Need some advice on Dillon reloader.

[armyguy209]

Ok I am officially broke...haha

I went ahead and cancelled my Giraud order. I ordered the Dillon rapid trim 1200, some extra small primer pickup tubes, a primer flip tray, and the 1050 bullet tray.

The only things they didnt have in stock was the rapid trim die for .223 and the low powder alarm. I will have to find those else where.
Down the road I will probably get a Mr. Bullet Feeder and call it a day.

One question on the 1050. It says the dies and everything are set up from the factory. Is this thing ready to go out of the box besides minor assembly? I am mainly curious about the dies and the swager being dialed in from the factory.

[tiller]

Ok I am officially broke...haha

I went ahead and cancelled my Giraud order. I ordered the Dillon rapid trim 1200, some extra small primer pickup tubes, a primer flip tray, and the 1050 bullet tray.

The only things they didnt have in stock was the rapid trim die for .223 and the low powder alarm. I will have to find those else where.
Down the road I will probably get a Mr. Bullet Feeder and call it a day.

One question on the 1050. It says the dies and everything are set up from the factory. Is this thing ready to go out of the box besides minor assembly? I am mainly curious about the dies and the swager being dialed in from the factory.

The swager needs to be set... Primer depth, powder charge, seat depth, and crimp also need to be set. The only thing they really do is setthe size die.... Dont touch that unless you have a case gauge

[Justintoxicated]

Since it seems you have a very large budget, get the Dillon press mounted trimmer. You want to do everything on the press without taking the cases out or else you lose the advantages of the progressive press. A shop vac mounted to the trimmer would also be good.

Just remember the 1050 does not come with a lifetime warranty. Not that you're likely to need it, but if you did, you wouldn't have it.

I initially wanted to load .223 on my LnL AP, but by the time I fully prepped the cases, all I had to do was to drop the powder and seat the bullet so there was no advantage to the progressive. I now load .223 and .308 on the single stage press in big batches and reserve the progressive for handgun rounds that don't need trimming or swaging (or lube). 100 rounds in a casual 10 minutes is real nice.

Just my $0.02 (of which I try to save as many).

I load 223 on my progressive, Prime, Drop Powder, Seat Bullet, Crimp. Still seems faster than doing that on a single stage to me. Plus the priming system is better on the progressive than my hornady single stage.

I always tumble after sizing and trimming , and sometimes primer pocket uniforming anyways, not sure how that works on the dillon, does it clean off the lube for you??

[tiller]

I load 223 on my progressive, Prime, Drop Powder, Seat Bullet, Crimp. Still seems faster than doing that on a single stage to me. Plus the priming system is better on the progressive than my hornady single stage.

I always tumble after sizing and trimming , and sometimes primer pocket uniforming anyways, not sure how that works on the dillon, does it clean off the lube for you??

You would just throw your still lubed ammo in the tumbler...


You should prep in a different stage then take proccessed brass to the press... No need for the size die then.... That removes the step of tumbling live ammo if you dont like that...

[Justintoxicated]

You would just throw your still lubed ammo in the tumbler...


You should prep in a different stage then take proccessed brass to the press... No need for the size die then.... That removes the step of tumbling live ammo if you dont like that...

Ok that's what I was thinking, since I use stainless tumbling, the only step I would save on the Dillon is trimming then? I would still need to primer pocket uniform and swage off the progressive.

[Oceanbob]

Ok I am officially broke...haha

I went ahead and cancelled my Giraud order. I ordered the Dillon rapid trim 1200, some extra small primer pickup tubes, a primer flip tray, and the 1050 bullet tray.

The only things they didnt have in stock was the rapid trim die for .223 and the low powder alarm. I will have to find those else where.
Down the road I will probably get a Mr. Bullet Feeder and call it a day.

One question on the 1050. It says the dies and everything are set up from the factory. Is this thing ready to go out of the box besides minor assembly? I am mainly curious about the dies and the swager being dialed in from the factory.

The Dillon 1050 arrives out of the box, ready to run. They set up everything at the factory.

[Longhill]

Just because It's set up, doesn't mean you shouldn't double or triple check the the completed rounds with a powder scale, calipers, and case gauge. Have fun!

[armyguy209]

Well after calling all over the freakin place, I was able to find one place who had the Dillon trim die for .223 in stock. Paid a little bit of an inflated price but not too overboard. I also picked up a low powder sensor at Barnwood arms yesterday. I think I have everything now so I just have to wait for my 1050 and everything else to get here. I just need to figure out the best way to set it up now. I want to be able to do everything I can with the least amount of work. I have read about lubing dies so that you don't have to throw lubed cases into the hopper which gets things dirty and a little gummed up.