Archie
Member
Yesterday, I disassembled my Dillon AT 500 and cleaned out all the gunk.
This press is a stripped down 550, and for awhile was advertised (it may still be available); I think of it as Dillion's version of a turret press. It is just about perfect for test ammo and small runs of most rifle ammo.
The main ram was rather 'draggy'. It did work, but required more effort. So I took off the shell plate 'foundation' (there's a name for it, but I don't remember) disconnected the mail ram from the linkage and took it out. Cleaned all the gunk from the ram and press race and lightly re-oiled it with 30 weight motor oil. Then wiped out all the loose powder granules - which probably doesn't affect any one else and reassembled the press.
Much easily to use now and didn't take nearly as long as I feared. The Allen head wrenches (set) from Dillon is about all that is needed. I thought I would need a .75 inch wrench to disassemble the linkage for the ram, but it wan't needed.
Just to encourage folk.
This press is a stripped down 550, and for awhile was advertised (it may still be available); I think of it as Dillion's version of a turret press. It is just about perfect for test ammo and small runs of most rifle ammo.
The main ram was rather 'draggy'. It did work, but required more effort. So I took off the shell plate 'foundation' (there's a name for it, but I don't remember) disconnected the mail ram from the linkage and took it out. Cleaned all the gunk from the ram and press race and lightly re-oiled it with 30 weight motor oil. Then wiped out all the loose powder granules - which probably doesn't affect any one else and reassembled the press.
Much easily to use now and didn't take nearly as long as I feared. The Allen head wrenches (set) from Dillon is about all that is needed. I thought I would need a .75 inch wrench to disassemble the linkage for the ram, but it wan't needed.
Just to encourage folk.