Dillon Super Swage 600

[thump_rrr]

I picked up a Dillon Super Swage 600 on boxing day and yesterday I swaged 4,000 5.56 and 1,500 7.62.
I found it much easier on the hands compared to the RCBS military crimp remover (cutter) or the press mounted RCBS swagger that I was using previously.

I also considered getting the Hornady swagger that mounts to my LnL AP Progressive but I would need to buy both the small and large primer kits for more cost and it's not like it uses the case feder so manually feeding the cases was still needed.

The only better option out there is a Dillon 1050B with the built in swager but $2,000 is a little too much for me right now to put into another press since I'm in the process of building a new engine for my summer car.

 

[herpinator45]

I do not have a Super Swage 600, I have the Super 1050. I can truly see instances of where each has positives and drawbacks. If you have completed all your swaging at 4,000, and 1,500 respectively then you are laughing and saved yourself time by upgrading to the super swage, and money by not upgrading to the 1050. There are several reasons why I went to the 1050, mostly just volume of which my wife and I shoot. As a counter point, the 1050 can be very finicky also, especially when you start "adjusting" things.

I found the swage system on the 1050 to be a bit picky, it runs best when you are loading common head stamp brass, as that way you adjust the swage and backup rod to that web thickness. The only benefit to me is that when I load .223 in the two pass method is that I swage to ensure all my primer pockets are uniformed on the resize and trim pass. That way if a crimped piece of brass finds its way through after I have sorted it; that piece of brass will not cause too much of an issue.

Then I remove the swage mechanism, and I find it reduces runout when I am only priming / charging and seating projectiles on the second pass. But again this is just my personal observation. As with the 1050 when you start exerting forces on the opposite of the toolhead via resizing or swaging (those forces vary with each case) it will cause up to .003" +/- runout when seating projectiles.

 

[thump_rrr]

I typically do 1 run a year for each type of ammo I load.
My only problem at the moment is that I don't have 24lbs of a single powder to load all 6,000 55gr .224 projectiles.
Throughout the year I put brass aside and process it in 2 passes as you do with the exception of the swageing.

5 hours a year isn't too bad a trade off to save $2,000.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldnt mind having a 1050B but it just isn't a necessity.

 

[Antoine22]

I also had mixed results with the integrated swager on a 1050. It constantly need to be adjusted and you'll end up wasting a lot of brass. I never had any issues with my super swager. It's a longer process but the results are worth it.