Help Identify this dillon press please.

[Eric F]

Before this story let me say this. I am totally unfamiliar with dillon products never owned one and have only seen one or two in use. Though they seem to be built right I could never afford one.

I have a lee pro 1k that I have used to load 30 carbine 38 spl 38 super 40 and 9mm. I like it but I got a real deal on the dillon so maybe its time for an upgrade now.

I went to an estate sale the guy must have been into shooting a lot he had many fine guns and several blue presses. Guns were priced right but the presses seemed really cheap.

They were all the same presses some with pistol dies some with rifle dies and a big box of "extra stuff" powder primers bullets tools dies ect.
I bought the press with the 9mm dies and the "box of extras".

The press is not auto indexing it did not have a case feeder or bullet feeder. some of the others did though. I do not have a pic right now but will try to post one tomorrow. From the pictures on the dillon percision site I am reasonable sure its not the "square deal press" So how can I Identify it?

Oh for those interested the box of stuff was $35 has about 1 k small pistol primers 4-6 pounds varrious powders 4 mixed sets of dies varrious odd wrenches screw drivers o-rings pins teflon rings and 3 tool heads with an extra powder measure setup. Good deal?

The press was also $34 I know thats an awsome deal!5
So if you folks could please help me identify the press that would be great.

 

[kelbro]

Sounds like a 450 or 550.

Wanna double your money?

 

[GIJOEL]

I'll tripple your money!!! Yeah, 450 or 550, call Dillion if you need anything. There customer service has been top notch for me and I have alway been happy with the service I get when I call.

 

[digbmx4130]

<<<< needs to start hitting up estate sales! I keep hearing stories like this.

 

[wcavasos]

haha, I just spent about 600 dollars on a rl550b and a bunch of accessories, but only one set of dies. Sounds like you got one of those once in a lifetime deals. Good to you bud, enjoy!

 

[MissouriBullet]

Sounds like a 450 or 550.

Wanna double your money?

Sounds like a 450 to me, also. I bought one from C. R. Specialty in Kansas City, MO in about 1984 for $50 because the store's owner was angry that Dillon was going factory-direct to end-users and he wanted to dump every Dillon item he had. I took the press home, wrapped it up and sent it to Dillon with a letter requesting that they check it out and complete it with any missing parts.

So a week and a half later, I received a brand-new 550B in return, no charge.

I've been a Blue fan ever since and own three Dillons now.

Brad

 

[Racinbob]

Contact Dillon. Just today I got a taste of their CS. Absolutely unreal! I'll never buy another caliber conversion or anything else from anybody but directly from them. They will stand behind their product no matter where you get it, new or used, but my money goes to them.

 

[Eric F]

450? whats that an outdated model? I did not see one listed on the dillon site.

 

[rfwobbly]

Yes, the 450 was replaced by the 550 some time ago. I believe Dillon offers an upgrade plan for 450 owners. Call Dillon CS on Monday and ask about it.

It doesn't matter if you drug it up off a lake bottom while fishing. If it's a Dillon, then it's under warranty. They'll take care of you.

 

[HOWARD J]

If it has a plastic pull handle on the primer feeder it is a 450--my first Dillon

 

[243winxb]

Dillon History

My RL450 has cast in to the press "Dillon" and on the other side "RL450". Google Dillon history.

Our first hobby-level progressive loader – The RL-300 – was a major learning experience. We built maybe 900 or 1000 of them, and lost about $100 on each one. This led to the RL-450, a less expensive machine to produce, and one that got the attention of the “big guys” in the reloading industry

http://www.dillonprecision.com/about_us.html

 

[243winxb]

Dillon RL-300 & RL-450

AS you can see, both 300& 450 are marked as to the model.

The early Dillon is very slow when changing calibers. Each die has to be removed, then the next caliber dies have to be reset. Speed is about double that of a RCBS Rock Chucker press when reloading. IMO. Best to set it up for 1 caliber, and leave it. When loading bottle neck rounds like the 223, watch for bad shell plates that may size the brass differently on each station. This will cause EXCESSIVE HEADSPACING & CASE SEPARATIONS.

 

[Eric F]

well folks after a call to a friend who called a friend and came over it seems I scored a 550B......What a great deal, we figured on setting it up for 38 super using my lee dies and the powder die for the 9mm. Seems it will be much faster than my pro1k, although I can seem to get 300/hr regularly when all is set up in advance. I am happy to be set in the Dillon family now. I hope it works as well as my pro1k.

 

[dogrunner]

With that kinda luck, you ought to go out and buy some lottery tickets!

Man, $35 bucks!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[Lost Sheep]

Correction

dogrunner
With that kinda luck, you ought to go out and buy some lottery tickets!

Man, $35 bucks!!!!!!!!!!!1

According to the original post, $35 accessories and $34 press, so $69 all together.

We don't want to oversell to O.P.'s good fortune.

Lost Sheep

 

[mtrmn]

Once that Dillon's set up you'll chunk rocks at anything else

 

[rfwobbly]

My experience has been that it's more like an appliance. Set it up for your caliber of choice, and run it. No piddling, no re-adjustment, just run it. Even if you come back 2 weeks later to resume reloading, it will still be correct. In fact the only time you need to re-adjust is when you decide to change something.

Congrats on a killer deal !