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wish I went with Dillon sooner...
goldeneagle76
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Just got an xl650 and dialed it in last night. Switched over from a Hornady LNL AP. Man...big difference in my opinion. Just feels smoother. I love it.
I only did 10 practice rounds after getting dies adjusted and powder worked out...every one came in at exactly 5.3gr, all passed the case guage with flying colors. Ready to rock now.
I only did 10 practice rounds after getting dies adjusted and powder worked out...every one came in at exactly 5.3gr, all passed the case guage with flying colors. Ready to rock now.
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I have never heard any one say that they shouldn't have bought a Dillon, but almost everyone says that they should have done it sooner.
Except me [:)]. I bought a Dillon, and found that it produced poor-quality priming, becuase the hole in the block that accepted the priming ram, was drilled crooked. I went over to Dillon and explained the problem, and the guy at the counter gave me three more blocks, free of charge. Gadzooks! I took them home, and discovered that the holes in all of them were drilled crooked. Having a like for squarely-seated primers, I sold the whole schmear at a loss, and went back to RCBS.
quote:Originally posted by Mk 19
I have never heard any one say that they shouldn't have bought a Dillon, but almost everyone says that they should have done it sooner.
Except me [:)]. I bought a Dillon, and found that it produced poor-quality priming, becuase the hole in the block that accepted the priming ram, was drilled crooked. I went over to Dillon and explained the problem, and the guy at the counter gave me three more blocks, free of charge. Gadzooks! I took them home, and discovered that the holes in all of them were drilled crooked. Having a like for squarely-seated primers, I sold the whole schmear at a loss, and went back
That sounds suspicious to me; the hole in the sliding primer block is drilled with a drill press, & unless Dillon turned out a few hundred of them before realizing that the drill press was canted (?) out of perpendicular- gotta toss that flag.
quote:Originally posted by machine gun moran
quote:Originally posted by Mk 19
I have never heard any one say that they shouldn't have bought a Dillon, but almost everyone says that they should have done it sooner.
Except me [:)]. I bought a Dillon, and found that it produced poor-quality priming, becuase the hole in the block that accepted the priming ram, was drilled crooked. I went over to Dillon and explained the problem, and the guy at the counter gave me three more blocks, free of charge. Gadzooks! I took them home, and discovered that the holes in all of them were drilled crooked. Having a like for squarely-seated primers, I sold the whole schmear at a loss, and went back
That sounds suspicious to me; the hole in the sliding primer block is drilled with a drill press, & unless Dillon turned out a few hundred of them before realizing that the drill press was canted (?) out of perpendicular- gotta toss that flag.
Having spent years in a large machine shop, making lathes, balancers, 175mm guns, front-end suspension assembly fixtures for auto makers, and etc, I'm not just off the turnip truck. Sorry to disappoint you.
Most old metalmen I know would have used the 3 extra primer sliders to solve the misalignment issue.