Puddlejumper
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Anyone here use the swage it attachment on the 550? Pros cons?
I believe that’s the add on that voids the warranty
Doesn't Dillon make one?I believe that’s the add on that voids the warranty
Doesn't Dillon make one?
Good to know about the stress to the 550. I need the super swager. $290 bucks just seems crazy!
Problem is those suckers fit perfectly in 3/8" drill and you can ream the pockets out with hand tools just as fast as using the $300 swage, and it works on other cartridges sizes as well. If Dillon didn't set such a huge price on everything they would have cornered the market already.If you’re processing a lot of NATO brass you find the price point worth it, in my opinion
Good to know about the stress to the 550. I need the super swager. $290 bucks just seems crazy!
$290???
https://www.dillonprecision.com/super-swage-600_8_8_25263.html $115 is the price on the Dillon website.
For that price and all you can do is deswage one at a time?
Lee APP Primer Swage Kit at Titan…..$36.25
-https://www.titanreloading.com/lee-precision-reloading-equipment/lee-presses/app-automatic-processing-press/lee-deluxe-app-pressprimer-swage-kit
Lee APP press w/ case feeder at Titan ….$75.29
https://www.titanreloading.com/lee-...press/lee-app-primer-pocket-swage-kit/lee-app
Total $111.54!
and you can process in twice the speed at least, and with a Dillon Collator never touch the brass. Plus do other useful things like deprime hundreds at a time first, so they can be swaged with the same tool and faster than taking each case around a progressive.
Admittedly the shuttle needs a little work to feed rifle right, but the fix is easy, and anybody smart enough to use a progressive can handle that in a half hour mod.
I know it isn't a Dillon, but have you priced a Dillon Processing Press? and do you have room for one?
$290???
https://www.dillonprecision.com/super-swage-600_8_8_25263.html $115 is the price on the Dillon website.
Well, that does make paying $290 for one, crazy, doesn’t it.
The Dillon 600 can be hacked to auto eject the brass. I have both the RCBS bench mount and the Dillon and the Dillon is much faster than the RCBS. Once you get the rhythm it's very quick.
So you're saying deprime then swage? That's two passes on the same machine. The only things I bother to swage is 5.56, 300 BO and 7.62x51.
Life is too short to swage 9mm brass when I can pick up more at the range any time I go.
Imagine feeding this with your Dillon case collator......
If we figure out how to size that case as it’s being deprimed, trim it and swage it with a collet at the bottom of the stroke (opposite of a rifle FCD die) and trim it to length at the same time, imagine the number of Dillon machines we could afford.
My only point to Puddlejumper was, "If you can't afford a 1050 and only have a 550 available....the Lee Automatic Processing press is a very cheap, wondrously efficient new tool with little added footprint to add to the bench, to process crimped brass and quickly ready it for tumbling and loading......way faster than using an RCBS or Dillon bench swager.