My 650 is spilling powder.

[evan the cdn]

My Dillon 650 seems to catch really hard on the powder station and resists me moving the plate away from it, and when it finally releases it shakes enough to dump 1 of 4 grains of Titegroup onto the shell plate which gets messy fast. I think the mess is partly responsible for the primer station not lining up very well anymore. I asked a local guy and he suggested I was belling the case too much so I backed it off enough that the bullets barely fit and I have to hold them in place all the way up. I still have the same problem.

What can I do to stop it from spilling powder.

 

[Antoine22]

Lube your cases, it will make your press run MUCH smoother.

 

[evan the cdn]

That makes sense. Thanks Antoine.

 

[stavrosg]

did that ever work?

By lube I assume you mean the outside?

 

[evan the cdn]

Yes, it worked. The other issue was that the media I was using to clean my brass was too coarse and was leaving them with a flat finish rather than a shinny one. I switched from crushed walnut to corn and it polishes them to a smoother surface. The whole press runs smoother with nicely polished brass.

 

[Paulinski]

Were you using the red death to clean your cases?

 

[evan the cdn]

Were you using the red death to clean your cases?

lol Is that a brand name?

 

[Paulinski]

Lyman Media.

 

[evan the cdn]

Lyman Media.

Oh, no. I was using crushed walnut from a pet store. It think it's meant to be used in bird cages. It works great for getting the really dirty brass clean but now I still use corn to polish them afterwards.

 

[tjhaile]

Try polishing the powder funnel/mouth expander.

 

[Walter Hornby]

there is also a fix for the snapping shell plate, two thin washers and a flat bearing.

 

[orgrabbit]

there is also a fix for the snapping shell plate, two thin washers and a flat bearing.

Where can you pick this up at?

 

[Dutchie]

If you cut off a bit of the spring under the shell plate, the rotation will not be so snappy.