This was a good sales "pitch" for a 55o Leo. Thanks?
Though if I'm only ever going to load 9 mm would I give up anything by getting a Square Deal?
nothing wrong with a SBD for pistol, it's "drawback" is it uses proprietary dies. ive been loading on a SBD since '96. mainly 45acp, but i have dies for 40/10, 38/357 & 38 superThis was a good sales "pitch" for a 55o Leo. Thanks?
I will load some other cartridges but they would be low volume and I could do those on my single stage.
That's why I stick to my old Lee single stage. One at a time but every round is handled 4 times and inspected every time. Every charge dropped from a RCBS auto with a digital scale.
Some folks just won't accept responsibility. I suppose nowadays, one can get a large enough number of them together on the internet to blame something or someone else.
This reminds me of a fellow I knew decades ago, who used to carry a one hundred dollar bill around at shooting ranges. When he encountered a shooter who was cussing his gun, my buddy would offer him/ her the C note for the gun "that wouldn't shoot straight". Back then a hundred bucks was worth more than today, but still would have been a bargain for any decent firearm. My buddy said that he made a lot of "good deals" back then!I myself have bought a few at decent prices at ranges, then there was this one time a person i had bought several from got so mad at a new cz in .223 that he took it and used a chop saw and cut it up, at the time that was a 800 dollar plus rifle uncontrolled tempers i feel have no place on a shooting range!!!!!!Some folks just won't accept responsibility. I suppose nowadays, one can get a large enough number of them together on the internet to blame something or someone else.
I'm too lazy to do all of that. I use the machine as it was intended and take my time. If I get distracted, something doesn't "feel" right or I get tired, I stop. That certainly doesn't make your process wrong. Everyone has their own way of doing things. As long as quality, safe ammo is the result, "whatever floats your boat". As I implied before, it isn't a race.
I allocate a certain amount of time for loading. Right now I load 100 rounds and prime 100 cases. This way I am not depleting casings that are ready for final loading. This takes me about 30 minutes.
As long as you have those 3,000 primers and 2-3 lbs. of powder you should be able to get it done with a Dillon 550. There would be no problem at all, loading 500 rounds at a 2-3 hour session without getting tired. Two sessions a week wouldn't tax you either. Three weeks and you'd have your extra 3,000 rounds!
I started doing it this way for a couple of reasons. I don't like loading lubed cases which is necessary with bottle-neck cartridges. And, I started hearing about guys having an entire tube of primers detonate in various Dillon machines. Those can probably be attributed to operator error but I'm not willing to take that chance. It probably would never happen to me but the guys who had it happen thought the same thing. Not trying to sell my process, just sharing it. And agreed, it's not a race.
I load only pistol cartridges on my Dillons. Even though they have carbide dies, I lube my pistol cases to make it easier to pull the handle. The older I get the better I like easier. I spray an old t-shirt with lube, put in a bunch of cases and "massage" the cases within the t-short. I've been using my Dillon 450, then upgraded to 550 for a few decades. I never had the primer exploding problem and don't personally know of anyone who has. There is a shield (tube) around the inner primer tube that keeps them contained, in the unlikely event of that happening. Like I said, you do what makes you feel comfortable.
My questions are is it really that much faster, when considering loading the tubes? Another thing I couldn't tell is would the case feeder interfere with disassembling the primer feeder assembly for cleaning or conversion? I don't care that I would have to keep track of the cases in the tubes.
