lee dies in my .38 cal setup . For bullet seating I modded the press to accept the Lee bullet feeder kit & then Lee FCD.
Now changing over to .223 cal. So I have to remove the bullet feeder kit. Will be using the Redding micrometer seating die in its place. Manually inserting bullets.
For your first project, why don't you change the press over to 9 mm, so you can get familiar with the press....
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Appears that another company is no longer with us.
Anyone have any information as to what happened....
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My suggestion for the Dillon dies was to keep it simple if the Op needed help/support as in his post he related he is just starting out again.
When I got my Dillon 450 press, over 35 yrs ago, I already had the die sets for the calibers I was loading.
Dillons' regular die sets were $34.95. Didn't make sense to me to purchase the Dillon Professional Carbide Dies at $168.75 at that time.
Like others, along the way, he can pick up specialty items to enhance his reloading as he gains experience.
Any of the three listed in my previous post will do.
Enjoy....
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Just an update, it only took 4 hrs. & 15 mins. to complete at a leisurely pace...
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9 hours ago, SnipTheDog said:
For pistol, it's hard to beat Dillon carbide dies. There are others, but start simple and Dillon's will do 99% what you want. As you get more experience with reloading, then branch out to whatever your heart and wallet desires.
+ 1 on that.
If you have any questions, there is always someone here to help.
Also, on the Dillon site there is a knowledgebase & a support forum to find additional help where even the Dillon techs chime in.
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Do you sell everything when you got rid of the press? By any chance did you keep anything, like the reloading manuals?
If you do not have much experience reloading, the reloading manual will be your best friend. Lee, Lyman & Hornady all have excellent articles about safe reloading that can be applied to a .
Not to scare you, but I hope you are mechanically inclined.
10 hours ago, belus said:Please spend a couple hours reading the manual and start with only one case at a time until you're comfortable. You'll be able to make a lot of good (or bad) ammo quickly.
This is the best advice you will get. Plus some other gems in his post.
Where belus says one case at a time, do not use the auto case feeder as part of the learning process. Just hook up the drop tube & manually fill with cases. When you become more experienced & confident with your press, then you can use the auto case feeder
If you belong to a rifle club, ask around & try to find a mentor...
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11 hours ago, Farmer said:
Also I noticed my name on your post and I got a notification that you replied. How do I do that or is it automatic?
When you quote someone, like above, it notifies them they were quoted.
If you notice in my problem solved post, I placed an @ sign before your name. This will also send you a directed notification. Also if you run the mouse over your name, it becomes a clickable link.
No, I did not have to send back the old ones. They replaced both primer punch assemblies. They did not look any different than the original ones. Did not take any measurements. The punch area did feel smoother, though.
Setup the press for the .308 brass that I previously swaged. The new punch cleared up the ring of brass. You could see the remnants of brass fall out when I checked it with the Ballistic Tool gauge. The gauge now fully inserts into the primer pocket.
Tested both types of crimps & it was like a hot knife thru butter. ( tri punch crimp is referred to as a staked crimp ).
Tomorrow will be busy, I have another 2k cases of .223 that has to be swaged.
Hope you get your issue sorted out, as easily as I did....
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Problem solved
Called Lee & explained the problem with the ring of brass. After some coaxing, he agreed to send both swager rods under warranty.
Ran a dozen .556 cases thru without any problems. The Ballistic Tool gauge slides all the way in with a tight fit. Was also able to dial back the amount of pressure required to open the pocket.
Will test the large swager punch tomorrow.
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This is the message received when page dispalys;
QuoteThank you for visiting Falcon Bullets! We have decided to close the business and sell the equipment. >
A sad , sad day........
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Had a similar small fan like that.
To eliminate the loss of tension, I wrapped some duct tape around the shaft. Just once. It wasn't as slippery as the shaft, plus it allowed the spring to apply enough pressure to hold it in place....
Hope this helps....
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That is good to hear. Brass is easy to replace.
Finally found a video where the used the press to size .308 cal. In it he related that Lee recommended using the standard shell holders when sizing rifle cases along with case lube.
I agree. It is a great little machine for quickly depriming brass. It eliminates much of the headaches with the crud fouling the priming system on my progressive press. Saves quite a bit of time that was dedicated to maintenance/cleaning.
If I can figure out the cause of the swaging problem, this would be better than a trifecta.....
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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Used to be a simple link on the bottom of the home page....
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Glad to hear it didn't cause any serious problems.
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Is there a problem with the Dillon Support Forum?
The Forum link from the bottom of their homepage has been missing since yesterday.
Has anyone heard anything?
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On 8/28/2020 at 1:10 PM, Farmer said:
On a crimped 38 special the decapper pin punched through the primer, got hung up and then pulled the case out of the shell holder.
From your statement, I'm assuming that the shell holder didn't sustain any damage. Is that correct?
21 hours ago, RobW said:I had one of these happen last night.
Was anything damaged?? Did the case get stuck in the die??
Knowledge is in the details.....
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7 hours ago, Farmer said:
that swager plug does have some fine machine ribs on it
Thanks for the update on that.
As far as the sizing the poster didn't give much detail about how his problem occurred.
I tried some experimentation with the bullet feeder. It does fit, but the breech lock take away quite a bit of room for the taller bullets.
Then there is that Y handle. It operates right over the feeder kit, negating any use of a column of bullets. Without the column of bullets, the fingers have problems collecting & feeding the bullets.
You would have to redesign the handle to get it to function without any interference....
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12 hours ago, RobW said:
FWIW, I resized/deprimed 500 9mm last night (in less than an hour) without any issues.
Glad to hear it.
Considering I changed the setup to 223 on the progressive press, that leaves the bullet feeder kit free for experimentation.
The biggest obstacle is that Y handle. With some modding, hopefully, I will be able to utilize the bullet feeder kit on the APP press. It shouldn't be too difficult. I have some preliminary ideas.
Still working on clearing up the problem with the swager, though....
Lee's new brass processing machine
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Yes, all it takes is the proper size tube to make the connection.
It is a little bit trickier marrying a Lee case feeder & collator into the Dillon 450/550 press, but can be accomplished.