How Phil reloads on a Dillon:

[pitor]

Originally Posted by DaFadda

, good point concerning static electricity and things that can go boom. I'm looking forward to part two!

Michael

Very good point raised about static electricity. I did a little bit of research and it seems that corn cob media produces more static electricity than any other media. If you buy crushed Walnut for lizard terrariums this seems to really produce good results, highly polished brass, and almost no static. All this information I was able to obtain by reading the various Amazon comments on the different tumbler media products. Amazing what you learn by reading other people's reviews . just thought I would share my findings here. I continue to learn so much from you guys and I appreciate all these threads about reloading.

[sdmc530]

So here is the filling up of the press. If you watch to the end I put about 400 cases into the case feed and it jams up. I did it on purpose to show you that is does that. You can only put in maybe 250 at a time or it fails. I think this is a problem but Dillon says that is what its supposed to handle. Just my opinon that its not large enough:

Funny is that I had the radio on in the background and my music is copyrighted so its muted by Youtube. I wish I knew that, the primer tube has an alarm on it you can't hear when it gets low, it beeps. Some music plays on some vids and not in others. No making fun of my music from the 90's ether!


Loading up:



Here is when primers get low, beeps and I reload the primers, start the case feed and carry on:



Press working from the inside view:

[sdmc530]

here is what I did in 3 hours with all the loading of supplies and dealing with the camera. Also I failed to put the pin in primer tube so I loaded 100 primers in and then dumped them all on the floor. Camera should have been rolling cuz I was cussing pretty good!

I load 991 loads of 45 185 gr plated round nose with 5.5gr of 231. My favorite range load to use. I always put them in the case upside down because as you can see I always load one or two per 1000 with the primer in backwards, not sure how I even manage this AND I have fat fingers so easier to get out too.



I will do one more video and that will be how to change heads and to do a caliber conversion. I have some 10MM to load so will do that hopefully soon!

[pitor]

Awesome vids. Way too easy to reload like this. Not appealing to me to be honest. Lee Classic Turret Press here I come!

[sdmc530]

Yep its pretty easy. But not for everyone of course. I wish i knew someone local that had a lnl press now. Would love to go try one just for comparison. Most people here have rcbs stufff its heavily supported ate the lgs here. The box lgs here has both red and blue but they push blue because of the CS. It's really good. Although i have toured the Horaday factory in NE and they too are outstanding people but not sure what the warranty is.

[AFJuvat]

Great thread!

Only addition I would add is that the brass cleans up better and your press doesn't get as cruddy particularly if you reload rifle rounds, if you deprime your brass using a universal decapper and a cheap single stage press like the Lee Reloader ($30 on Amazon)

[sdmc530]

Originally Posted by AFJuvat

Great thread!

Only addition I would add is that the brass cleans up better and your press doesn't get as cruddy particularly if you reload rifle rounds, if you deprime your brass using a universal decapper and a cheap single stage press like the Lee Reloader ($30 on Amazon)

Absolutely! Sometimes gets messy reloading pistol rounds. When I do reload I do it all at once. So I do my 45 then go right into my 10MM. If I have any 357/38 to do for my FIL I will then do that. I only like cleaning up once. I very rarely do 40 because of the primer change over so I only do that once every 2 years or so. Just save up stuff.

I will someday start reloading rifle again but will not do it on the Dillon. I would get another Lee classic press for that. 20-30 rounds in a single stage is not a big deal. 1000 rounds in a single stage would drive me bonkers!