Hi...
I went to an auction in Gettysburg Pa yesterday.
Auction house specializes in firearms and related items. I attend pretty much every auction if that type that they hold.
Yesterday was a pretty good day.
I managed to win a bid on a Dillon 550 press complete with all the associated parts including one toolheads, primer tubes and a powder measure. The only thing missing was the tube for the powder measure.
Winning bid was $280.
Not worried about the powder measure tube. I won another 550 at auction earlier this year that came with multiple measures and toolheads. That press needs to go back to Dillon to be refurbished.
The one I bought yesterday looks essentially new. I just need to get some cartridge conversion kits and die sets for it. The plan is to use it for my bulk cast lead big bore revolver cartridge reloading. So, I will be setting it up for .41Mag, .44Mag, .44Spl, .45Colt and .45AutoRim. I will probably continue to load the jacketed bullet loads for those cartridges on my RockChucker.
My son and I have already switched all of our loading for .45Auto, 9mm, 10mm, and .357Mag over to my two Hornady LnLs with the exception of the jacketed bullet loads in 357Mag. I still do those and all my .38Sol loading on my RockChucker.
At any rate, I thought I managed to get a pretty good deal on the Dillon 550 and thought I would share my thoughts.