My new Dillon 650 - You were right! I was in over my head.

[N8RV]

Here are a couple of pics of the $20 LED gooseneck lamp that I found at Lowe's. I loved the Dillon light, but the price was too high. Besides, I can use this light anywhere for other projects. Hope this helps.

 

[craigkim]

Here are a couple of pics of the $20 LED gooseneck lamp that I found at Lowe's. I loved the Dillon light, but the price was too high. Besides, I can use this light anywhere for other projects. Hope this helps.

Yeah, that does look like the way to go. Thanks.

 

[craigkim]

Something I had mentioned earlier in this old thread was that I was taking mass readings on my reloads and out of several hundred found about 5 or 6 that fell more than 2 grains outside of the average for the others. 2 of them fell around 5.4 grains below the average and the others were around 2.5-3.0 grains outside the average. As I explained, it only worked for rounds loaded with the same brass, so to get your average, you had to sort by manufacturer. Anyhow, after pulling, the two that were 5+ grains light were in fact empty with no powder charge. I don't know what was up with the others. I tried to keep all of the powder and everything contained after pulling them to check. I couldn't find ANY powder anomalies with those. My guess was residual burnt powder within the cartridge adding to the mass, but they didn't look overly bad inside..? BUT, I did prove my theory that I could relatively quickly and easily find powder problems with my electronic scale. I feel more confident having that final safety check in place for now.

 

[ilcaveman]

I had problems with primers early on with my 550. I found that CCI primers were at fault. Dillon discourages there use. That cured my problems.

 

[Gluemanz28]

I had problems with primers early on with my 550. I found that CCI primers were at fault. Dillon discourages there use. That cured my problems.

Can you post a link to where Dillon discourages the use of CCI? I would be interested in reading it.

 

[Hohn]

So with that, what do you tell a woman with two black eyes ?

Maybe trampolining should be left to women less well-endowed?