My Dillon 550 died tonight
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- Feb 4, 2013
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Not much.
My 650 is so old, it doesn't have the grease ports or fittings. I was told to box it up and send it in with the service fee, and they would send me a new one.
I called them to order some locator pins (among other things) that I told them I had flipped off an lost. They still insisted on sending them for free.
- Feb 4, 2013
- 28,175
I have not had to contact RCBS or Lyman. But I have had similar service from Lee.
I even called them one time about the adjuster for the factory crimp die. I wanted to try to use it in my Dillon 650 with the counter. So I needed ones with a hole through them.
They actually machined holes in about 5 of them and sent them to me for free.
I even called them one time about the adjuster for the factory crimp die. I wanted to try to use it in my Dillon 650 with the counter. So I needed ones with a hole through them.
They actually machined holes in about 5 of them and sent them to me for free.
Berrys Manufacturing is a good place too. My vibrator cover has cracked a couple of times and they just send me a replacement when I give them a call.
I'm an old guy and it took me a bit to figure out what they hell you guys were talking about.
Magnumite
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The 450 was discontiuned in 1983 and superseded by the 550, two months after I bought the 450. I later upgraded with their 550 press kit.
I broke the bell crank on my press. I called Dillon. After some Q & A the rep told me to not use CCI primers (my favorite at the time) because the primer cup material is so hard. They also told me to give the handle a little jab when the case contacts the primer, not the slow steady force I had been using as with a hand tool. They sent me a bell crank. I pressed the broken bell crank back to its original shape and asked the welding instructor to do his magic. He did and I still have it...just in case.
I broke the bell crank on my press. I called Dillon. After some Q & A the rep told me to not use CCI primers (my favorite at the time) because the primer cup material is so hard. They also told me to give the handle a little jab when the case contacts the primer, not the slow steady force I had been using as with a hand tool. They sent me a bell crank. I pressed the broken bell crank back to its original shape and asked the welding instructor to do his magic. He did and I still have it...just in case.
I was thinking of having one of our resident welders doing a heliarc job on it. Then again, I'm 70 I won't need it much past 10 more years.
Magnumite
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Comforting to know you have that back up in case you have a ‘need it now’ moment. The repaired crank appears much stronger than the factory part. It may be intentional on Dillon’s effort to protect the press from excessive loads.
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