I had to list my Dillon on E-Bay because my new business does not allow me time like I wanting:banghead: . It is brand new in the box too. Just thought I would give ya'll a heads up.
Thanks,
Bobby
Thanks,
Bobby
~z said:Its a 650, how much time do you need? With my 550, it is quicker to load than to go to a store that sells ammo. But thanks for the heads up.
~z
Kramer Krazy said:I have a single-stage RCBS and don't get much time to mess with it. Just the other day, I was doing some laundry and resized, decapped, and reprimed about 60 cases. Sometimes, I'll only do ten, as I walk back and forth through that room. Unless my wife does some of the case prep while I'm at work, it takes a week or so just to reload 200 rounds. We fly through the powder/bullet seating step, as she and I will work on them together, and put out about 200 rounds in 20-30 minutes.....the case prepping seems to take the longest time to do....and it is the most boring.
The separating, cleaning, inspection, resizing, decapping, repriming, and flairing of the case (including two die set-ups). That's where most of my time seems to be spent on reloading with the single-stage. I'm in no rush, anyway, and it gives the wife something to do suring the week, too.1911user said:What do you mean by case prep?
I used to have a progressive reloader (RCBS Rockchucker with Piggyback II), but I never learned to use it and sold it 5 years ago. The progressive set-up was a little intimidating with the horror stories of blowing up your gun....and I didn't have any friends to assist me with setting everything up. The single-stage is a nice way to get into reloading, and I'm only 500 rounds into getting my reloading cherry popped, so.......I may get a progressive unit for 45ACP and use this single stage for 44 and 357.....but only after I reload about 2500 more rounds and "pay" this set-up off through my ammo savings.1911user said:a progressive made my pistol shooting much more enjoyable.
Yes, it is reloading.....at least the majority of it, most important aspect of it, and the most time consuming. No biggie. It's just about as fun as shooting it. I call it "case prep" because without it, I can't "reload" the cases with a powder and bullet as easily.....I do think a progressive unit is in the near future, though.SASS#23149 said:What you call 'case prep' we call 'reloading'.!
~z said:Once you get into the rhythm of using the press, about 20 mins or less. I'm speaking of my experience on a 550B, and I'd guess thats about average, I'm no speed demon on the press.
~z
Rockstar said:Probably around $1000 for a 650 with casefeeder and appropriate extras. You can get a discount from Brian Enos.
Father Knows Best said:That estimate is way high. MSRP for the 650 with one caliber conversion is $479.95. The casefeeder lists for $199.95. You can get discounts through a number of sources. Your total cost shouldn't be more than $650 max with the casefeeder, and frankly, I don't recommend the casefeeder. The casefeeder is only a plus if you are really trying to churn out mass quantities of ammo in really short time frames. My SL900 (shotshell press) has a casefeeder, but I don't have one for my pistol/rifle press (RL550B) and don't want one.
If you really want a 650, you can get set up with the press and a few useful accessories (roller handle, bullet tray, strong mount) for under $600 direct from Dillon, and a little less from some resellers.
Rockstar said:The 650 is worthless without the casefeeder. We're not talking about the 550 here, folks.
That's a shame. Let me be the first to say: You're going to be sorry you did that. Is it too late to retract it?BJPZOO said:I had to list my Dillon on E-Bay because my new business does not allow me time like I wanting:banghead: . It is brand new in the box too. Just thought I would give ya'll a heads up.
Thanks,
Bobby