Had a friend do the same when he got a Dillon 650...converted all his die sets over to Dillon. While they do have a nice decapping feature on their Sizing die, I'm not seeing them as anything specialI guess I just prefer OEM equipment.
Had a friend do the same when he got a Dillon 650...converted all his die sets over to Dillon. While they do have a nice decapping feature on their Sizing die, I'm not seeing them as anything specialI guess I just prefer OEM equipment.
I do draw the line at Dillon's dies. Almost all my dies are Lee, with 1 set each Hornady and RCBS. The Hornady because no one else makes affordable dies in specific caliber and the RCBS because I found a deal. I tend to agree that dies aren't anything special.Had a friend do the same when he got a Dillon 650...converted all his die sets over to Dillon. While they do have a nice decapping feature on their Sizing die, I'm not seeing them as anything special
Having said that, I have to admit that I've slowly but surely upgraded the dies I most often use.I tend to agree that dies aren't anything special.
I converted my pistol chambering tool heads from Lee or Hornady or RCBS (mostly Lee) to Dillon - they require noticeably less force to resize.Had a friend do the same when he got a Dillon 650...converted all his die sets over to Dillon. While they do have a nice decapping feature on their Sizing die, I'm not seeing them as anything special
I do that sometimes as well, with all Dillon equipment. Granted, I have the powder funnel and powder measure mounted at the time - no powder of course. The reason I do it is when I plan to work up new loads, I keep a bunch of primed and expanded brass ready just so I can drop powder from my Chargemaster. Then I run the seating a crimping operation in the last two stations of my 550.On my progressive press, I re-size the case and expand the case mouth at a separate time from reloading, therefore Dillon dies do not suit my needs.
I'm actually really lazy about taking the time to do this. When I find a load I like, at this point, I don't change a thing. Obviously if different components are being used, that may change things.I just don't enjoy all the time it takes to change out the dies and re-adjust everything.
You'd really speed up your change over process by having (and leaving set up on the toolhead) separate powder measures for each caliber.Having the convenience of simply swapping toolheads and re-adjusting only the powder measure (possibly the priming system)