Hello All,
Recently i bought my first Dillon after reloading with a single stage rcbs for about 2 years. That being said, i still feel i have quite a bit to learn when it comes to reloading.
When I purchased my 550, I bought the .45 Auto and the .223 Remington kits. During setup, I have had one hell of a time getting the priming functionality to work correctly (including now 8 calls to Dillon). I should preface this explanation by saying that I'm not the most mechanically savvy individual. However, I have actively looked for videos online, read forums, and reached out to Dillon multiple times to get this problem situated. I was unable to find anything that was my exact issue. Thus, I thought reaching out to you all might help.
Caliber: .45 Auto
Brass: Various (have tried multiple brands just in case)
Primers: Fiocchi Large Pistol
My issue originally stemmed from installation of the primer cup as the priming cup seemed to sit too high to be able to pull a new primer (it would ram into the priming magazine rather than pulling a new one). I didn't modify what came in the box, but I suppose its possible that I may have done something wrong that caused that. After reaching out to Dillon they gave me two different ways to adjust the way the priming cup heighth that was acceptable (see page 5 on the manual). One was to use Channel locks with an old primer in the cup, hold it down, and then remove and reset the set screw. The other method was to invert the primer cup on the bench with an older primer in it, push down, and reset the set screw. Upon finally getting the cup heigth correct, I reinstalled the priming cup where it belongs and I now seem to get primers into the cup from the magazine fairly consistently (3/5-seems that i have to help pull back on the priming arm or the cup will not move back far enough to grab a primer).
However, I am still unable to get the primers to seat deep enough. It seems the go in halfway/more but I'm unable to move the shellplate to the next stage. Dillon told me to simply GENTLY deprime the primer and reattempt. They have given me multiple fixes (shellplate too lose, not pushing firmly enough, primer cup being at the wrong heighth) and have done their best to help me, but I am getting nowhere. I've spent about 10 hours at this point and I'm ready to give up. I even went out and bought the DVD to help with installation but it is not nearly detailed enough when it comes to "troubleshooting" or "SNAFUS".
Anybody ever experience anything like this, or could you offer some advice?
Knowing me, it is either bad luck, or something stupid that I missed.
Thanks for any and all help.
Recently i bought my first Dillon after reloading with a single stage rcbs for about 2 years. That being said, i still feel i have quite a bit to learn when it comes to reloading.
When I purchased my 550, I bought the .45 Auto and the .223 Remington kits. During setup, I have had one hell of a time getting the priming functionality to work correctly (including now 8 calls to Dillon). I should preface this explanation by saying that I'm not the most mechanically savvy individual. However, I have actively looked for videos online, read forums, and reached out to Dillon multiple times to get this problem situated. I was unable to find anything that was my exact issue. Thus, I thought reaching out to you all might help.
Caliber: .45 Auto
Brass: Various (have tried multiple brands just in case)
Primers: Fiocchi Large Pistol
My issue originally stemmed from installation of the primer cup as the priming cup seemed to sit too high to be able to pull a new primer (it would ram into the priming magazine rather than pulling a new one). I didn't modify what came in the box, but I suppose its possible that I may have done something wrong that caused that. After reaching out to Dillon they gave me two different ways to adjust the way the priming cup heighth that was acceptable (see page 5 on the manual). One was to use Channel locks with an old primer in the cup, hold it down, and then remove and reset the set screw. The other method was to invert the primer cup on the bench with an older primer in it, push down, and reset the set screw. Upon finally getting the cup heigth correct, I reinstalled the priming cup where it belongs and I now seem to get primers into the cup from the magazine fairly consistently (3/5-seems that i have to help pull back on the priming arm or the cup will not move back far enough to grab a primer).
However, I am still unable to get the primers to seat deep enough. It seems the go in halfway/more but I'm unable to move the shellplate to the next stage. Dillon told me to simply GENTLY deprime the primer and reattempt. They have given me multiple fixes (shellplate too lose, not pushing firmly enough, primer cup being at the wrong heighth) and have done their best to help me, but I am getting nowhere. I've spent about 10 hours at this point and I'm ready to give up. I even went out and bought the DVD to help with installation but it is not nearly detailed enough when it comes to "troubleshooting" or "SNAFUS".
Anybody ever experience anything like this, or could you offer some advice?
Knowing me, it is either bad luck, or something stupid that I missed.
Thanks for any and all help.