To hand powder a Dillon 550... or not...

[ciPeterF]

Just wondering how many of you have hand powdered a 550 in the process of building up a load you like? If so, do you know the part numbers required?
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[nognog]

www dot dillonhelp.com/rl550benglish/rl550b_schematic.htm

 

[Silverback]

The cheapest way of doing it would be to remove the powder measure and put the case expander die in it's place, you would have to remove the case to put the powder in but if you are developing loads speed probably isn't a consideration. Other than that, Lee makes a powder through expander die that you could use, you can get the part number for the one you need from the Lee site below.

http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/catalog/browse.cgi?1180895127.2791=/html/catalog/dies-pistol.html

 

[Splatter]

This is why every reloader should have a single station press (or two)

 

[gushulak]

I just measure every powder charge the 550 throws, then add the cartridge back into rotation when I am developing loads on my 550. Very easy. I see no need for a single stage when using a 550.

 

[Canuck44]

I do what gushulak does except I would like to get a single stage used press to do my depriming/sizing for rifle ccartridges. By doing that operation on a single stage I could then have my Lee neck expander die in Stage 1, powder die in 2, boolit seater in 3 and Lee crimping die in 4.

Take Care

Bob