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March 20, 2015, 02:52 PM | #76 | |
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You can buy enough different tooling to make caliber changes quick on most progressives, or you can just swap dies and reset the powder measure,etc. takes more time, but less investment in toolheads and powder measures. I've just purchased a second Square Deal so I can dedicate one to large primer cartridges and one to small primer. Mostly leave it set up to load .38spl which I shoot far more of than any other cartridge--200-300/wk. I generally run 1000-2000 rounds at a time when I loading 9mm or .38spl. Maybe 500-1000 for .357 or .44 mag. Getting set up to load .45colt next. If I were shooting a lot more 5.56 for example, I'd get a progressive that could load that cartridge. I'm just not there yet. I just loaded 675 rounds of .223/5.56 last week on my single stage press. So volume can be done, it just takes several sessions to complete. |
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March 20, 2015, 03:37 PM | #77 | ||
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March 20, 2015, 04:14 PM | #78 |
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This is a follow up to post #76 above and the referenced quote although I can't find the post that contains the quote. This response refers to the Dillon 550B only since I cannot recommend either the Square Deal or the 650. Caliber conversions for the 550B require only standard dies, a caliber conversion kit (that includes a shellplate) for around $46; a toolhead that holds the dies for around $24; and what Is called a powder die (that inserts into the the toolhead and the Dillon 550B powder measure is attached to) for about $12. So we're talking about $80-some plus shipping and cost of dies.I would not attempt to load rifle ammunition on the 550B unless it is for something like .223s not requiring much pressure. Larger calibers are likely to require much heavier pressure and should be done by single stage. I load for over 30 handgun calibers and over 50 rifle calibers.
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March 29, 2015, 11:19 AM | #79 | |
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Who stated that you should expect about 8 hours of set up to get your progressive running just right? While I agree that, from the box to running completed cartridges was a few hours, it certainly wasn't 8. |
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