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More Dillon danger
Castoff
Boolit Mold
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 14
I have Dillon Presses and am sorry I ever bought any of them.
I have gone through the "which primer to use" nonsense with Dillon and no matter which brand of primer I was using , it was always the wrong one , according to Dillon.
Same for powders.
The problem with Dillon 650 press primer system is that the primers will partially flip and jam the machine. This then requires a disassembly of the Shell plate and the primer system.
I have heard all the excuses from Dillon I care to hear.
I hired a mechanical engineer to look at their primer system and he concluded the primer disc, which is used to rotate the primers into place, was not close enough to the part over it . This allows the primers to jump when the press is indexed and flips the primers.
Dillon, as always , disavows any knowledge of this.
Finally , in disgust, I asked them to take the 650 press back under their "No BS" guarantee.
Well, I found out that the "NO BS " guarantee is just that---------BS.
They refused to take back the press.
This plus:
1)- a powder charging system------- that by Dillon's own statement-------will only throw a powder charge plus OR minus 1.5 grains
AND
2)- a plastic indexing pawl which breaks at the drop of a hat
has completely disillusioned me with Dillon presses.
For what they charge , I think I should get better products and better customer service.
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