Dillon 650 questions

I would recommend a charge bar for every caliber you will be reloading...15 bucks or so each and saves re-calibrating every time you do a caliber change. No need to buy multitudes of powder measure tubes like they recommend (at a 100 bucks or so apiece), just the bars as they can be changed in seconds.
 
I got the 650 from tenda, unfortunately they didn't have everything I needed.
I'll look for the conversions and powder bar, tubes, etc. Ebay has some gear.
 
X Reload carries Dillon also. I didn't check their Dillon stock but they seem to be very well stocked on other things. They were fast to ship also. Not free shipping for what I bought though.
 
Bob @ Tenda

Hi Brianma65,

Give Bob a call at Tenda. They can order all the stuff you need and then ship it when it arrives.

I got them to order a Large Primer Assembly for Dillon XL650. By far they had the cheapest price around (as long as you don't mind waiting for 3-4 weeks).
I would get a spare repair kit and the alignment tool as well. Trust me on this! Especially if you are shooting IPSC, 3-gun, etc.

One upgrade that I thought was a bit of a "overkill" and complete waste of money was Mr. Bulletfeeder (click here & here to see it in action). Till I got to load with it. It is cat's ass.

Also if you follow this video while setting the machine up...you will not (should not) have any issues.


Good luck and feel free to pm me if you have any questions.

Cheers,






Brianma65 said:
I got the 650 from tenda, unfortunately they didn't have everything I needed.
I'll look for the conversions and powder bar, tubes, etc. Ebay has some gear.
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GreenBob said:
Hi Brianma65,

Give Bob a call at Tenda. They can order all the stuff you need and then ship it when it arrives.

I got them to order a Large Primer Assembly for Dillon XL650. By far they had the cheapest price around (as long as you don't mind waiting for 3-4 weeks).
I would get a spare repair kit and the alignment tool as well. Trust me on this! Especially if you are shooting IPSC, 3-gun, etc.

One upgrade that I thought was a bit of a "overkill" and complete waste of money was Mr. Bulletfeeder (click here & here to see it in action). Till I got to load with it. It is cat's ass.

Also if you follow this video while setting the machine up...you will not (should not) have any issues.


Good luck and feel free to pm me if you have any questions.

Cheers,
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Sadly,there's no ipsi,3 gun or anything else, available to me. Only target shooting.

I'm in no hurry, so may as well backorder from tenda
I probably went through 5or6 thousand rnds this year. I just find it's becoming a PITA ,doing 4 or 5 hundred

Rnds on a single stage.
I might just back order from Tenda.

Thanks
 
I recommend quick change kits for each caliber. You get a toolhead, stand, and powder measure. This way you don't have to change your die settings, and powder charge every time you change calibers. Real time saver.
 
I'm loading 9mm,.357,45 acp,45LC,and maybe .223
Usually about 500 of each.
As of now,I have the press,one cal conversion,bullit tray ordered.
Tenda had no other cal conversion kits.
I'll order the other 3 kits,extra primer tubes and a case feeder,then I should be able to get started ,right?
Or is there anything I'm missing,that I need to get started?
 
I added the Uniqueteck micrometer adjustment to my small powder bars as I have a variety of calibers, loads & powders that I reload. It makes getting back to a set powder charge weight very easy and after you calibrate it, it's much easier to get to a new powder charge weight as the calibration spreadsheet will calculate it for you. They are not cheap, but it saves buying multiple charge bars and/or powder measures.

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LOL, apparently l didn't read enough. I thought I'd get the press and start loading .
There's more accessories than a Barbie doll:)
 
Brianma65 said:
LOL, apparently l didn't read enough. I thought I'd get the press and start loading .
There's more accessories than a Barbie doll:)
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Welcome to another hobby that get very addictive and surprising enjoyable. It's very satisfying to develop a load matched to your handgun. And then you start working on other loads like maybe a P+ load, or a light load for steel shoots, or fine tuning accuracy, ..... Here's some loads I was testing for my S&W 929 :)

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When you order you get your choice of one included. There are 4 to choose from. Small and large pistol, small and large rifle.
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Right on, that's what I thought. I ordered 9mm so I only need a large P and a Small R.
How much real estate do that bad boy take up? I made need to expand my bench:)
 
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VanMan said:
Welcome to another hobby that get very addictive and surprising enjoyable. It's very satisfying to develop a load matched to your handgun. And then you start working on other loads like maybe a P+ load, or a light load for steel shoots, or fine tuning accuracy, ..... Here's some loads I was testing for my S&W 929 :)

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I like testing my handload rnds too. I find a load and then start cranking them out. I did these last week, on my single stage.
About 900 rnds of .45 LC.
That's when I knew , I had to have a progressive press:)
 

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Brianma65 said:
LOL, apparently l didn't read enough. I thought I'd get the press and start loading .
There's more accessories than a Barbie doll:)
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Don't get too caught up in the "Blue Coolaid" virus that can infest your wallet big time ...and lots of times unnecessarily. All that "stuff" is very convenient when needed but most of the time inter-changing a few things works just as well but a lot cheaper. Don't get me wrong ...I fell in with both feet when I started the Dillon trail but in hindsight I could have saves many dollars for components if I had just slowed down and thought a bit.

As G-man says "the tool heads with each caliber die and it's own powder measure" is nice, he is very right about the tool heads, but a bunch of powder measures surely is not a necessity...powder bars are a fraction of the price and once set can be left set and changed at will in a few seconds.

I have a case feeder for the one 650 I have left and have only ever used the large pistol feed plate in it (my feeder came with a Small & large pistol & a rifle plate). So far I have used it for 9 mm, .38 sp, .45 auto, 45 LC , .223 and 45-70... all with the same plate so I don't know if the others work "better" because I have never had a hick-up with just the large pistol.

Another thing to pay attension to that can save a few bucks is the "conversion Kits". Quite often parts can be used for different calibers without buying a totally different "kit". Two shell plated will load most rifle calibers, all you need is a different set of locating pins or maybe a feed funnel for a couple bucks. The back of your manual should have a chart to order separate pieces, just compare the parts # of the calibers you want to the ones you have.

Another thing to know about your 650...it can be used very efficiently as a "single stage" press by just disabling the advancing mechanism and using which-ever station you need for a "batch" load session. To disable either remove the two socket head screws that hold the advancing lug to the frame(my recommendation) or remove the long spring from underneath the ram head (this spring can be a bugger to get hooked again).
 
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