ErikW Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 I splurged for the Dillon RF100 a while back after years of thinking it was just too pricey. It is too expensive, but it's worth it. This thing rocks. It does away with the most monotonous (and dangerous) task of reloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 Damn Erik!! You beat me to this post! The RF100 is the bee's knees. I really did some thinking about how to improve my reloading throughput. The concusion I came to is that the little labor saving devices are as or more important than having a speedy reloader. You can piddle away 25-50% of your time on non-handle moving nonesense if you let stuff get away from you. The primer filler, rotary separator, and some other non-Dillon time-motion improvements really put a new lease on life for my 550. I can push 600-700 rds an hour now w/o straining. Seriously consider this kind of stuff if your 550 is slowing you down, but you're short the $750 it's going to take to set up a full-blown Dillon 650. It really helps. BTW - all you cheapskates in BE-land, rationalizing the lost time as "well I do it while watching TV" doesn't wash with me. Busywork isn't an excuse to rot your brain. E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 Quote: from EricW on 6:42 pm on Mar. 18, 2002 BTW - all you cheapskates in BE-land, rationalizing the lost time as "well I do it while watching TV" doesn't wash with me. Busywork isn't an excuse to rot your brain. E But then what would I do while watching TV? Taping about three hours a night on average ----- some night there are three VCRs going at the same time........ And I like the way my brain is rotting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 I have three Dillons to feed ( I started on a Square Deal, then a 550, and now a 650, I got so fond of the non red coloured presses I couldn't sell them ) so I get my daughter to fill my tubes using the RF100. It is awesome, she is as happy as a cat in a cream puddle. It gets her out from under my feet and I can burn through the loading. The only fee she demands is a go with the 38Super next time at the range, not bad for a 7 year old. I just love kids like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Schwab Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 Hey guys, this is golden info...I had never even noticed the automatic primer filler!! Are there any other tricks/tips you have to speeding things up...I run a 550B. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 Man, you guys need to stop this. I've already transitioned from "No way, too expensive.." to "maybe someday.." It's that Federal primer packaging that'll do me in. Winchesters are easy to flip and then pick up using the 2-tray trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 Yea, that thing is the shit isn't it. It's like any good purchase - every time you use it you are so happy you don't care how much it cost. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 I heard on another board that some of the primers get into the tube up-side-down??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2alpha Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Mine worked great for about 20m rounds and then started turning 3 or 4 backwards per hundred. I quit using it and haven't investigated the problem yet but maybe someone has had the same? JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 The flipped primers issue has to do with the way you set up the reject gate and also with the quality of the primers. If the primers have a lot of variation in height, there is little you can do to prevent flipped primers. Try fooling with the clear plastic flapper thingy to make sure that any upside down primer gets rejected at the second cutout. I had to tweak mine out toward the center of the bowl a bit. Now everything is just ducky. I had a few startup problems, but now have gone a couple thousand trouble free rounds with both large and small primers, Federal and Winchester. My main problem was tall primers getting stuck under the flapper thingy and not feeding into the tube. Switching to the B flapper fixed this. The miracle in all of this is that if anybody here has ever bought an industrial vibe bowl feeder, you know these puppies cost THOUSANDS each and now Mike Dillon is mass producing them for under $250 a whack. It's a rock-solid product & it's nothing less than an engineering marvel. E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 I sold 2 to a commercial reloader who has purchased a couple of 650s off me. The guy who used to have to fill the primer tubes can now spend more time actually making ammo/money instead of spend too much time at the shrinks office. He thinks they are a godsend. Yes they do occaisionally load primers downside up, adjust them properly and they will do their job. He has loaded nearly 100,000 since getting the RF's. I have loaded maybe 7,500 on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbear38S Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 It's a shame there isn't a way they could just sell primers pre-loaded in disposable tubes. ...just because they're explosive - sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfinney Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 My buddy was experiencing @ 1 or 2 upside down primers per tube, and called Dillon - they advised him to attach a variable dimmer type switch to the power to the vibrator so you could adjust the vibration frequency - he tried it , turned the power down a notch, and *bingo*, no more problems..... go figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 The other easier solution is to just open the gap with the A or B plate. Some "right side up" primers will be rejected, but no upside downers make it into the tube. E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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