650 primer system?

[Fireant]

How can I tell if I have the small or large system installed? Is there a part number or somethimg I can look for?

Thanks

[Nik Habicht]

If both came with your press it's pretty easy to pull the actual primer tube and compare the two --- the one with the smaller diameter and blue tip is the small one, the larger diameter one should have a red tip.....

There might be a part number scored/pressed/etched into the primer disk. The Dillon manual is downloadable and should have schematics.....

[ErikW]

It's easier to just look at the holes in the disc, visible without any disassembly. If you can't tell by looking, grab a cartridge case and compare.

[renaissance7697]

How can you tell VISUALLY when you have run out of primers.

I know the "feel" is different.. when you trie to press in a primer that was not there

but is there a way to SEE that the are no primers in the primer disk?

Am I right in believing that the "Low Primer Warning system"

tells you only when primers are "LOW" not OUT??

[Larry White]

Right, low not out. I think when the buzzer goes off I have 8 left but I'm not sure about that and it could vary.-----Larry

[dillon]

On the XL650, the magazine tubes have brass, not plastic tips. The primer discs are marked "L" or "S" for large or small. The letter can be either on the top or on the bottom of the disc. The primer seating punch bushings are color coded with plating. The large assembly has a silver color plated bushing, whereas the small bushing has a brassy looking cadnium plating. If you measure the inside diameter of the magazine, the small is approximately .175", while the large is about .210".