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I'm going to start reloading. I'm thinking about going for the dillon 650 seeing how i'm crazy about shooting and the cost of ammo is killing me. with the exception of primers, cases, powder and bullets, what do i need other than the machine.

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billymc said:
I'm going to start reloading. I'm thinking about going for the dillon 650 seeing how i'm crazy about shooting and the cost of ammo is killing me. with the exception of primers, cases, powder and bullets, what do i need other than the machine.

thanks
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What caliber are you going to reload? Details would be nice. It's generally recommended for a novice reloader to start with a single stage press and then graduate to a progressive like the Dillon RL 650.

That said, you'll never go wrong with anything Dillon. Best warrantee on the planet and the folks are pleasant to deal with. I'll give you an example: I lost a spring for my RL 650 during a move. I phoned Dillon and explained my trouble and told them I wanted to buy a new spring....even had my Mastercard out. The good folks there WARANTEED MY OWN STUPIDITY. They sent me a new small parts kit including a new spring....FREE. I didn't even have to pay for postage.

Can't top that in this day and age.

Good luck in your endeavors! PM me if you have questions. I've been reloading for 20+ years. Not an expert, but I have done it with both single stage and progressive.


Regards,

Robert
 
Robert McNamera said:
What caliber are you going to reload? Details would be nice. It's generally recommended for a novice reloader to start with a single stage press and then graduate to a progressive like the Dillon RL 650.

That said, you'll never go wrong with anything Dillon. Best warrantee on the planet and the folks are pleasant to deal with. I'll give you an example: I lost a spring for my RL 650 during a move. I phoned Dillon and explained my trouble and told them I wanted to buy a new spring....even had my Mastercard out. The good folks there WARANTEED MY OWN STUPIDITY. They sent me a new small parts kit including a new spring....FREE. I didn't even have to pay for postage.

Can't top that in this day and age.

Good luck in your endeavors! PM me if you have questions. I've been reloading for 20+ years. Not an expert, but I have done it with both single stage and progressive.


Regards,

Robert
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looking to do 9mm and .40 s&w.
 
You have press and components.

Reloading Manual

For rifle:

Scale.
Die set. Case resizing/primer removing, bullet crimping/seating (if desired/necessary) die
Case lube. (I use powdered graphite on the inside of the neck during resizing, too.)
Funnel for getting powder into the case.
Calipers.
The thing the bottom of the case sits in (if you buy Lee dies, it is included) What is this called?
Case trimmer.

Nice to have:
Powder trickler.
A board you've drilled holes into so the cases can stand upright, to keep track of them as you proceed through each step.
Funnel to get the unused powder back in the can.
Digital as opposed to analog scale and calipers. Remember it takes batteries though.

There's another die involved in loading pistol. Haven't done this so can't say.

Edit: OP mentioned handgunning between me starting and finishing this post.
 
I bought a Dillon 650 to reload 9mm first. First press I ever used and reloaded too. Over 6k of 9mm loaded since last fall. If I had to do again today, I will buy same press.

Get a decent scale to measure your powder... Big a$$ tumbler if you have lots of brass to clean. There are tons of other things to get. I had written up a list but I forgot lots of things being a total noob.

Just read tons about reloading and watch some reloading videos on youtube to get a good idea what to expect. I bought my 650 from Epps, they tossed in free dillon DVD for me when I asked and something else. The DVD is great for total noobs. :)

Not too long ago, I didn't know reloading ammo could be done by a normal human and when I found out normal humans can pump out hundreds of rounds per hour, i was sold!
 
I just satrted the first time this week...
For approximately $200 you can be reloading at basic stage from what I reserached...as ou become addicted to the variables, knowledge and desire for better and better equipment you will advance into thousands of dollars of loading equioment and many headaches and a few glory moments...:)

This is worth .02 cents beacause as of 6 pm today I am the most inexperienced reolader in Canada
 
Hey, good info in here. We also talked about this in one of the recent episodes of Canadian Reload Radio. Check out our website, or, head over to the Firearms Media forum.
 
I went with Hornady LNL AP, comparable in features/warranty etc. with D650 but cheaper, especially if one runs multiple calibers. Very easy and fast caliber changes. If there were no such thing as LNL AP, I'd go with D650.
 
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