I think its that time, reloader

[Deadon]

Looks like it's blue hands down. Was looking at all the options. Are any of them Them a must have?

[cudakidd]

Had all the Dillon's. Square deal, Sl900, 550, 650.

Have the 650. Never any issues with primer feed.

Best customer service bar none.

[BisDak]

I too am considering a Dillon what is the best way to compare the 550 to the 650? Anyone have a side by side comparison? Any place in the Central Valley or NorCal have them set up to look at?

Barnwood Arms. Ripon.

I bought my xl650 there. They also carry the bells and whistles for it.

You can get it online cheaper but I prefer to support local businesses.

.

[balmo]

I you didn't like Hornady, definitly get a Dillon, 650XL.

[Deadon]

I you didn't like Hornady, definitly get a Dillon, 650XL.

You know the customer service was pretty amazing. But that wouldnt fix the problems with the machine itself.
Blue it is

[cindynles]

Looks like it's blue hands down. Was looking at all the options. Are any of them Them a must have?

The Brian Enos "As it should be" package is the way to go. Roller handle, strong mount, bullet tray, and empty case bin/bracket.

http://www.brianenos.com/store/dillon.550.html#opt

[RobertMW]

I too am considering a Dillon what is the best way to compare the 550 to the 650? Anyone have a side by side comparison? Any place in the Central Valley or NorCal have them set up to look at?

Either buy a bunch of primer pickup tubes or break down and buy the auto-filler. Loading primer tubes manually is tedious as all hell but keeping the primer system fed is the biggest drag on your production rate. Before I bought the auto filler, I would spend the evening before reloading night flipping primers and filling tubes. That way I could focus on reloading the next night and not have to muck about with primers.

The auto filler is a god send. Save the money of half a dozen primer tubes of each type, put it towards one auto filler, and the conversion if you shoot both sizes of primer.

[chuckdc]

My choice was a Dillon RL550B. It may not be the "fastest", but I've been able to get a bit over 400 an hour with it by being organized and having everything at hand on my bench.

[Deadon]

Just sold my pof. It's time! Can't wait.

[GW]

Well?
What did you decide on???

[Deadon]

Well?
What did you decide on???

Blue 650, waiting for my POF sale to go through

[bruce381]

Cry once and get a Dillon 650 with the case feeder. Seriously the most magical piece of equipment I own. With an uninterrupted hour you will have 500 rounds of high quality ammo.

Word get one

[bruce381]

You guys in a hurry i load 1 primer tube at a time and still laod 500 rounds per hour, no need to buy a bunch of tubes unless you have a filler you still have to peck at it to fill them saves NO time.

[Grampz]

I've got a Square Deal for pistol rounds and a 550 for rifle. One big diff between 550 and 650 is the 550 is manual advance. Not an issue to me. Both work very well. My neighbor has two edit SDBs that he just leaves setup for him main calibers so no changeovers. He just got a 650 for his rifle rounds and loves it. I plum ran out of brass and need to go shooting and make some empty ones to get busy again.

[PseudoTsuga]

Changes on the 650 are a piece of cake.
Get the Dillon XL650
eta Either buy a bunch of primer pickup tubes or break down and buy the auto-filler. Loading primer tubes manually is tedious as all hell but keeping the primer system fed is the biggest drag on your production rate. Before I bought the auto filler, I would spend the evening before reloading night flipping primers and filling tubes. That way I could focus on reloading the next night and not have to muck about with primers.

Ha! My dad used to have me do that when I was a little kid. I was a very serious, meticulous little boy and I LOVED helping my dad. Lots of good memories for me of sitting on the floor loading primer tubes, etc while he talked and taught me everything I wanted to know about the world. Even more precious now that he's gone.
As soon as I buy a house, I'm gonna set up his old Dillon, Rcbs, and Lee stuff, and get back on it. I'll probably have to go through it pretty well since it hasn't been used since about 1990! New belt for the Rock Chucker, etc. Maybe fresh springs.

One thing I can say for Dillon is that their customer service is LEGENDARY.