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  1. Measurements to the base of the press might help a great deal as well. Thanks, TBP
  2. I am currently loading 30-06 on my 550B with 2520 and, similar to my .223 loadings with W748, there is powder all over the press and my bench. Is there an inherent problem with the Dillon Rifle powder system? Does anyone have any tips to deal with this? My press is immaculate and cleaned before I start a new load batch of any caliber. I don't have nearly the problem with powder loading for pistol calibers that I do with rifle.
  3. The problem with the primer bar is not so much one of getting dirty. It's got some fundamental problems that prevent it from working much better. For one, when the operating rod brings the primer slide back to the primer loading position the slide is being forced in a horizontal direction as well by the operating rod. By the time it reaches the farthest point it puts some serious pressure on the slide against the slide housing causing it to chafe at that point. This is primarily due to the fact that when fully engaged the end of the primer bar is totally unsupported and the slop in the fit between the housing and the slide allows it to 'cock' at the worst possible point in the primer loading process and contributes mightily to primer loading/jamming problems. What is needed is a better system to move the primer bar. One that does not put that pressure on the slide bar against the housing and allows the slide bar to do it's magic with minimal friction and minimal force applied to it except the return spring. That and possibly adding some support to the slide when fully extended. JMHO.
  4. Wouldn't it be nice if Dillon would publish something that tells users what works and doesn't work in their press. I am trying to use 2520 in my 550B and I've got more on the bench than I do in the cases. What an awful powder system, just awful, not to mention the awful primer system. W748 wasn't any better.
  5. Dillon replaced/repaired both of my sizing dies (.223 & 30-06). They now seem to be working fine.
  6. Using the large powder bar and AA2700 I was able to get 59 grains of powder comfortably through it. I would expect that Win748 would be similar. Good to know as it saves me the price of another powder setup because I hate changing powder bars.
  7. Because there are so many variable between weight and volume, especially with rifle powders, anything useful would probably have to be "powder specific." be I will probably be using either Win748 or AA2520.
  8. I want to load up some 30-06 and the large powder bar info says it is good up to 50 grains and the powder I am using needs a bit more than that (up to 60 grains). Has anyone ever modified the powder bars to get a bit more capacity out of them? Do the powder bars have some additional capacity that is beyond the stated value? Thanks, TBP Dillon 550B Press
  9. Are you using the standard .223 die or the carbide .223 die and what case gauge are you using?
  10. Thanks, I'll give this a shot. You would think this problem, with this much notoriety, Dillon might, just might, think of doing something with their die set to alleviate the problem. Clearly their die set does not perform to the criteria that they publish with their case gauges and that would to be set the sizing so that the base of the case is halfway between the upper and lower rails on the case gauge.
  11. I have drunk the blue kool aid and have been a Dillon user since 1986 but lately have not been having such good luck with their .223 and 30-06 sizing dies. My problem is that I just finished a large run of .223 and for the life of me could not get the sizing die to size the brass so that it is about halfway between the upper and lower rail of the case gauge. The very best I can do is to almost have the sizing die touching the shell plate and then the case will size out where it is just about even with the outer rail on the case gauge. Talk about no sizing die adjustment, this is it. So today after I changed over the 550B to do some 30-06 I run into exactly the same thing with the 30-06 dies. Both of these dies are relatively new and the .223 sizing die is the carbide one to boot. I talked to technical service and they suggested that if the sized brass 'fit' my rifle then is is OK. That was the last thing I expected to hear since I cannot tell how 'well' the brass fits my rifle except that it chambers and extracts. When completely loaded I can then say a few prayers and touch of a round or two to check out how well it fits but that is not my preferred method of checking fit. My question to the forum is this: Has anyone else experienced this lack of adjustment in Dillon rifle sizing dies and if so, have you a solution?
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