Dillon Super Swager 600 Question

[klewan]

Yes they sell them.... But when you guys tell new reloaders to go buy a counter sink bit and they slap it on there drill... They go crazy and remove half the primer pocket ruining brass!


I know they CAN work.... But swaging is ideal if you know how to set up your swager properly.

I've seen pictures of the butchered brass; there are people without a clue. That's why I mentioned 2 seconds on the tool, that's all it takes. You get two little chips and it's done. I wish more people had the intelligence to look at a piece of factory brass, without a crimp, and use the tools to get that look.


I looked into swagging tools, Dillion too expensive, RCBS was about $30 and then they came out with their Dillion ripoff for about $80. CH4 had one for $20.

Then I read about all the sorting and having ten piles on the bench with all the various headstamps. Processing rifle brass is already tedious enough without all that sorting. I had countersinks, tried those and the primers went in with no problems..

[tiller]

My experience has shown that I have to sort brass into batches by make and date if I want to use my Dillon 600. It needs to be adjusted for each batch. But, Swaging dies are pretty fool proof once they are set up properly. I've ruined more brass by over swaging just setting up my swager than I have ever ruined using a $5 crimp remover cutting tool chucked in my drillpress. Also, with the cutter, I don't have to sort my plinking brass.

If you have to sort brass its probably not set up properly

[CSACANNONEER]

If you have to sort brass its probably not set up properly

Please educate me. How does the 600 work without sorting? I have to adjust it every time I have a different batch with a different case head thickness. I don't see anyway around this but, I'm willing to listen.