I love my Dillon 550 and lust after an automated 1050 but I have to disagree on all the free parts.
Small parts they are still good for, but not everything any more.
I finally called for some parts for my 20+ year old 550 last year and they wouldn’t provide powder bars. But they would sell them to me at $30 each.
All the other parts I requested were sent free of charge.
Dillon has been burned by people getting warranted parts and selling them on evilbay, so I can’t blame them.
And the parts are worn due to my lack of maintenance, missing plastic bushing caused excessive wear in the actuation slot of the bars, plus accelerated wear from lack of cleaning.
Piece of junk only lasted 20 years
I might have gotten better service from another rep, other people have posted about warranty issues that were resolved by calling back and getting another rep, but it didn’t bother me that much and I didn’t reload much in the last year, just really getting back into it in the last few weeks
I just ordered another complete powder measure (can never have too many toys) and when the current madness ends I will send in my 2 old measures for repair/replacement. Or maybe pay the ~$90 and send the whole press in for some TLC.
I figure the measure only cost me $30, $90 - 2x$30 (price of bars).
I still might buy one more small bar, that way I can just switch bars instead of taking a few minutes to readjust powder throws for my most loaded calibers.
The older I get, the lazier I become, plus I have a tool addiction.
Still can’t beat the performance for the price.
I still love Dillon, but things aren’t quite like the stories of the good old days due to people’s ethical greed, stealing basically.
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