General Dillon press question

knightrider

I am wanting to get into reloading and want a Dillon reloading press. What I need to know is if Dillon makes a pistol and rifle reloader? The rounds that I will reloading are .45 ACP, .38 Specal, 30-30, 8mm, and 7.62x39. I have the RL 550B in mind. What do you think?

Knightrider

MIKE WISKEY

GO WITH THE 550B UNLESS YOU PLAN ON LOADING 1000'S OF RDS OF PISTOL TYPE AMMO (THE AUTO CASE FEEDER IS NICE).

Pinhead

I also have a Dillon 550B and well pleased with it. I load rifle ammo on a RCBS Rockchucker press though. I have no doubt that set up right the Dillon would do fine on rifles also, I just prefer the single stage route for rifles. You can get complete set-ups for the 550 and change from caliber to caliber very quickly.

surekill

550 should work great...650 even nicer[:D]

shootlow

get the 550B i have loaded over 20,000 38 super loads
and just finished 2,000 .223 and changing toolheads tonight to load more 38 super you know it is almost IPSC season

Studebaker Hawk

My old 450 is over 20 years old and still going strong. I wish I could tell you that they can't be broken, but that would be a lie, however I will tell you when Mike Dillon says "No B.S. warranty", he ain't kiddin'.

Throckmorton

The only press they make that is pistol-only is the square deal b.All others do both...except the shotgun press of course.
Take the 'rounds per hour'liste in the blue book with a grain of salt,'cause the hurrier you go the bigger the foulups to fixup.
a stedy pace will fill the hoppers nicely and the ammo will be the better for it.

gunnut505

The 550B is capable, easy to use & set up, costs about $75 more than when I bought mine, switches calibers in about 10 seconds if using the same size primers, throws very consistent powder charges, and if you do something to make it stop; the kind folks at Dillon will get you up & running again with a phone call.
The speed thing will come in time, it's all the same motion everytime; feed the case into the plate, pull the handle, add another case, pull the handle, add a case & a bullet, pull the handle, etc.
Rifle calibers are no problem either; I can reload almost as fast as I can shoot my SKS.

Oregunner

I have both a 550B & an old 450 with 550 powder dump/primer feed upgrades with a magnum powder bar installed. I use the 450 for magnum rifle cartridges only & load everything else on the 550B. I couldn't be happier with both presses. One thing I found important was to keep a cover over the press when not in use. You can buy nifty covers but being a cheapskate I put garbage bags over mine.