Our family (my adult sons and one adult daughter) shoot in various Competition Venues...sometimes running 2000 rounds per week.
Being the Dad and a reloader since 1973...we've owned ALL the machines.
The machines we 'evolved to' via trial and error and more experience than most, are the DILLON products.
Go down the line at various Gun Games and you will notice the serious, no BS, no excuses shooters are running Dillon equipment.
The other brands are OK if you're a casual plinker or range dog, but those brands simple don't hold up and need constant tuning and tweeking to keep running.
Nobody and I mean nobody has better customer service than Dillon. A life time warranty means just that. One man I know found a old 550 out behind a barn, in the grass covered with dirt and rust. He shipped it to Dillon to get an estimate to get it running; the machine came back in NEW CONDITION with everything replaced. No Charge. Incredible.
We are now running a Dillon 1050 set up in .45 auto. She can produce 1200 rounds per hour.. Also we run a 550B with case feeder (with several quik change caliber heads) and she will do 700 rounds per hour.
I would never consider reloading without a Dillon machine. If you are collecting and shooting guns because you love them; or love to tinker in your Man Cave as an enjoyable hobby....then you owe it to yourself to RELOAD.
Here is Californistan, reloading may be the only option
to save money in the future because these mis-guided clowns in our local government want to ban internet sales of ammo and require all purchases be logged in and face-to-face. This isn't law yet, but they are working on it..(dang)
These machines are a bit more money up front, but they hold their value and will save you big money over time.
Much less expensive than my Boat, Cars and Airplane...hehehe.
Bob
