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Is this Dillon press worth $100?


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A guy has a 550 that he's wanting $100 for. These are the pics he sent me. What you see is what you get. I own a 650 and 1050, but want something for my low volume stuff. He says the shell plate is 30/06 head size so that would take care of one shell plate right there. He says the ram moves free and there is no rust on it. I want to load 44 mag, 30/06 and a few other low volume rounds that I don't want to spend the $$ on conversion kits for the 650. I know nothing about the 550, but to me it looks like it may have some parts missing (besides the powder measure bar).

Here's the pics...

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Thanks for the replies.

Looks like I will be shelling out a "C" note tomorrow.

Don't even mess with it, just box it up and send it to Dillon. They will have it looking brand new and back to you in a week.

+1 on dillon rebuilding service, top notch :cheers:

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Thanks for the replies.

Looks like I will be shelling out a "C" note tomorrow.

Don't even mess with it, just box it up and send it to Dillon. They will have it looking brand new and back to you in a week.

+1 on dillon rebuilding service, top notch :cheers:

Three people viewing this thread right now. I bet if it was local to any of us we would all give $100 for that press and send it right back to Dillon for the Rebuild Dillon offers.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Well, I bought the press and sent it off to Dillon to work their magic. If it didn't say 550 on the side, I'd think I had a new 550B. It looks like everything except the main frame and ram were replaced. I couldn't be happier. This is why I will only have Blue on my reloading bench. I not only have the 1050 and 650 on the reloading bench, I'll now have a 550 to compliment them.

I shipped it on Thursday, they received it on Tuesday and I received it back the following Wednesday. 14 days door to door.

Here is a cell phone pic of when I opened the box...

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I paid the $44.95 for the rebuild and $16.15 for the powder system upgrade. Here's the bottom of page 2 of the parts list that was replaced...

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Total cost on parts: $402.69. Total charged to my CC: $61.10

To say I'm pleased is the understatement of the decade.

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