mikemyers
Member
This will probably sound rather silly to a lot of you, but here goes...
A relative of mine purchased a Dillon 550b. I helped him get it set up, and for the most part I sort of think we did it right - we're not using the primer tube, but other than that, it seems to do things correctly. We bought a RCBS hand primer tool, so he can (slowly) make 38 Special ammunition.
Because of all the incidents i read about regarding the primer tube, I don't feel comfortable working with that, attempting to set it up, etc., until someone who knows the Dillon can actually check it out and confirm that it is set up properly.
I live in the Miami area, but the press is up North, near Sebastian, Florida. Does anyone here know of a gunshop, or person, around the Sebastian or maybe Orlando area, who my relative can pay to have this person set up the primer parts, and confirm that everything else is correct?
It's my relative's first reloading press. All he knows about reloading is what we've done together, based on the YouTube videos and the Dillon manual. I tried to convince him to start off with a single station press first, but the pictures in the Dillon catalog were too appealing to him, and he thought a day or so after buying it, he could be cranking out hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
I'm stuck. I don't know enough, and to be honest, I'm scared of what I see as a "pipe bomb".
(My own experience is 30 years with an RCBS Big Max press, and I am in the middle of setting up my RCBS Pro2000 right now.)
Feel free to respond here, or if you prefer, just send me some information as a PM. Thanks in advance.
A relative of mine purchased a Dillon 550b. I helped him get it set up, and for the most part I sort of think we did it right - we're not using the primer tube, but other than that, it seems to do things correctly. We bought a RCBS hand primer tool, so he can (slowly) make 38 Special ammunition.
Because of all the incidents i read about regarding the primer tube, I don't feel comfortable working with that, attempting to set it up, etc., until someone who knows the Dillon can actually check it out and confirm that it is set up properly.
I live in the Miami area, but the press is up North, near Sebastian, Florida. Does anyone here know of a gunshop, or person, around the Sebastian or maybe Orlando area, who my relative can pay to have this person set up the primer parts, and confirm that everything else is correct?
It's my relative's first reloading press. All he knows about reloading is what we've done together, based on the YouTube videos and the Dillon manual. I tried to convince him to start off with a single station press first, but the pictures in the Dillon catalog were too appealing to him, and he thought a day or so after buying it, he could be cranking out hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
I'm stuck. I don't know enough, and to be honest, I'm scared of what I see as a "pipe bomb".
(My own experience is 30 years with an RCBS Big Max press, and I am in the middle of setting up my RCBS Pro2000 right now.)
Feel free to respond here, or if you prefer, just send me some information as a PM. Thanks in advance.