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[mad88minute]

I take offense to that single stage press comment. I use a single stage Lee press. . Just kidding. I feel that way sometimes. But I’m barely over 75 rounds total reloaded so I just deal with the pain. Plus I’m a budget reloader with not a lot of cash so I make do with what I can afford.


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I remember when I spring for my Dillon press I almost had buyers remorse because I am a budget reloader too and it wasn't cheap. But over time it pays for itself, and with ammo prices they way they are now it's easy to justify.

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[GP40X]

Did a 50 round ladder today (actually yesterday evening) to see what load is best our of my snubbie. Debating on if I want to try to make it to the range tomorrow (today)

 

[Polkwright]

Hey, I know a guy who was doing 1,000 rounds a month with a Lee Loader and a plastic mallet. So I got a Lee Loader and used it just for fun, to try it out. Slow. Slow. Slow. Plus every once in a while you set a primer off which is a bit unnerving. If you took a Lee Loader and combined it with a priming tool (and maybe a Lee Perfect Powder Measure) it would improve things a lot.

I used a single stage for a few years, then I got a Dillon RL450, eventually upgraded to a 550 frame. But I still have the manual primer feed. It's fast enough for me. I'll run 1,000 rounds of whatever off after breakfast, and before lunch, and I don't get up especially early. I do about 300 or a bit better an hour I think. I don't really time myself.

One thing I've learned from all this: It's entirely possible to make equally accurate ammo with anything from a Lee Loader to a Super Dillon if you work at it a little bit. The only real difference is speed and cost.

 

[TEXAS "All or nothing"]

Hey, I know a guy who was doing 1,000 rounds a month with a Lee Loader and a plastic mallet. So I got a Lee Loader and used it just for fun, to try it out. Slow. Slow. Slow. Plus every once in a while you set a primer off which is a bit unnerving. If you took a Lee Loader and combined it with a priming tool (and maybe a Lee Perfect Powder Measure) it would improve things a lot.

I used a single stage for a few years, then I got a Dillon RL450, eventually upgraded to a 550 frame. But I still have the manual primer feed. It's fast enough for me. I'll run 1,000 rounds of whatever off after breakfast, and before lunch, and I don't get up especially early. I do about 300 or a bit better an hour I think. I don't really time myself.

One thing I've learned from all this: It's entirely possible to make equally accurate ammo with anything from a Lee Loader to a Super Dillon if you work at it a little bit. The only real difference is speed and cost.

When I bought my 1st 550('84) I was loading 1k of 44mag per hour without case or bullet feeders. Back the I only loaded 2 cartridges (44mag and 264wm). I do 200-500 per hour now. It's more relaxing.

 

[LinuxAssailant]

I get like 400-600/hour (depending if someone helps me load primers in tubes) for 9mm, and like 200-300/hour for .223/5.56 on my Dillon XL 650. It'd be tough to go to a single-stage for me...

I did single stage for a few hundred .38 SPL and .357 Mag. and it was... an unhappy -LinuxAssailant...
At least 300/hour in .38 SPL, and .357 Mag once I got dedicated toolheads for those in the progressive, and I am a MUCH happier LinuxAssailant.

 

[Zazonkers]

I clearly need to get into reloading.... nice to read about how the dillons can pump out these quantities with little effort.

 

[Cob]

Get into reloading then you start casting your own pistol bullets/ rifle bullets then shotgun shells especially the sub ga yea it’s a never ending thing been doing for fifty years and still fill like I don’t know Jack shit about it

 

[Cob]

But I have had a lot of fun doing it a got to shoot a lot more because of it

 

[rmantoo]

I highly recommend EVERYONE whose a reloader and doesn't yet have a 1050/1100 to spend 2 minutes every 2 weeks searching Craigslist Search Tempest- it will search nationwide in 1 shot...

I know it's highly unlikely in the current climate, but I have purchased 4 1050s over the years with this method, and never paid more than $800 (and that one had 3 tool heads and powder measures, 8 sets of dies, and a ton of other extras)...

There is a guy I know right now who scored an RL1050 w/extras for $500 about 2 weeks ago searching craigslist...

I know it's super rare, but it's entirely possible to get a 1050 for well under $1000... then, when something like the current situation hits, sell it/them for enough to upgrade to a Mark 7 (that's what I've done)

 

[Deavis]

them for enough to upgrade to a Mark 7 (that's what I've done)

Is a Mark 7 reeeaaallly an upgrade?

 

[rmantoo]

Is a Mark 7 reeeaaallly an upgrade?

maaaan, I sure hope so. I haven’t taken delivery, yet, but my entire reason for going the Mk7 route is the separate powder check, bullet drop, seat, and crimp stations.

2 squibs (one on the 550 15+ years ago, and one more recently on a 1050) that slipped by were the impetus for my change.

yes I know they’re going to be a learning curve, but that’s pretty much the case for all fairly complex mechanical systems. Hopefully it’ll be worth it and I will definitely be posting here once I get it all set up and running.

 

[Deavis]

maaaan, I sure hope so. I haven’t taken delivery, yet, but my entire reason for going the Mk7 route is the separate powder check, bullet drop, seat, and crimp stations.

2 squibs (one on the 550 15+ years ago, and one more recently on a 1050) that slipped by were the impetus for my change.

yes I know they’re going to be a learning curve, but that’s pretty much the case for all fairly complex mechanical systems. Hopefully it’ll be worth it and I will definitely be posting here once I get it all set up and running.

Definitely post a review.

 

[rmantoo]

Definitely post a review.

Oh. Yes. Definitely.

 

[msharley]

 

[rmantoo]

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lol... if I ever hit the lottery, a as in, $10M+, I’m going to drop about $500k on a personal reloading room that we’ll hopefully make some actual commercial reloaders jealous.

 

[avvidclif]

Ammo-Load for all pistol calibers...

 

[Deavis]

Ammo-Load for all pistol calibers...

Pssshhh... only if you have a priming machine. Have fun running 3 or 4 of them with primer fillers. They are solid but the shear pins stink, the standard bullet feed is problematic, you have disc powder drops, and they lack a bullet sensor. If they would upgrade them to a bit more modern sensors and shuttles, it would be nice. I may be a little biased though.