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Re: Impressions After First 10,000 Rds Handloaded On My XL 750

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I use a cheapie Lee single. 10k rounds? No time soon!
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I am still using a Lee single stage press. I had planned to get a turret press, but things happened.
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Re: Impressions After First 10,000 Rds Handloaded On My XL 750

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Nice Report Steve!
I started with a Square Deal, upgraded to a 550 and it does everything I need it to do. Although I don't use the 550 for cases bigger than 223, i just don't trust the powder measure to drop a load of powder for say 308. I tend to get in a rhythm and go a bit too fast! So I keep my old RCBS bolted down for big stuff, as well as a Lee C press to run factory crimp dies.

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Steve, good gracious, do you shoot all those rounds yourself?
I might have loaded 10,000 rounds in my 50 years in the game, but likely not, but then I have been a single-stage guy most of the time.
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Re: Impressions After First 10,000 Rds Handloaded On My XL 750

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I'm still using the same 550 that I bought many years ago. I doubt that I have enough years left in me to wear it out.

This was an excellent report on an interesting machine.
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Re: Impressions After First 10,000 Rds Handloaded On My XL 750

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This thread made me stop and think about my Dillon 550 is. A note on the manual cover page indicates I bought it December 1985. Thirty-five years and still going strong. Over the years, I purchased a few minor parts that wore out. Once as a result of part failure, Dillon replaced the powder measure at no charge, including shipping. Hard to go with a Dillon!

Have no idea how many rounds have gone through it. Only reload it for pistol as most of my rifle shooting is with Black Powder and lead paper patch bullets. As for my “smokeless” rifles I have at the most 100 rounds for each rifle and it is far quicker and easier for me to use the Redding turret press and a Belding and Mull powder measure.

As an aside, there is a sale on an aftermarket Dillon powder measure screw for easier adjustment. For US$9.00 just might be worth trying it:
https://www.taylor-tactical-supply.com/ ... lon-pb.htm

Did not find the amount of ammunition loaded by COSteve unusual. The trap/sporting clay, prairie dog/varmint, competitive shooters, etc., that I know go through ammunition like water through a sieve.
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Great report and extremely informative. I've had a Square Deal B for about 8 years with maybe 40000 rounds loaded. Been a wonderful little machine and my sole experience with Dillon's customer service was excellent. Nice tools and nicer people.

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Re: Impressions After First 10,000 Rds Handloaded On My XL 750

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I use a Dillon 650 and very happy with it except I have had issues enough with the primer feeder so that I ordered a new primer feeder assembly. Now with this thread I would like to know if the Dillon 750 primer feeder would mount to a 650? Ole Steve has made the 750 primer feeder sound mighty good.

I havent kept track but figure I have loaded 10,000 rounds on a single stage press before I got the Dillon gifted to me from a good friend . I have not mastered the advertised 10 minutes? caliber change times.

I got 4000 cast bullets in the mail last week that I will load up for my Rossi 357 for silhouette practice and competition.. I never ordered more than a 1000 bullets at a time when I had to do it with the single stage.
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Re: Impressions After First 10,000 Rds Handloaded On My XL 750

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Steve, Great report. Thanks. I just discovered that my 550B (purchased in 1987 is flat wore out! Probably in the neighborhood of 100K rounds loaded. The vast majority of my reloading is 45 Colt, 45 ACP, Cowboy45Spec. Both the Colt and C45S rounds are loaded with both smokeless and BP. Wednesday afternoon I emailed Dillon with the status of the machine and am awaiting their response. With 2 550Bs I have quite a few toolheads and spare parts... otherwise I'd probably upgrade to the 750.
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