Broke my Dillion!

wally, it's always good to hear when the CS shines through.

Any idea/guess of a round count? I don't have a Blue, but a buddy at work does, and he couldn't be happier with it.

Yep, stuff breaks.


My Lee hand press gave way when I was testing homemade lube on 30-06. No warranty, but $12 for the main press body is fair. $12 would have bought a lot of lube.

wally, not too shabby of a count!

Hope you get another +50k out of it. And hope all these fine CS are still doing their finest at that time also!

I've got 100 K plus on my Dillon SD with no major problems. A few small ones, mostly primer issues. They're good machines.
Catpop

Next time don't jump up and down on it Wally

A couple of decades ago I machined oil pump castings to make high pressure after market oil pumps and every night I pulled a few castings off the line for defects from the foundry. Just a visual inspection back in those days, and pitting was a good indication of air pockets beneath.

Looks like Dillan has a similar approach to the economics of quality as my current employer.... it cost less to replace one every now and again (and with no questions asked and no charge to the customer, you garner a rep. for good customer service) than it is to do the material testing and statistical process control to ensure that you never have one brake.

Funny how the aerospace and medical industries have a different take on things.

OBTW... that break is a classic brittle fracture (sudden catastrophic failure with no plastic deformation) and my money is on a metallurgical issue or temperature control issue in the casting process. Either that or Wally has been getting "pumped up" an lost control of his "manly man" triceps

Yes, even the Great Blue can break.
I had to use their CS for a broken "crank"

But a phone call to it's home & you're on your way to fixing it.

The handle on my Square Deal broke in a similar fashion.
Got a new one free, of course.
More free stuff, too, over the years.
Actually everything I tried to order to rebuild a very old press.
Never any charge, not even for shipping.
Dillon presses might not be completely perfect, but their support comes mighty close.

I broke the crank on my Dillion 550B. They fixed it for free. Can't beat the no BS warranty of Dillion.

I think most of the reloading manufacturers are this way. I broke a Lee deprimer. Sent them a picture of it. Got the new pin in the mail within a few days.

Me To. Just broke a part on my 650. Plastic part that causes the cases to drop from the case tube. They are on the way. THANKS DILLON!! Can't beat the customer service @ Dillon.

I've had an RCBS progressive press for my handgun cartridges, and a Rock Chucker for my rifle cartridges, for the past 35 years, and the few problems I've had with them, just a call to their plant was all it took and I got the part and the advice on the way immediately. Can't beat that with a stick.

If only the car manufacturers were as dependable as the gun folks, eh?
Gun people are mostly really good folks.

Dillon Replacement

I too had parts repaced on my 550, I had to replace the Crank, twice.
Had the # 1 shellplate replaced, pulled the Head off the Brass also.
I load everything in it, I sized A LOT of 30.06, and .308 over the years, I got mine back in 1986 when they upgraded from the 450.

Barman54
Out

I always like to ask about the moment it let go. Outside of reloading many descriptions start with "It handled like a doll buggy right up to the point it came apart". I have had tools ware out and I have had tools break, the tools that came apart came as no surprise.

F. Guffey

When my crank broke, I noticed that the "belling" wasn't right (wasn't deep enough) & primers weren't seating deep enough.

Took me a few rounds to figure out what went wrong.

Honda 60 did you get 'er fixed?

I am still convinced that your press was bumping against that 2X4 or whatever it is and caused the failure.



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