Bought one of these bad boys a few weeks ago..loaded a ton of ammo with it...love it...BUT!
The amount of ammo you can load is in direct porportion to how much time that you have to screw with the priming system. THAT is the bulk of my reloading time! They say that a primer cannot get sideways in the tube. BULL. They say that as long as it's adjusted properly..it will work flawlessly...BULL. Now I know why many say that they prime on another device and load with the dillon. That always seemed kind of dumb to me. You have a progressive because it performs ALL the steps. Well..it does! Almost
I finally figured out how to change over from large to small and back again without reciting all the cuss words that I know. I did the changeover in toolheads...base plate..powder drop and primer system in less than 10 minutes! I impressed myself!
I start loading...all is well. Then all of a sudden..I get to about 78 rounds..and one of the primers pops up in the air..hits the ground and the dog eats it. Mext pull of the ram..no primer...next one is installed backwards...!! #$%$#@. I check for primers clogging up the primer bar...brush it clean...readjust the primer pocket to make sure it's centered. Nothing worked. I take apart the primer system...clean it...put some graphite lube on a few of the parts...re-install it. Works OK now. The time consumed came while just trying to cure the problem while it was together! Never found out WHAT the problem was, but it seemed to cure itself once I disassembled it. I clean the system almost every 4-500 rounds..which is one sitting.
I'm tellin' ya. The machine is great..but the primer system needs some improvement. Unless you guys and gals have some great advice on what I'm possibly doing wrong...I respectfully give up! I'm in Florida..in the garage...humid as the rain forest...sweat dripping in my eyes...shirt drenched...blood pressure rising...!! ARRRGGGHH!!!
Tell me the secret to primers that I don't know! Your years of experience on these machines would be invaluable to me. Show me the way oh wise ones! I am lost..with no direction.
The amount of ammo you can load is in direct porportion to how much time that you have to screw with the priming system. THAT is the bulk of my reloading time! They say that a primer cannot get sideways in the tube. BULL. They say that as long as it's adjusted properly..it will work flawlessly...BULL. Now I know why many say that they prime on another device and load with the dillon. That always seemed kind of dumb to me. You have a progressive because it performs ALL the steps. Well..it does! Almost
I finally figured out how to change over from large to small and back again without reciting all the cuss words that I know. I did the changeover in toolheads...base plate..powder drop and primer system in less than 10 minutes! I impressed myself!
I start loading...all is well. Then all of a sudden..I get to about 78 rounds..and one of the primers pops up in the air..hits the ground and the dog eats it. Mext pull of the ram..no primer...next one is installed backwards...!! #$%$#@. I check for primers clogging up the primer bar...brush it clean...readjust the primer pocket to make sure it's centered. Nothing worked. I take apart the primer system...clean it...put some graphite lube on a few of the parts...re-install it. Works OK now. The time consumed came while just trying to cure the problem while it was together! Never found out WHAT the problem was, but it seemed to cure itself once I disassembled it. I clean the system almost every 4-500 rounds..which is one sitting.
I'm tellin' ya. The machine is great..but the primer system needs some improvement. Unless you guys and gals have some great advice on what I'm possibly doing wrong...I respectfully give up! I'm in Florida..in the garage...humid as the rain forest...sweat dripping in my eyes...shirt drenched...blood pressure rising...!! ARRRGGGHH!!!
Tell me the secret to primers that I don't know! Your years of experience on these machines would be invaluable to me. Show me the way oh wise ones! I am lost..with no direction.