Dillon 650 Mods

[Reddirt62]

Yikes!! Right! Any lack of ability is surely the machines fault!! I have been running a 550 for 20 years with zero issued save for thing wearing out. They are some of the finest reloaded made (my opinion) just got to know how to set them up and tweak them.

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[6bg6ga]

now if only someone will come up with a fix for when .380 ...9mm...and .40 cases get hung on the ejector wire.

there has to be a way!

Simple, adjust/bend the wire slightly and troubles are gone. You could make another one for the small cases as its very simple to do so.

[mozeppa]

Simple, adjust/bend the wire slightly and troubles are gone. You could make another one for the small cases as its very simple to do so.

bend it how? up, down, in , out, like a cork screw, zig zag?

[6bg6ga]

I made one out of a solid piece of copper wire. Its sounds like the wire isn't staying in the hole and is rising up that is what mine did with 380's. I would start with piece of wire the same diameter as the original. Insert the end into the hole and bend trying to keep it as low as possible without it hitting the shell holder. once your at the bolt simply wind it around the bolt so it can't go any place.

[jeepguy242]

That's pretty funny. To get a Lee to run with a 650 requires some substantial "fixes" as well.

LOL

i bought my 650 used for 900 with the case feeder... i bet he has almost 1600$ in that to make it run like that

i used a loadmaster for 4 years that i bought used, it runs fine, before that i had a pro 1000 for 10 years, now i have a 650 and the loadmaster doesn't get used at all (sold it to a member here last night in fact)

i won't hate on lee at all, but the dillon is a superior press.... the ONLY thing i have a problem with is WHY COULDNT DILLON PUT A DANG CASE SENSOR ON THE PRIMER FEED!!!!!!! i mean really? ski jumping primers on the floor is ridiculous!

and no comments about my messy bench, i am removing stuff this weekend after i get the loadmaster taken down to ship... these 12 hour shifts i have been working are killing me

[rockrat]

your bench looks clean compared to mine!!!

[6bg6ga]

jmorris can make anything run well its just raw talent and common sense at its best.

[jmorris]

i bet he has almost 1600$ in that to make it run like that

I'm not sure you could spend $1600 on a Loadmaster unless you paid for its wedding or sent it to college It was given to me because the original owner couldn't get it to work. I bought a new priming system ($9.60), a bag of the flippers ($0.33 ea) a crank slider assembly ($5.40) and I wanted to try the Hornady bullet feeder and that was another $28. The collators were borrowed from one of my Dillon's.

I didn't count time though and I did spent a number of hours figuring out what makes them work.

[6bg6ga]

I have new respect for the Lee after watching the jmorris video of it running flawlessly. But, I still love my 650

[Handloader109]

A couple of points to comment on. Any machine can be made better......

I've not polished my hopper bottom. And no weight either. Keep filled halfway up and even flakes of 700x stays within a tenth.

McMaster is where to buy the shell plate bearing. I use only one washer and the bearing. This reduces height just a bit. You do have to rebend the wire for ejection. I futzed with it for a good while till I got it right. Must stay in hole, that's for sure and can't be much above the plate, almost touching. I have a small piece of aluminum angle that fits beneath the primer plate advancer that prevent primer from advancing when I don't want it to. Simple and free.

I hesitate to add such a large primer catch pan. Don't like to see a pile of primers in the open loose!

Added a hose and adapted fitting to catch the decapped spent primers. Free to make from larger cartiridge case 38sp I think. Oh, I use the original ball and cut spring. Plastic ball is ****. Oh, and last mod was an ergonomic handle from inline fabrication, great guy and sponsor!

[3Gunnah]

I think Inline Fabrication may be my new Money pit!!!

[3Gunnah]

Installed a new one today and it is priceless!! Allows you to stop primers from advancing when needed by moving the ramp out of the way. Love It! Got it off ebay.

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Do you have a link to this item?

[jeepguy242]

Do you have a link to this item?

I can't do a link from my phone but you can do an eBay search for "Dillon primer stop switch" and it's the first one that comes up

[3Gunnah]

I can't do a link from my phone but you can do an eBay search for "Dillon primer stop switch" and it's the first one that comes up

Sweet thanks. I'm going to order a couple and try them out!