Originally Posted by
kryogen
yup, should have bought the 1050, but I'm not taking a loss on the 650 to switch it for a 1050, and I don't reload enough to justify buying a 1050 now anyway. Maybe later in life if I shoot more.
The 650 isnt a bad machine, I reloaded 800 rounds of 9mm and 800 rounds of 223 on it yesterday in a few hours. Just sucks to push the handle in.
What I really enjoy with the dillon press is that you never adjust it. It just cranked 800 rounds of each without needing any adjustment while reloading. Everything went fine.
With the lee, everything would need to be readjusted or re-tightened every 100 rounds or so. shell holder prongs, turret, powder measure, shellplate, etc etc... plus the lack of case feeder.
I use the mr bullet feeder die, and I just put bullets in the die as I load. That way I don't have to position bullets on the cases, it's much faster, and I don't fill the tubes.
It's not really slower than with a collator. By the time I cycle the press, the bullet is in and I just never stop.... bullet feeder makes sense for an automated press though, imo. like a 1050 with autodrive.