Reloading - Cheap Mods for Your Dillon 650 & Your 550 Too
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Reloading - Cheap Mods for Your Dillon 650 & Your 550 Too
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Re: Reloading - Cheap Mods for Your Dillon 650
As Darth Vader told Luke: "Impressive, most impressive".
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Re: Reloading - Cheap Mods for Your Dillon 650
Lots of ingenious craftsmanship there. That's not the really COOL part, though.
The really COOL part is that you took the time to take all those pics and SHARE it with the rest of us dummies so's we could maybe copy one or two of those things and tell our friends WE thought 'em up...
The really COOL part is that you took the time to take all those pics and SHARE it with the rest of us dummies so's we could maybe copy one or two of those things and tell our friends WE thought 'em up...
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Re: Reloading - Cheap Mods for Your Dillon 650
I'm happy to share my ideas with others because over the years I've learned so much about firearms and such on forums like this that I feel that its only fair to give something myself.
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Re: Reloading - Cheap Mods for Your Dillon 650
You da man Steve
Now you have me looking critically at my Dillon 550 B.
Already swiping your idea of the powder measure adjustment bolt .
I've been working on attaching a plastic knob to the powder measure bolt
but I like your idea much better.
What I did do though was to mark with a magic marker on the powder measure bolt
an arrow and a plus sign the direction to turn the bolt to INCREASE the powder charge.
Seems like a small thing but I always seem to turn it the wrong way first.
Thanks Steve !
Now you have me looking critically at my Dillon 550 B.
Already swiping your idea of the powder measure adjustment bolt .
I've been working on attaching a plastic knob to the powder measure bolt
but I like your idea much better.
What I did do though was to mark with a magic marker on the powder measure bolt
an arrow and a plus sign the direction to turn the bolt to INCREASE the powder charge.
Seems like a small thing but I always seem to turn it the wrong way first.
Thanks Steve !
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Re: Reloading - Cheap Mods for Your Dillon 650
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Re: Reloading - Cheap Mods for Your Dillon 650 & Your 550 Too
Wow, nicely done Steve!
Thanks for taking the time to post the pix and the awesome write-up. All we need to do now... Is to get you a can of Dillon Blue spray paint!!!
Seriously...
I have a "how to" (somewhere) on adding an LED powder-checker light that tips in to allow you to see the powder level in a case -- for those of us with 550s upgraded from the older 450s -- and then tips out (and turns off) when the ram comes up. Will post some pix "if" I ever get that project done.
There's also a "crud relief groove" fix which is cut under the shell plate with a Dremel cut-off wheel, which prevents any binding from crud. Will try to find that link...
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Thanks for taking the time to post the pix and the awesome write-up. All we need to do now... Is to get you a can of Dillon Blue spray paint!!!
Seriously...
I have a "how to" (somewhere) on adding an LED powder-checker light that tips in to allow you to see the powder level in a case -- for those of us with 550s upgraded from the older 450s -- and then tips out (and turns off) when the ram comes up. Will post some pix "if" I ever get that project done.
There's also a "crud relief groove" fix which is cut under the shell plate with a Dremel cut-off wheel, which prevents any binding from crud. Will try to find that link...
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Re: Reloading - Cheap Mods for Your Dillon 650 & Your 550 Too
you're a thinker.
careful what you wish for, you might just get it.
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Re: Reloading - Cheap Mods for Your Dillon 650 & Your 550 Too
Wow,
Far too organized for me!
jb
Far too organized for me!
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Re: Reloading - Cheap Mods for Your Dillon 650 & Your 550 Too
That is very impressive, I haven't had mine set up for over 9 years from before I moved to current location. I will add your mods as soon as I get the chance to set it back up.
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