Outlaw714 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I have had the Dillon super swage for 5 years and have swaged a lot of brass. Mostly LC 556. Today I was going to use it to process some LC 556 and I cant get it to swage. I have no more adjustment. I have a swage( go, no go guage) and have used it in conjunction with the super swage. Checking every so often. Cases are deprimed and cleaned with stainless steel media, like always. I called Dillon and they are sending me a new small swaging rod. Dillon acted surprised when I suggested that the rod had worn out. Anyone else run into this? I took the super swage apart, cleaned and re lubed it. Just wondering if anyone else had a similar issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banacek Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I have not seen that but I have only had mine for 2 years and maybe have 5000 rounds through it. I did buy it used so do not really know. I can micro meter mine this afternoon and we can compare diameter. Post a picture if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlaw714 Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 Received new swage rod from Dillon today. it was 5 thousandths bigger. I am back up and running. Thanks Dillon. And yes you can wear the super swage 600 out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigs Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Yeah, they wear out. I have quite a collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdr Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Any guesstimate on how many pieces it took to wear one out? 5000? 10000+ or ? z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvincent Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Geezus, no way in hell I'm swaging that much brass by hand one at a time. I'd buy processed brass before wearing out 12 rods. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdr Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 23 hours ago, cvincent said: Geezus, no way in hell I'm swaging that much brass by hand one at a time. I'd buy processed brass before wearing out 12 rods. I think I'm with you...my hands hurt just looking at that picture... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanb Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 I kind of want to throw up after seeing that. The miserable process of swaging by hand has almost had me buying a 1050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darqusoull13 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 On 10/9/2017 at 4:24 PM, gigs said: Yeah, they wear out. I have quite a collection. If those aren't off a 1050 with an auto drive you have more patience than a Saint. I couldn't imagine swaging any of my brass off press much less wearing out that many rods... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate89 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Wow! At that point isn't the time savings of a 1050 justified? I know to each their own, but at that volume I would have gone 1050 a LONG time ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvincent Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Maybe they are from a 1050...Super swage rods are threaded Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigs Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 They are 1050 rods. The tips are the same as far as I know though, and that's what wears out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banacek Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 On 10/9/2017 at 4:24 PM, gigs said: Yeah, they wear out. I have quite a collection. Thanks, did not know they would wear out. i called Dillon and requested a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTLT Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Hi guys I was wondering if y'all could take a look at these pics and see if you think I should replace my swage rod. I'm using range brass that's been cleaned several times. I have an old rl1050 or maybe a RLK 1050 it's not black like the newer units are mine has a nickel plated color. I love this press it spits out pistol rounds like a MG42.but when I swapped over to 223/556 it started smearing and flat out destroying primers the primer attrition rate is outrageous. I have followed the instructions to the letter. But when I saw those pics of the guy that has 12 worn out. I said hell mine looks just like those. Any help would be helpful. thanks Brandon Winfield AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTLT Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 https://photos.app.goo.gl/3gWYsup64ueAey439 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTLT Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 https://photos.app.goo.gl/GCM6mk7qvZyGm2Ry7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 (edited) The tip Looks worn Edited September 19, 2020 by AHI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwbsig Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 The tip is what you need to measure but I would replace it it’s got to be the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTLT Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 https://photos.app.goo.gl/4vV2kmQexULDTSX19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTLT Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Thank you guys for the info y'all are awesome. and thank y'all for responding so quickly. I tried to load more pics but it kept reading that they were to much data. Just for 1 pic but he best woman in the world helped me. She lets me wash an soak brass in her sink. Only when she's at school though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 8 hours ago, BTLT said: Thank you guys for the info y'all are awesome. and thank y'all for responding so quickly. I tried to load more pics but it kept reading that they were to much data. Just for 1 pic but he best woman in the world helped me. She lets me wash an soak brass in her sink. Only when she's at school though. Best way to post pics here is on a PC if you still have one. I take pics with iphone then email them to myself, download on PC, then post from PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTLT Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Thanks sarge but we don't have a pic we just have our phones an I pad. But I ordered a FanF swage rod this morning I'm hoping this fixes my problem with my rl1050 destroying my very rare small rifle primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTLT Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 https://photos.app.goo.gl/SGiMfbCZx12CZpsq9 this is what my primers look like.but if I decap them and use my rcbs trimmer station on the primer pockets it works perfectly. But doing 1500 rounds at a time it's very time consuming.and aggravating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnipTheDog Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 On 9/19/2020 at 12:30 PM, BTLT said: https://photos.app.goo.gl/SGiMfbCZx12CZpsq9 this is what my primers look like.but if I decap them and use my rcbs trimmer station on the primer pockets it works perfectly. But doing 1500 rounds at a time it's very time consuming.and aggravating. That's not right. You can get one of these: https://ballistictools.com/store/swage-gage-small-primer-pocket Ensure that your primer pocket is deep enough to seat a primer. Also helps to set your primer swage rod correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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