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At the end of the down-stroke with the handle, hesitate a bit to give the powder time to drop completely. With pistols and the lighter charge, there's no need to hesitate, but the rifle stuff takes a split-second longer to drop that much powder.
Alan~^~
Thanks,
I will give this a try. Makes sense.
TBP
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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.
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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.
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As I was reading through the topics last night, I discovered one member's post that described a call to Dillon where the service person recommended not using AA5 - and that got me thinking. Now retired, I've recently returned to reloading after a ten year absence. I have a bunch of powders I haven't tried in the 550B and it would be interesting to see what others think about how the various powders meter through the 550B.
So without regard for how the powders perform once loaded.
I find that Unique meters poorly and Tite Group is superb.
What say you?
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.
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Dillon replaced/repaired both of my sizing dies (.223 & 30-06).
They now seem to be working fine.
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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.
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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
Because there are so many variable between weight and volume, especially with rifle powders, anything useful would probably have to be "powder specific."
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I will probably be using either Win748 or AA2520.
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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
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I just started reloading .223 on a 550 and originally brought the Dillon resizing down all the way down to the shell plate. After checking with a Dillon case gauge, I had to raise it back up a little as it was resizing the shoulder down too low and I was getting cases at or near the minimum.
Are you using the standard .223 die or the carbide .223 die and what case gauge are you using?
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There's been talk on here quite a bit about this.. I cam over.. I run it to the shell plate, then lower it, and add 1/8 of a turn
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.
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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?
Reloading Bench Height
in Dillon Precision Reloading Equipment
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Measurements to the base of the press might help a great deal as well.
Thanks,
TBP