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Thank you Gentlemen, much appreciated! George

All the rifle cartridge reloading I've done has been low volume. How do the AR rifle competitors lube inside case necks when reloading high volumes? Seems like the little brush with dry lube would take forever. Thanks, George

Perhaps the chamber in your firearm doesn't fully support the case head? What weapon are you shooting these bulged cases in? Easy to check if it's the die. Take a new case, or a fired case that looks good and size it.

When all else fails, read the manual. Inertia bullets pullers should be struck on hardwood not steel or concrete. The handle shaft should be parallel to the floor when struck. You're supposed to let them bounce away from the surface, not drive them through the floor. The bounce is what does the work. Mine has lasted almost twenty years doing this, and most bullets come out in 1 or two whaps. The Quinetics New Twist chuck will fit other pullers and is fantastic. No more unscrewing the cap all the way and putting the three stupid chuck pieces back into the retaining wire. George

Berzerker: "Arandendo powder bar", sounds interesting but I've not seen that. Do you have a link? I googled Arandendo and couldn't come up with anything. Thanks, George

Having the same problem with Winchester Large pistol primers. The copper colored ones. I don't think it's the magazine tubes as I have two and they will jam up both. I've cleaned the primer tubes several times with alcohol and other no residue cleaners. Sometimes the anvil will be really cocked in the primer and sometimes they will look normal. I just purchased 5,000 of them and it's a real pain to remove the entire primer feed every 30 rounds. Haven't had the same problem with the Winchester small pistol primers yet. George

What kind of variation do you get with the bullet seater die that came with your die set? Is it the same, worse or better? If it isn't better, than the Redding Comp die isn't the problem. The Dillon die head is designed to float in the press, so there is a fair amount of movement of the die head if you look closely. Unique-Tek sells a clamp set for the die head that is designed to help with this problem. I haven't used the product, only seen it on their website. George

Actually, I was thinking of using the RF100 to prefill multiple pick-up tubes. Then with the view slot, I could see if any primers were upside down. George

Dillion: I wonder about a steel tube with a thin notch milled length wise so you could see the primer orientation? Should be stiff enough even with the "sighting gap". I know the aluminum ones are relatively cheap, but I bet most people would pay real money for ones they could double check visually. I'll make one in the shop and test it out. What brand and shade of blue paint matches the Dillon blue? Thanks, George Mick, No argument there. I wasn't very clear. I'm talking about the pickup tubes to load the press with. George

Great, thanks Dillon and Shred! George

It would be nice to be able to scan the tube and spot any upside down primers. Is there a worry about static electricity and clear plastic tubes? You can ground plastic. Dimensional stability?? Seems like a no brainer to me. George

Just purchased an RF100 on my recent trip to Dillon Precision, but I had previously read all the messages on this board regarding them. I had bought a vibration absorbing pad and a rheostat in preparation of the new gadget. I want to load large pistol primers (using WW primers) which according to the manual is Stabilizer Plate A. The machine came with Stabilizer Plate B installed, which is for Large Rifle Magnum Primers. Sitting on my rubber pad, the RF100 seems to work great, so I'm loath to screw up a good thing and change the Stabilizer Plate to the recommended one. Any reason I should swap the B Plate for the A plate? Thanks, George

XL650. Winchester Large Pistol Primers. 45 Colt.

The primer magazine went boom last night. I raised the handle, and there was a pop and a flash. I routinely wear safety glasses in my shop and I use those ear bands that fit behind your head and pop in and out in a second when reloading. I thought only 1 primer had blown, but they all lit off, except for the 1 shell in station 2 that had powder in it. I think I had about 30 primers in the machine. Thanks to the glasses and ear plugs, it was a complete non-event. Not sure what happened, there was no unusual resistance pushing the handle up and the primer being seated in Station 2 was the only one not blown. The picture shows a couple of primers caught underneath the Primer Support Shim, not sure if that caused the explosion or happened because of it. I took the primer assembly and the shell plate off, which appear to be the only damaged parts. 10 minutes cleaning off primer residue and the rest of the machine looked fine. I drove to Dillon today (great little store, hadn't been there before). They cheerfully handed me all new parts and threw in the new 2007 calendar as a freebie. Very nice folks! I've got a call into NASA to see if they've spotted my Low Primer Warning Follower Rod George

XD Niner: Great review thanks. Here's another data point for real world production count for a newbie on the 650. I did my first caliber conversion on Saturday from .45 GAP to .45 Long Colt. The conversion process was straight foward, I basically replaced all the parts in the kit and then read through the manual to make sure I didn't miss any steps. I had already bought a complete large primer setup to speed changeovers. After finishing the caliber conversion, I was able to load 199 good rounds in an hour plus 6 had no primers, and 3 rounds had high primers for a total of 208 rounds. This is with a case feeder but loading primers 100 at a time during the hour. I only have 1 large primer tube (more are on order). I was able to fix the primer problem by swapping out the tube in the primer magazine. Some of the WW large primers were getting stuck in there. The bad tube doesn't have any dents, so I'll clean it and try it again. Every 4th or 5th case refuses to drop (they get stuck at the case arm) and I haven't solved that one yet, although I've done the trouble shooting in the manual. I had zero case feeding problems with the 45 GAP round so I know the setup can work. I could easily double production by having primer tubes loaded ahead of time, and if I solve the case feeding problem, maybe double it again. George