Type S die in a progressive?

[WilburW]

A question out of left field:
Ive been loading .308 and 6.5 in single stage using type S bushing dies.

Does anybody use these in a progressive press?
Any advantage over the typical Dillon dies, besides the obvious?

Or, does volume production in a progressive go against the practices of precision reloading?

 

[TheOfficeT-Rex]

They will do just fine in a progressive press. Lots of guys using blue presses to crank out precision ammo.

What is your concern with running the die in a progressive?

 

[WilburW]

Thx for the feedback. Hadn’t seen much mentioned about it.
Wasn’t sure if the precision can be retained...

 

[Huskydriver]

Thx for the feedback. Hadn’t seen much mentioned about it.
Wasn’t sure if the precision can be retained...

So a search of the site... Tons of us using Dillons to crank out piles of match ammo and compete with it

 

[WilburW]

Glad to hear it!
Been using Rockchucker and then T-7. About to sell my Forster Co-Ax. Just picked up a used Dillon 650; and was trying to decide weather to use for just pistol; or precision rifle loads, as well...

 

[TheOfficeT-Rex]

The Dillon probably wont be the limiting factor in ammo accuracy - unless you're trying to throw large extruded powders with the dillon hopper.

There are a few good threads in this forum, depending on which machine you end up with:

Precision Loading on a Dillon XL750?

Recently I sold most of my reloading equipment to my cousin to get him into reloading. Majority of those items I no longer used as I had upgraded them. However, I no longer have a press (RC IV) and have been wanting a Dillion XL650 since I started reloading. Now with the new XL750 and ready to...

www.snipershide.com

Dillon 550 precision rifle loading

I know there are quite a few threads on this already, but I thought it might be interesting to some to document this journey as it unfolds. Background I used to shoot USPSA. I started with single stack and quickly moved to open. I started loading .45 ACP on a Dillon 550b. I was shooting 2-3...

www.snipershide.com

 

[Gustav7]

Glad to hear it!
Been using Rockchucker and then T-7. About to sell my Forster Co-Ax. Just picked up a used Dillon 650; and was trying to decide weather to use for just pistol; or precision rifle loads, as well...

If I were in your position, I would run brass prep on the 650 and then charge manually and seat on the T7 or Rockchucker, preferably the T7 so you don't ever have to move it. Running brass prep on the 650 with a case feeder makes damn quick work of that portion.

If you have the V3 Autotrickler, some guys are using two powder pans to speed up the process of charging cases as well.

I do it both ways, but on my 550, my brass prep toolhead goes:
1 - Decap
2 - Size
3 - empty
4 - Mandrel to set neck tension

Then I tumble off the lube for 10-20min

 

[WilburW]

If I were in your position, I would run brass prep on the 650 and then charge manually and seat on the T7 or Rockchucker, preferably the T7 so you don't ever have to move it. Running brass prep on the 650 with a case feeder makes damn quick work of that portion.

If you have the V3 Autotrickler, some guys are using two powder pans to speed up the process of charging cases as well.

I do it both ways, but on my 550, my brass prep toolhead goes:
1 - Decap
2 - Size
3 - empty
4 - Mandrel to set neck tension

Then I tumble off the lube for 10-20min

Great idea... Thanks!

 

[WilburW]

The Dillon probably wont be the limiting factor in ammo accuracy - unless you're trying to throw large extruded powders with the dillon hopper.

There are a few good threads in this forum, depending on which machine you end up with:

Precision Loading on a Dillon XL750?

Recently I sold most of my reloading equipment to my cousin to get him into reloading. Majority of those items I no longer used as I had upgraded them. However, I no longer have a press (RC IV) and have been wanting a Dillion XL650 since I started reloading. Now with the new XL750 and ready to...

www.snipershide.com

Dillon 550 precision rifle loading

I know there are quite a few threads on this already, but I thought it might be interesting to some to document this journey as it unfolds. Background I used to shoot USPSA. I started with single stack and quickly moved to open. I started loading .45 ACP on a Dillon 550b. I was shooting 2-3...

www.snipershide.com

Thx for the leads!

 

[Gustav7]

Great idea... Thanks!

And to be clear, its not that one press is any more accurate at bullet seating than another or anything, its just with your setup, it doesn't necessarily make it any quicker to seat and charge powder on the 650.

What powder measure are you running? V3? Chargemaster? etc...

 

[WilburW]

Chargemaster Lite.
I'm a bit OCD about cleaning the brass. I am in the habit of depriming, then doing an initial tumbling to clean the cases, including the primer pocket. I realize it's an extra step, but I like to include the primer pocket in my initial cleaning...

 

[Gustav7]

Chargemaster Lite.
I'm a bit OCD about cleaning the brass. I am in the habit of depriming, then doing an initial tumbling to clean the cases, including the primer pocket. I realize it's an extra step, but I like to include the primer pocket in my initial cleaning...

Well you can still do that with the 650. You take your fired brass and tumble it, then you run your prep toolhead (deprime/size/mandrel), then you tumble off the lube and leave them in there so you can "clean" your primer pockets.

Chamfer and deburr --> charge manually with your CM Lite --> seat on your T7. Since the Chargemaster is a little slow with only one machine, I would recommend charging a case, putting the pan back so it starts trickling again, and while its doing that you seat a bullet in the already charged case.

 

[WilburW]

Well you can still do that with the 650. You take your fired brass and tumble it, then you run your prep toolhead (deprime/size/mandrel), then you tumble off the lube and leave them in there so you can "clean" your primer pockets.

Chamfer and deburr --> charge manually with your CM Lite --> seat on your T7. Since the Chargemaster is a little slow with only one machine, I would recommend charging a case, putting the pan back so it starts trickling again, and while its doing that you seat a bullet in the already charged case.

That looks like an efficient way to do it. Because of the “speed” of the CM lite, I routinely start it throwing the next charge while I’m seating the bullet...