Dillon 1050

[Johan]

Does anyone in the San Diego Area have a 1050 I can see in action? I'm thinking about selling my Hornady LnL for a 1050. I have enough of a stash built up to last a few months so now's a better time than any.

[Corbin Dallas]

Does anyone in the San Diego Area have a 1050 I can see in action? I'm thinking about selling my Hornady LnL for a 1050. I have enough of a stash built up to last a few months so now's a better time than any.

I don't have a 1050 but if you've got the coin to drop on that fine machine you won't be disapointed.

There are a ton of videos on youtube with 1050's in action.

I want one but I'm unwilling to drop the hammer on it. I have other toys I could buy instead and my 650 does VERY well with the bullet feeder.

[Table Rock Arms]

Well, I have a 1050 but its a long way from San Diego, so I can't help you there. If you have the cash and you reload in volume, the 1050 is a fantastic machine. What calibers do you load, and how many rounds a month are you loading?

[GW]

Ya know... The 1050 does not have the Dillon "No BS" warranty--1 Year only.

The 650 OTOH is pretty darn fast, less money and does have the "No BS" Warranty.
Ask yourself if its worth the $$$ for the 1050. Conversion kits are more expensive and it needs a lot of space
. I load rounds in the 100's at a session and the 650 does that very nicely.
Other than 45 ACP, I don't have the brass for extended high-speed reloading so the 1000+rds/hour of the 1050 is moot anyway.
Buy the 650 and use the $$ you save to but extra components or caliber change kits or the bullet feeder
Just my 2 cents

[Corbin Dallas]

Ya know... The 1050 does not have the Dillon "No BS" warranty--1 Year only.

The 650 OTOH is pretty darn fast, less money and does have the "No BS" Warranty.
Ask yourself if its worth the $$$ for the 1050. Conversion kits are more expensive and it needs a lot of space
. I load rounds in the 100's at a session and the 650 does that very nicely.
Other than 45 ACP, I don't have the brass for extended high-speed reloading so the 1000+rds/hour of the 1050 is moot anyway.
Buy the 650 and use the $$ you save to but extra components or caliber change kits or the bullet feeder
Just my 2 cents

GW, thanks for pointing that out. I forgot the 650 has the no BS warranty and I've used it a number of times for small broken parts.

I also forgot to mention that with my bullet feeder, I can load around 1200/hour as long as I pre-load the primer tubes. Last time I pre-loaded 4 tubes, I was able to crank out 400 rounds in 20 minutes. So with the time to load the tubes, call it 25 minutes or so (I have a frankford vibra primer). I would also venture to say if I had a Dillon RF100, I could let the tube load while I was pulling the handle.


If you want to go REAL high tech, you could spend the money you saved on the 1050 on a possness warren auto drive for the 650. It's $1k.

However, if you're doing rifle work, the 1050 is your best bet.

[problemchild]

If your doing one caliber and have bling money buy the 1050 and an auto drive. If your doing multiple calibers take the bling money and buy multiple 650's set up for each caliber so you dont have to change over. The 1050 is a pain to change. On the other hand if your doing one military caliber and want to swage OFB on the 1050 that would be awesome. Do you really shoot that much?

One other thing they make a bullet feeder for the 650 as well. Id say 4 650's with bullet feeders trumps one 1050 with caliber changes.