Same, if your doing .223, 308.. nato, spray & pray rifle stuff. I want a progressive to go from tumbled brass to quality finished ammo. Wonder how much a dillion 1100xxx would cost with, feeders, trim, powder check, EVERYTHING
my estimated $ 3500 bet
@EricBu can chime in
Well, I easily make sub MOA ammo on the 750, and the Mark 7 Revolution, no problem. You just have to choose powder that meters well. I can get match accuracy when I load it on my 550 and weigh each charge, and even that is about 5x faster than a single stage. In fact, I load my long distance 338 Lapua Magnum ammo on my 550, and that shoots into a group that is right about .34 inches and is capable of hitting a 12 inch steel plate at 1300 yards 10 for 10. As far as "tumbled brass to quality finished ammo", assuming you're referring to once fired brass...single pass processing is a myth in reality. It's a good way to break your press, AND make dangerous crappy ammo. Yeah, there's people who do it, brag about it even... You have to take too many risks, and too many shortcuts to do it with a Dillon, manual or automated. The Mark 7 mitigates some of the risks by having 10 stations...but single pass loading on once fired leads to a LOT of down time, because brass prep is the key to consistency and reliability on the press, and things like ringers or rocks and rimfire brass inside a case bring it to a halt, and more often than not break something. That said, brass prep is offloaded to another machine. Doesn't matter what, but if you want the full monty (decap, trim, and swage) you need a 1050, 1100, or CP2000. If you want to automate, the 1050 or CP2000 is the right choice. For an average joe loader.....a 750 is fine, just don't run a swage-it on it, it might break the frame, and it sucks...does not swage worth a dam. You can trim and decap though, and with the case feeder, it's easy schmeezy to knock out a few thousand in an afternoon to have on hand for loading. Plus, running it through the 750 for brass prep makes it easy to find the debris inside cases, ringers, bad brass, etc...when you're not actually loading. Always clean again after trimming, keep the shavings out of your machine when loading, and too clean the primer pocket. I previously swaged with a dillon swager, but now just do it on the Revolution. If your brass is cleaned, decapped, trimmed, and swaged already....you can load FAST on the 750, and smooth, plus, since by trimming it, you've already sized it, you can go super light on the case lube, which also helps keep the powder drop more accurate, and reduces stop time to clean dies, etc. It's the same as loading new brass for all intents and purposes. Use a powder like 748, 322, 355, or Precision Rifle, and it will be plenty accurate. If you want to step it up even more, buy an annealer.
