Dillon 1050 questions

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[mikeyr]

1: almost never get a upside down case

2: almost never mess up primers

3: depends on the powder. Some are +/- .2. Most are +/-.1


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[waawaaweenie]

my case feeder is very reliable

once you get the primer system set and the tiny rubber sleeve on the little post, never touch it again and you will be fine.

powder system is fine for pistol

make sure to do something about the spent primers, their little cup sucks, I drilled the hole out a bit bigger and installed a piece of copper or brass tubing that I hooked a piece of hose routed to a bucket and never knock off the little cup anymore.


Make sure you really want to only load one caliber forever as it is expensive and time consuming to swap them out. I wish I got the 650 instead of the 1050 as I was only looking at features that came with the package and saw once you added the case feeder and fancy tray and a couple of other things, they are pretty much the same price. I didn't take into account the ease of changing calibers on the 650. The tool head on the 1050 isn't really meant to be switched out and are very pricy, so you have to remove the dies and re set up the entire thing every time you change calibers. Otherwise it is a solid machine.

[Mustard]

1: almost never get a upside down case

2: almost never mess up primers

3: depends on the powder. Some are +/- .2. Most are +/-.1


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1) Presumably, you just reach in and flip the case? Is it easy to dig your hand/fingers into that area and grab stuff?

2) Where in the process does the primer get flipped? I saw this gadget https://www.dillonprecision.com/dill...116_23474.html and thought it was cool, but since you can't see into the tube you can't quality-assure the work

3) sounds good enough. I'd be using hp38.

[protohyp]

I get upside down cases all the time. I have everglades ammo primer center die and that has helped with sideways primers.

I'm running mine on a PW motor and it makes life a lot easier. Both my 650's are just collecting dust.

[mikeyr]

[Dooder]

1: almost never get a upside down case

2: almost never mess up primers

3: depends on the powder. Some are +/- .2. Most are +/-.1


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Your post is very accurate.
I rarely get an upside down case but it's easily remedied. I get more issues from my awesome brass sorting and getting my work flow jammed up with the old case of the '9mm stuck in a 40'

Keep the primer system clean and it's gtg. I replace that plastic tip once in a while. There isn't such a thing as a press that is free of primer issues. There are folk out there that have issues with priming on a single stage press, or even a hand priming thing. The rf100 is awesome and if you're loading high volume then I suggest it. Bought 5 packs ea of large and small tubes then realized I should just buy the rf100 instead of spending 250 bucks and still effing with pick up tubes. Best decision yet, it's awesome. But it depends on how much time you want to waste with tubes. Filling tubes was driving me insane during batch sessions.

All drops no matter how fancy it is or the mechanism, meter different powders differently. How well the Dillon system meters is dependent on the type of powder you use and how much variation you can live with. I use bulkier flakes and I'm ok with how it meters. I can live with an SD that hovers around 9-10. Go too fine with ball powder like H110 and it's messy. I have a Redding bench rest powder drop that costed like 300 bucks and it can't meter some powders fer sheit. Electronic drops aren't infallible let either. If you're realistic then most likely it will be fine. If you have super high expectations thinking the 1050 is a more precise loader and will make match batches all the time well...I dunno what to say haaha. It's the same powder drop thats on the 550 or the 650. It's nothing special. People that want more precise powder drops with certain powders have found the Hornady to be more precise. It can be mounted and used on a Dillon. So you have options.

But 1050 is awesome man. Hope you get it. After having one I wouldn't go back to 650. Good luck, let us know what you get!

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[Mustard]

From what I understand the 1050 is meant as a "production level" reloading press for mass quantities of ONE caliber, because changing calibers is a pain. This press would be for 9mm only, and to help feed the USPSA addiction. Shooting my monthly match eats enough ammo as it is, never mind multiple matches + training on my own.

I'm not in the market yet, as I already have a lee loadmaster with a ton of upgrades. I'm also out of room on my reloading bench. But with the ammo laws and my personal time being limited, a press with better output and less "character" than the loadmaster sounded interesting. Just curious what the blue-koolaid has to offer.

Sounds like it's a quality product based on the number of reloaders who made the investement and said they'd never go back.

[tanks]

!) Very reliable, I don't ever recall having upside down cases.

2) For me, not reliable. Every few thousand rounds I'd have to take the priming system apart, clean, get rid of crushed primer. One of the main reasons I sold my 1050 as I got tired of doing it. The automated primer feeder is finicky but after you tune it (for me it was putting it on concrete floor and the slowest speed while still moving the primers) it worked perfectly.

3) For the powder I was using (N320) very reliable.

[Dooder]

Meh people make a big deal about converting the press. It isn't that bad and well, the process to do it is the nature of the beast. So I spend 30 mins to change. I grab the brush and tidy up the whole press, basically do maintenance when I do. If I just want to change cartridges and bypass cleaning it's done is 5-10 mins. People make the 1050 sound more of a pain than it really is. It's just another press, another tool to learn. Can find used tool heads to save some money and although I haven't gotten one there are a couple custom small batch cnc's tool heads that are cheaper than the Dillon tool heads.

I used to have a couple loadmasters and they were far more challenging than the 1050 haaha. I know people that have them and they work well, I wondered why I couldn't make two of them work at all. On the other hand I had multiple pro1k's and found those to be pretty awesome. In fact I still use one.

[Mustard]

My current reliability on my priming system is about 97%, i.e. out of 100 rounds loaded the will be ~3 rounds where there's a screwup with the primer.

Maybe about high 80's to 90% reliable on cases fed properly into the shell plate. 10-15% of cases are upside down (case collater) or fall over when being fed into shell plate.

It would be nice to have a press with less "personality"

[oddjob]

My 1050's are very consistent. Took a bit of wrenching here and there, but its there.

Here's my recommendations for dies... EGW undersize, Dillon powder funnel die (unless you get a Mr Bulletfeeder), Redding Competition Die, Taper crimp die.

Of the items you mentioned the biggest concern for me is the primer system. But in the past 20k rounds it been running smooth.

Just remember that your relationship with a 1050 is like a marriage....when its going good its great.....but every once in awhile things will go south!

[RickD427]

Why does Dillon exclude the 1050 from their "No BS warranty"?

The warranty on the 1050 is only one year.

I've had exceptional warranty support on all of my non-1050 stuff from Dillon.

[oddjob]

The 1050 is considered a "commercial" machine and thus not subject to the "No B.S. Warranty".

But I have had great luck with service to my 1050. It is the older RL1050.