Caliber conversion for a Dillon 550 help request

[alland]

A Dillon 550 uses the same shell plate for 40, 10mm, 9mm, and 38 super. So he will need only the locator buttons and a powder funnel in addition to the dies.

[bigbossman]

i monitored die sets and someone sold dies in a toolhead without mentioning dillon and i snatched it up but you cant always get lucky

there are aftermarket toolheads

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dillon-Prec...W/162167715304.

Is that a bad thing?

[bohoki]

Is that a bad thing?

no they are better and cheaper than dillons cast zinc ones

[bigbossman]

Yeah right, your neighbors wife

Ummm...ok. Take a good, long look...... see any "blue" on my reloading bench?

[bigbossman]

A Dillon 550 uses the same shell plate for 40, 10mm, 9mm, and 38 super. So he will need only the locator buttons and a powder funnel in addition to the dies.

Good to know. He already loads for 10mm, and since the press was bought as a package he has the primer tubes and small primer shuttle thing.

So, it looks like the list is shortened to locator buttons, tool head, dies, and powder funnel. Bonus would be another powder measure.

So its $250+ to change calibers on a Dillon?
+Additional $$ if you have to change primer size too?

Wow. .. Is the blue kool-aide really that "tasty"?

Color me....red.

Yeah - seemed kind of pricey to me, but I don't know anything about Dillon stuff.

[bruce381]

where do you get 250? change over kit is about 90 plus a tool head 20 thats 110. Yeah good dies will bring to maybe 200. Do not need nother powder mesure

[sofbak]

^^^fish45's post above. I'm not familiar with Dillon systems.

[bigbossman]

^^^fish45's post above. I'm not familiar with Dillon systems.

Which is about $250 all in.

[sofbak]

^^Which is the $$ amount I asked about.

Which is the $$ amount b-381 questioned here: "where do you get 250?"....

Am I missing something else here?

[bigbossman]

^^Which is the $$ amount I asked about.

Which is the $$ amount b-381 questioned here: "where do you get 250?"....

Am I missing something else here?

Dillon website:

https://www.dillonprecision.com/rl-550-e-z-change-kits_8_2_26742.html

[hntnnut]

I have a new change over kit, tool head, and stand I'll never use for say 75.00 bucks shipped?


Richard

[five.five-six]

So its $250+ to change calibers on a Dillon?
+Additional $$ if you have to change primer size too?

Wow. .. Is the blue kool-aide really that "tasty"?

Color me....red.