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top 10 reasons not to buy a Dillon progress (joke)

remingtonoaks
I think you guys will find this spot on, very informative, highly useful, and entertaining[:D]

If you have other reasons not to buy a Dillon progressive, please add them

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dFOK4SFZlrY
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  • varian
    i have one and i dont have to look at the video. im sure its a fine piece of equipment but i dont like it. it just doesnt work well for what i do. the priming system is absolutely terrible and takes way too much time to change primer size. and God help you if you have some primers left over in the tube when you want to change
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  • Rocky Raab
    A progressive is a great machine when you have ONE cartridge with ONE load and need a boxcar of them loaded up.

    But they're a royal pain in the keister if you load lots of different cartridges and experiment with loads. Or if you only need a few rounds loaded.

    They're also not good at all for the beginner. With all actions taking place at once, there is no "feel" for each action, and almost no way to interrupt to fix a problem at one station.

    I didn't need to watch a video to know that.
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  • Ricci Wright
    I started reloading around 1973 and was lucky to have two friends who were experts. I did it cause I was shooting a lot of competition and could not afford to shoot otherwise but I never really liked to reload. I was casting and resizing bullets and loading on a single stage press. I think it took like an hour to load a box of fifty but the only other game at that time I think was a Star and they were expensive. One of my buddys bought a Dillion 450 when they first came out and then another so one was always set up for small and one for large primers. It was like ?Holy Mackerel!! 400 rounds an hour easily and they were perfect?? We ran those machines a bunch and there was never a problem. I bought a 550 and loaded on it till 1981 when I moved to Reno and gave my 550 to my buddy who had four 450?s by that time and still has all 5 Dillons set up. I haven?t loaded a round in years but if I decided to start again I would order a 550. The 650 is more than we ever needed but the 550 is just a super machine. We never needed any parts but unless things have changed Dillon?s customer service is the best. If your time is worth anything you should definitely buy a Dillion. <p> If you are working loads for a gun and want to load say 10 or 12 rounds of different bullets and charges a single stage or rotary loader can be handy too. Good luck.
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  • Ricci Wright
    We never had new brass and I don?t remember any problems. Some military brass will have primer crimps but I can?t remember having a problem.
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  • varian
    i have been reloading since 1976, dont get me wrong the dillon is a fine piece of equipment. but as rocky said its not for someone who is wanting to run 1 or 2 hundred of one caliber and then change, and especially if it includes a primer size change. once properly adjusted it will load good cartridges but its not for everyone.
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  • brier-49
    I have a 650 & a 550 , both are easy to use , easy to change over to another caliber, primer change included.
    I believe I have 8 conversions for the 550 & 3 for the 650.
    The 650 takes a bit longer to change but it's still only a 20 minute job if I go slowly
    Maybe I'm just much more mechanically inclined that the rest of you,but I just don't find it to be any trouble
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  • Warbirds
    Basic mechanical tools aren?t for everyone.

    One size does not fit all.

    Im happy with my Dillon 650- and I could care less if others don?t.
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  • 35 Whelen
    I'm quite content with my A2 and old Rockchucker presses for rifle and most pistol, or Lyman All American turret press for pistol, if I want to speed it up a bit. Having said that, I know a few people that have used Dillon stuff for years, and little, if any, complaints on what they have. Nothing against it personally, but I'm not the volume shooter that I used to be, and what I have now fits my uses perfectly.
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  • remingtonoaks
    I wonder how many people that has posted here actually watch the video... It Starts out the top 10 reason why not to buy a Dillon with "if you can't stand the thought of cranking out 3000 rounds a day, don't buy a Dillon"

    It's supposed to be funny, not serious. And he has some funny stuff in here
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  • Krony
    I've loaded thousands of round's with my Lee 1000 progressive, caliber changeover is a 10 minute process. No issues with it making test loads.
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  • brier-49
    quote:Originally posted by remingtonoaks
    I wonder how many people that has posted here actually watch the video... It Starts out the top 10 reason why not to buy a Dillon with "if you can't stand the thought of cranking out 3000 rounds a day, don't buy a Dillon"

    It's supposed to be funny, not serious. And he has some funny stuff in here


    I did watch it & it is funny , guy does a great job.
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  • bpost
    quote:Originally posted by remingtonoaks
    I wonder how many people that has posted here actually watch the video... It Starts out the top 10 reason why not to buy a Dillon with "if you can't stand the thought of cranking out 3000 rounds a day, don't buy a Dillon"

    It's supposed to be funny, not serious. And he has some funny stuff in here

    If you are serious about buying one I will have a gently used one set up for .357 listed on the auction side in about a week. It is from the same widow that I have the AK mags listed for.
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  • dreher
    Here is a web site featuring the Dillon Blue Press cover girls!!! Oh my!! There are some serious hotties on this site!!!


    https://www.instagram.com/bluepress/
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