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Whats with the 550B and 800x?

1917watercooled1917watercooled Member Posts: 93 ✭✭
edited January 2011 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
I decided to reload some .40 S&W today using a 175 gr. lead bullet using some old shotgun powder 800x, just to use it up. And yes, I have a "Wolf" barrel in my Glock. As much as I tried, the darn stuff would not meter correctly. With the same powder bar setting, the charge weight would jump a whole grain or more. I'm use to using ball powder in all my rifle and pistol rounds such as AA #2 or #5 for pistol and BLC-2 and such for rifle. Is the Dillon known to have problems with flake powders or should I take a closer look at the powder bar? Thanks
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  • the middlethe middle Member Posts: 3,089
    edited November -1
    They dont work for flake or stick powder!!
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The one BIG fault IMHO with Dillon is the powder measure.The Star is far and away a better design.
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  • 1917watercooled1917watercooled Member Posts: 93 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks much for the replys. I switched to Bullseye (another powder that I need to use up). Things are going well. My biggest headache with the Dillon is the primer seating. I just can't get it to seat a large pistol primer (.45) deep enough all the time. It may be the Winchester primer that I'm using for the .45, as I'm using Federal small pistol primer on the .40 S&W right now and that's going great. Anyway, thanks for the help.
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