New press is in action

[IMtheNRA]

It looked to me like station 1 was occupied by a Lee decap die. I just wanted to make sure that you know that resizing is done before trimming, as the resizing die tends to make the brass longer.

Also, take a look at the brass after it comes out of the swaging station. The backer rod on that Dillon .223 backer die has a shoulder that expands the case mouth. I found that weird and unacceptable, so I turned the shoulder down after Dillon tech support confirmed that it is in fact designed to expand the case mouth during primer pocket swaging. This shoulder may make your M die unnecessary if you want to end up with flared case mouths.

 

[Weber]

It looked to me like station 1 was occupied by a Lee decap die. I just wanted to make sure that you know that resizing is done before trimming, as the resizing die tends to make the brass longer.

Also, take a look at the brass after it comes out of the swaging station. The backer rod on that Dillon .223 backer die has a shoulder that expands the case mouth. I found that weird and unacceptable, so I turned the shoulder down after Dillon tech support confirmed that it is in fact designed to expand the case mouth during primer pocket swaging. This shoulder may make your M die unnecessary if you want to end up with flared case mouths.

Resizing is done with trimming, I have a trim/size die where the trimmer is mounted.

The lees die decaps, then it gets swaged, sized and trimmed, and then expanded.

 

[Bula]

Bigger hopper! That thing is sweet! Thanks for posting.

 

[Duvel]

Very nice!

But now I somehow feel wholly inadequate.

8K huh? "Honey, that new Honda Pilot, it can wait, right?"

 

[Weber]

I added the optical decap sensor. If anyone ever buys one of these, get this sensor!

It really should come with the machine but the $200 upgrade is well worth it. It stops the press from indexing to the next station if the primer did not completely decap. Without the sensor it would jam or go to the next station and get swaged back in. It stops before indexing so you can remove it before an issue happens.

Here is a video where you can see it stopping the press.