I finally drank the blue kool aid!!!

Only 2 pounds? C'mon, get with the program!!! Just rememebr to go in for dinner once in a while.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Dillons. You will wonder why you ever used anything else. Well, maybe after 2 pounds of Unique, you know.

I think I see it somewhere on your bench. Good luck with it.

Yoiu have seen the light!

Now, start saving your shekels for a Super 1050!

So, where's a good place to buy Dillons? I'd like to at least look at some in person if possible. I get good results from my Lee Classic Turret, but I keep thinking "four pulls for one round vs. one round per pull".

as we used to say in the old country, "use it in good health."

Twenty years later, I am still cranking on my Dillion 550B.

I have no idea how many rounds, and it must be in the 100,000's, that I have made on the thing.

I hope to be still cranking twenty years from now.

Forty at best.

Congratulations but I hope you verified the load before you loaded so many. It would be a real pain to pull all those bullets.

You Only Have To Buy Quality Once

Welcome to the Blue Side, Luke... Many high roaders use them, many do not, and most have opinions. Personally I have never met a Dillon user who was unhappy or chose to switch to any other brand of progressive. I have been running my 550 for 11 years now with zero problems not of my own making (save one shell plate that was undersize by a thousandth and made it difficult to put the case in, and which was replaced in less than a week after a call to Dillon). Dillon customer service has patiently and pleasantly helped me work through problems on several occasions, as I noted, not because of the equipment but because of operator issues. I am actually proud of it - it pleases me, puts out ammo as fast as I can shoot it and functions like one of Mike's machine guns...

Drive on!

I love my 550, the ONLY thing that bugs me about it, is occationally the primer catching door sticks open, and the cotter pin must be messed with to make the door close regularly again. Any tips on how to permanantly correct this?

I almost went blue in the beginning.... but it made more financial sense for a different route, for me, at that time.

Personally I have never met a Dillon user who was unhappy or chose to switch to any other brand of progressive.

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Personally neither have I. But I have seen two here on THR since hanging out in this forum. Not bad odds for dillon!

Justin

Personally I have never met a Dillon user who was unhappy

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+1, but I do know several who have "added" other brand presses to their Dillon collection.

Knowing what I know now, if I were to start over, I would have gotten a Dillon 1050.

Fatelvis said:

I love my 550, the ONLY thing that bugs me about it, is occationally the primer catching door sticks open, and the cotter pin must be messed with to make the door close regularly again. Any tips on how to permanantly correct this?

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There are a couple tips in the sticky at the top of the page. The 2 things I did was to put in a slightly larger cotter pin (requires larger holes of course), and hung a small super magnet on top of the chute, on the operator side.

bds said:

but I do know several who have "added" other brand presses to their Dillon collection

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I'm pretty close to pulling the trigger on a Classic Cast O frame for rifle brass prep. Really hate tying up a workhorse machine on something mundane that could be done at a leisurely pace when the good weather heads south.

I have credit card in hand and about to buy a Square Deal for reloading pistol cartridges

Should I buy a 550 instead?

If so...why?

I have credit card in hand and about to buy a Square Deal for reloading pistol cartridges

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I would go with the 550 or better yet the 650.

The square deal uses proprietary dies, only available from Dillon, and only usable in the Sqare Deal.

If you ever decide to load rifle rounds (and you probably will eventually), you can't do it on a Sqare Deal.

congrats. keep cranking them out

I replaced the cotter pin on the primer catcher with a safety pin--no more problems with the door staying open.

Wow! Dem suckers are pricey........

Congradulations on drinking the Blue Kool Aid, it only hurt's for a little while, then thing's will be .............. diffrent.

Rondog, as far as I know dillion doesn't has retail dealers, I know how it is to want to get your hands on something before buying. I got my 650 from a family member who stopped shooting so I have never had anything else! I talk to people at the range who complain about the long hours of reloading they do... I reload about 30-40 hours per year between 5 calibers!

Actually, I can crank out more rounds with my Lee Classic than I have the time to shoot anyway. Much easier/quicker to go to the basement and make ammo than it is to make a day to spend at the range. I've got enough components to keep me yankin' on the press for months.

Checkout brianenos.com Great source for Dillon products and info. Bought my 550 through him, quick shipper, very happy!