Progressive Presses?

contact148 said:
dillon 550b is the way to go and YES it is ALOT cheaper in the us

got my 550b with 2 toolheads and 2 cal conversions,1 set of lee .223 dies for 450 U.S shipped and paid NO taxes or duties
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There are no Duties any more...

If you had been charged the proper taxes and Brokerage fees...it would have cost you about what you pay if you buy in Canada...

So to anyone buying in the US...if you do get dinged with the normal fees (taxes and Brokerage)...you won't save much
 
When i was looking to buy my 1050, I checked with a few Canadian dealers. One frankly was out to lunch, and I wasn't able to get a reply from Brian (Bear.23) from Reloaders Bench. It turned out to be an e-mail problem. He was replying, but the messages were not hitting my mail box. Bite me AOHell!!

I wound up buying the press through Brian Enos. He is wonderful to deal with, and if Reloaders Bench wasn't in Canada, I'd deal with him again.

Quigley is quite correct. In most cases, you will likely not save much if anything buying in the US as the discount Dillon offers the dealers isn't much, so there is not a lot of room for movement.

Reloaders Bench tend to have many of the smaller parts in stock, ready for shipment. They seem to have new and used presses in stock regularly. I've rarely had to wait for more than a week or ten days for Bear to ship anything my way.
 
What I love about Dillon is that they really stand behind their product. One of the best after sales suppport I have ever seen.

I bought my Dillon press second hand, there where some issues, called Dillon and got all the parts plus a few extra bits free.

Had trouble setting the primer stem , called Dillon, walked me through the entire process, then shipped me a few pickup tubes for FREE.

I bought the press second hand here,

If your new to this, IMHO get a press where you will have reliable and fast support for your machine.

I just wish a few telcos would learn from Dillon after sales support :)
 
If you have the money saved for a Loadmaster, keep saving until you have enough for a Dillon 550, it'll be money well spent. I wish I had done that, but instead I bought a Loadmaster and personally I have never been satisified with it. It was replaced at Christmas with a Dillon 550. I am much, much happier with it.
 
**Bias Warning I sell Dillon presses**

Many moons ago I bought a used Square deal. I loaded on it for about 4 years upgraded everything I could ... Decided to upgrade and bought a Lee... Maybe I was spoiled but the loadmaster just didn't have the same feel (the failsafe, powder and primer systems in particular).. Maybe Lee has changed their design I don't know.. I ended up buying a used 650 and decided to sell Dillon's that was about 7 years ago...

I've used a bunch of different presses as I've taken things in on trade (I've not used a Star but they do come highly recommended) Different Lees', RCBS and Hornady...

Every press has it's pluses and minuses.. I sell Dillon becuase I like their warranty, support and the feel that their product has.

Don't take my opinion as gospel or anybody elses for that matter. My recommendation is to ask around at your club or local area and try a couple different presses... Money spent on something your not happy with is money wasted... Buy something that works for YOU!

If you were closer I'd say come here and you can try out a Square deal , 550 and 650 all in reloading form not just in a showroom...
 
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If I got the story straight, Mike Dillon was given a Thompson submachine gun in his youth, and bought a Star reloader to keep it fed. When he later bought an M-16, he found he was SOL for high volume reloading, so he began working on his own. In some articles about the Star, I've gotten the impression Dillon made some parts. I don't know if they were aftermarket accesories, or if they were subcontracted.
 
I have had a Dillon 550 since they first came out and a Dillon 450 before that and the only problems I have had with the 550 were caused by me, and at that Dillon sent me replacement parts for free. The guy I sold my 450 to called Dillon about something and the sent him an upgrade package with some small parts for his press for free as well. From guys I have known in the gun clubs I have been in the biggest complaint about the Lee 1000's is getting the primer feed to work reliably, but once you figure it out I guess it's not that hard to do. Over all go for the Dillon 550, you won't be disappointed.
 
buckbrush said:
Gatehouse, if quality matters to you go Dillon or Hornaday. I have been down the Lee road and it is not that satisfactory compared to what I replaced it with ,a Dillon 550.
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Yeah, i know what you are saying, but I relaly don't shoot handguns that much...The difference between a Loadmaster and a Dillon 550 is about $300...And if I am not mistaken the oadmaster has extra features that the Dillon does not (auto indexing for eample)

hmmmm.....

double hmmm:confused: :confused:
 
If you want auto indexing, you might want to also consider the Hornaday lock in load, it auto indexes and can be equipped with a case feeder. I think it is cheaper than a 550.

I bought my 550 used off a gunsmithing board in the US. It was much cheaper than buying new. Ebay doesn't seem to be a good place to buy Dillon stuff, it really seems to hold its value there. Your local gunclub might be a good place to get a used 550, lots of people prefer the auto index of the 650, and are upgrading.
 
I currently use a RCBS Pro 2000 and love it. Buuut I am going to get a 1050 for 9mm. I just shoot too much and the 1050 will allow me to increase production significantly. I would still like to see the LNL setup that Redhead has.
My dream is a Camdex, or pallets of factory ammo, whichever I choose first when I win the lottery.
 
The guy I sold my CAMDEX to has it and is not using it... You can probably have it for about 6K and shipping... let me know if your interested... it had conversions for 9 38 357 and 40... it needed a new primer system about 2k and a bullet system upgrade about 3k.. but would do 3800 rnd/hr..

If I try to do this again I'd probably go with Ammoloads over Camdex's
 
Auto indexing is nice but it is not the end all to be all. Your hand is there anyway from putting a bullet on the case , so you can't hang on to your beer. After that, indexing consists of a flick of the thumb.

Believe it or not, once you explore the full potential of your press, you may not want auto indexing.
 
yeah that's still a little rich for me. but I'd still like to know more about Camdex's (their website sucks) and the Ammoload you mention, I've never heard of the last one.
 
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