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Knighterrant · March 24, 2001, 04:16 PM

Mine is a Dillon 550 and later added-on to become a 550B. Love it and I use it for 308 & 45. Will be soon reloading 9mm also. Dillons "No BS" warranty is just that. They made it they will fix it ! FREE !! I had the primer cup wear out and called to order another one. Not only did they send me that part but another set of parts to make the primers feed easier/smoother. FREE !! If you have the dies already then the 550B is 325.95 and includes one caliber conversion($32.95 normally) and what I would suggest is a toolhead($12.95) and a toolhead stand($10.95). If you are going to load 223 then I would go ahead and get the deluxe Caliber Quick Change assembly ($69.95). Altogether it looks like an expenditure of $419.80 not including shipping.
I use Forster Competition and RCBS dies. Don't think you can't make match quality ammo on a progressive, YOU CAN. It may not be as fast as advertised but I tend to check powder weight about every ten loads. All in all, it works for me.

March 24, 2001, 04:16 PM	#13
Knighterrant Member Join Date: May 13, 2000 Location: "Sweet Home",AL,USofA Posts: 30	Mine is a Dillon 550 and later added-on to become a 550B. Love it and I use it for 308 & 45. Will be soon reloading 9mm also. Dillons "No BS" warranty is just that. They made it they will fix it ! FREE !! I had the primer cup wear out and called to order another one. Not only did they send me that part but another set of parts to make the primers feed easier/smoother. FREE !! If you have the dies already then the 550B is 325.95 and includes one caliber conversion($32.95 normally) and what I would suggest is a toolhead($12.95) and a toolhead stand($10.95). If you are going to load 223 then I would go ahead and get the deluxe Caliber Quick Change assembly ($69.95). Altogether it looks like an expenditure of $419.80 not including shipping. I use Forster Competition and RCBS dies. Don't think you can't make match quality ammo on a progressive, YOU CAN. It may not be as fast as advertised but I tend to check powder weight about every ten loads. All in all, it works for me.