Has anybody tried these Dillon 650 upgrades

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I have both and would say that they definitely did make the press run smoother. I also have the bearing on the shell plate. These did help with powder spillage in small calibers
 
I have done the second one, the case feed bar with the bearing on the end. I think it is worth the $15.
 
I've done the 2nd; "Roller Cam", it eliminates the grease and IMHO worth the $15.

The other mods I've made are the shell plate bearing and low-mass ball to decrease powder spillage, it also works. Two of my favorite mods are the spent primer catcher and the live primer catcher:

http://www.dillonupgrades.com/

Definitely worth the money IMHO.
 
Yep, worth the upgrades.

I had issues with the roller bearings as they raise the case ejector spring. I tried rebending the case ejector, and never really got it to work properly.
 
I have loaded a lot of rounds on mine without either of those upgrades and it runs pretty good as-is. Certainly doesn't look like it would hurt but I have not found a need for either of those. JMHO.
 
► The main advantage is that they both eliminate the need to grease the cam surfaces. In both instances you are substituting exposed grease on the cam for the fully-enclosed, self-lubricating bearing. I did not notice any huge improvement in operating force as measured at the op handle, or the vertical position at which the ram came to rest.

► What I was trying to achieve was the ram coming to rest in a position where the primer disk was not being fouled by the primer ram. I first thought that friction on those 2 surfaces was the cause. It was not. The ram simply needed to be raised 1/8 inch by supplementing the primer ram return spring.

Hope this helps.
 
I bought a Timken NTA-815 and two washers. As smooth as I have needed it to be.

 
I have both as well as the low indent ball and the holder things that hold the casings in tighter at the pins. Its hard to say without a side by side test but in my possibly biased opinion I do think there's a difference. For a relative small amount I figured it was worth trying to make as smooth as possible and to help prevent against things such as spillage.
 
I have several of the "upgrades" on mine. I like the roller bearings in all three places, the shellplate, the indexing cam and the case feeding cam rod. they all work wonderfully. I did not like the reduced power spring and low mass detent ball. I was having issues with the shellplate indexing too far or too short. It just wasn't consistent. I put the factory ball and spring back in and the issues went away. the issue may have just been the spring didn't have enough force, and I may try it with the factory spring and the low mass ball, if powder spillage drives me crazy enough, but for now it works fine.
 
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