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Anyone know if Umberto is still making them? His email bounced.
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1 hour ago, LHshooter said:
Since the Lee shell holder is "universal " for 3 different calibers that may be part of the problem. I see that RCBS sells one just for 9mm. I may buy that to see if it holds the casing tighter. I understand all the shell holders fit other brand presses.
This is exactly the problem. Lee does not make a dedicated 9mm shell holder like other manufacturers.
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57 minutes ago, dtuns said:
Unless you can't find the Titanium in stock? Thanks for the info.
It seems only Dillon is having problems getting their carbide ring inserts for 9mm dies. Redding Ti carbide 9mm dies are easy to find and IMHO, better quality than Dillon. I have Dillon dies that came with my Dillon presses (RL1050/1100), but I still choose to use Redding pro series dies.
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From the video, it was hard to tell if there is a step like a "M-die"
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The answer is yes and no. All current production titanium carbide pistol dies are "NxGen."
NxGen sizing dies have a longer titanium carbide ring/insert than the non, "NxGen" dies.
The exception being the 9mm sizing die. The titanium carbide die ring/insert is the same length so there is no reason to buy the "NxGen" sizing die.
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Adjust this linkage where it is shorter. This will ensure the brass case gets pushed out and ejected.
Also, any chance you're trying to decap Norma 9mm brass? Those will have a very small flash hole and will cause issues.
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22 hours ago, esquared said:
I just bought their rollsizer decapper and broke 2 pins in the first 20 minutes. I am getting jams with cases not exiting the machine and causing a backup, then it breaks a pin. Using the same case feeder that can deliver enough that it shuts off feeding their commercial rollsizer with 6 bolts running 9mm. Had jams with the roll sizer as well but got that figured out and when I get back home I will work on the decapper. I did run video and it is cases that are deprimed falling over and jamming up where they exit into the discharge tube.
I had the same problem when I first got mine. The adjustment was off. The link the pushes/slides the brass case (horizontally)in was not adjusted properly. Remove one end and make that link shorter and see how that works.
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On 9/6/2023 at 10:19 PM, Not_A_Llama said:
I had a consistent issue with my press loading primers sideways - somewhere around 5% of my cartridges. I loaded probably 10k of the most infuriating rounds of my career. Dillon CS insisted I needed more primer swage, and I accommodated their experiment requests, with no improvement. I benched my machine for a year and badmouthed Dillon every chance I got. I even went back to a Lock-N-Load. Fast forward, and I find this video:
Basically, as (many/all of) the presses come, the primer slide gets violently popped backwards as the shell plate index pins line up. Dillon needs to either adjust the primer slide nose geometry, or soften the index pin shoulder angle, or I guess ship the actuator arms with a ziptie like in the video to soften the back-and-forth.
Implementing this change has completely reinvigorated my press and reloading. The press runs the way I expected it to. I have had zero priming issues in the last 3k rounds.
I sent the video to Dillon and got no response back from the guy who told me I needed more swage.
(PS: Hi, everyone. Longtime listener, first time caller.)
That is a great video. Thank you. I'm going to do this on my presses.
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One more area of improvement. The aluminum hose adapter which attaches to the Dillon case feeder does not have enough bevel on the inside. I will get 9mm cases getting stuck due to having a 1/8" ledge.
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Mine looks like the one you describe. 90* is bent (not welded) and the horizontal piece with a slot cut out is not flat at all like the pic of the earlier revision in the video.
I ended up using a small cut piece of silicone cooking sheet to keep it from moving around. This was my temporary workaound until I can fix it myself.
Drop tube bracket on the commercial rollsizer is very poorly made. The fix will be to cut it off and weld a flat piece of steel on it. While I love my rollsizer, there are areas which are done very poorly for an $1800+ part.
1. Angle bracket for legs suck. Flimsy metal and looks like crap.
2. Drop tube bracket
3. Angled chute for brass. Why is the welded seam on the bottom? It would make more sense to put the seam on the top.
4. Square tubing for case feeder location. Why was it not located where the brass could drop straight down?
5. Welds looks like crap. You can't find any good welders down there?
The way it should have been built was done my ltdmster.
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I hope someone can figure this out and decides to sell them. I really need one.
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On 4/13/2023 at 6:52 PM, HesedTech said:
I have the one, CNC Shooter toolhead, sold through Immortobot and frankly performance wise it did not improve the quality of the reloading process. I use a hold down die machined for the non-threaded opening on a stock Dillon tool head.
Use the CNC toolhead for brass processing.
I'm on the fence on this too. I don't see a real benefit of having the extra threaded station or even a 10 station head if you're doing to do a 2 step loading process.
step 1. size/prime
step 2. expand, powder drop, seat, and crimp
A hold down for priming station is really all I need.
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55 minutes ago, njl said:
The one in my Dillon die is FC. The one in the Lee die is IMI.
Those should not cause issues.
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duplicate post
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43 minutes ago, njl said:
Unable to get over to a friend's house for the next several days (to use his vise), I went ahead and just ordered a "spare" Lee 9mm carbide sizing die, figuring it wouldn't hurt to have a spare. It arrived today, and I installed it tonight. Second round through it, the decapping pin pushed up. So, I had to take the die off the press to reset that. Two rounds later, I rip the edges off the head of another stuck case!?! So, now I've got 2 9mm sizing dies with stuck cases.
I've been loading on this press (and the Dillon dies) for 15 years...tens of thousands of rounds of 9mm, and never had this happen before Monday.
What is the headstamp of the brass? I had some stuck cases when I tried to size stepped cases. Now, I'm more careful and make sure those stepped cases go into the recycle bin.
If you don't already have one.. Get something like this.
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Any update to this? I hope you can figure it out and start selling them...
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3 hours ago, dtuns said:
What's the advantage of this over the swager the 1100 comes with?
It is supposed to cut the primer pocket perfectly (width/depth). The swager just swages and get it close, but no adjustment for depth or width. I do not have it yet, but will certainly put it on my future buy list.
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On 1/17/2023 at 4:07 PM, Miranda said:
For Dillon to get in front of this, they need to make
a case prep head with debur inside and out,
and add a primer pocket cutter option.I think a 650 with the pocket cutter replacing the primer system can work.
miranda
Immortal Arms has the VP primer pocket reamer for the 1050/1100.
I doubt Dillon will release anything like this. Sad to say, but feels like Dillon is not doing much innovation these days while the competition (Mark 7, Frankford Arsenal) is spending money on R&D and release new products.
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I use Redding dies too. Great dies and does not undersize excessively.
Might consider buying the Redding Pro die set. You'll get the Pro seating die (better than regular seating die) and crimp die for a little more than the sizer alone.
https://www.accuratearmsandammo.com/product.sc?productId=1241&categoryId=338
If you're concerned about the extra force required to resize 9mm cases, you might consider using lube or rollsizing the cases. Rollsizing make a noticeable difference and will reduce the amount of cases that will not gauge.
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I don't see any benefit in having to modify the frame and immediately voiding the warranty.
I'd rather go with proven options for automating a Dillon.
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Better option is from Immortal arms. It will fit RL1050, super 1050, and 1100. Also is larger in size.
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I use this endoscope. Stand it up in the small akro bin and mount the camera so it points down on bullet feeder station.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08VDZBT65/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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PAL primer tube filler available
in non-Dillon Reloading Equipment
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Thank you. Good to hear Umberto is still making them.