Dillon 550/650/750 owners help me out

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Re: Dillon 550/650/750 owners help me out

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When LOADING on a progressive it's best to have all stations filled and working. They are designed to run that way.

I too do a dual sizing.
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Re: Dillon 550/650/750 owners help me out

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i plan to use an rt1500 to trim down 223 cases with 150 gr flat bottom projectiles for plinking ammo. the trimmer leaves them deburred (according to dillons youtube vid) and i was wondering if i still need to chamfer if using a dillon expander (Model ‘C’) in the powder measure.
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Re: Dillon 550/650/750 owners help me out

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I have bought a lot of brass processed with a Dillon 1500 trimmer...I have never been happy with the case mouths and have always chamfered AND DEBURRED them.
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Re: Dillon 550/650/750 owners help me out

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looks like i’ll be getting a beburr too now :lol: how often do you run into the cases that have thicker necks? do you turn those or save for 223 loading?
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Re: Dillon 550/650/750 owners help me out

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If you haven't found this yet, it will help you avoid headstamps that don't convert well.

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Re: Dillon 550/650/750 owners help me out

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yeah that’s how i found this site :) it was linked in a reddit post
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Re: Dillon 550/650/750 owners help me out

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and no, I do not turn necks...too much good brass out there.
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Re: Dillon 550/650/750 owners help me out

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ok so here's my proposed set up. i have an xl 750 like like OP:

processing:

wet tumble (wash n' wax+lemishine, no media)
case lube

station 1- rcbs 223 small base die/deprime
station 2 - empty
station 3 - empty
station 4 - trim using the rt1500
station 5 - 300 blk full sizing die

chamfer/deburr
wet tumble armorall/lemishine/steel media chips from southern shine.

loading:
station 1 - empty
station 2 - powder charge with dillon "C" 300 blk powder funnel + prime
station 3 - empty for now; will either get a powder cop or bullet feeder
station 4 - bullet seat (may get one that doesn't crimp)
station 5 - lee factory crimp
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Re: Dillon 550/650/750 owners help me out

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Pretty much like my setup...

I trim/chamfer/deburr with the RCBS Power Trim and 3-way cutter in between press passes instead of using the rt1500

You could universal decap in station 1, as the trim die also sizes.
I do use the Powder Check from Dillon on station 3, but there is an argument for using the RCBS Powder Lock-out die instead.
Also any seat die works, I just dont screw in down far enough to invoke the crimp function and use the Lee factory crimp in station 5 to do that portion.

NOW, if I could just get consistent primer pickup I'd be happy.I ran 200 mixed cases last night for PRIMING ONLY...7 failed to prime (1 loose primer pocket and primer wouldn't hold)..had I been dropping powder, that would have been 7 powder messes on a 200 round run...UNACCEPTABLE
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Re: Dillon 550/650/750 owners help me out

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yeah station 1 will be a sb size+deprime die-i worded that part awkward
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