Dillon XL650

[Joker]

I have been reloading on lee presses for the last 15 years, and have been happy with the results. Today I fell into a deal on a Dillon XL650 with several conversion kits for 9mm, .40 s&w, .45 auto, and .38/.357. It comes with Dillon dies to match the same calibers. It also comes with the super swage as well. The only part I could see that was missing is the hopper and plates for the case drop. What issues, inconsistencies, or quirks should I know about? I paid $525 for everything, and am wondering if it was a good deal or did I pay too much? Most of the dies look brand new, and a few definitely need cleaned. Otherwise everything appears to be in working order.

 

[Cochise]

it was a smoking deal - worth much more than twice what you paid. I load on a 550 so cant help on quirks

 

[holesonpaper]

Yes, thats a deal. If you still have buyers remorse, put in the classifeds or im me.

 

[4g64loser]

Smoking deal. Many here would line up to buy several hundred dollars higher.

Keep the area under the plate clean. Buy a spare part kit from Dillon. And a couple extra autoindex springs. Broken a few things in them but all easy to replace with basic mechanical knowledge.

 

[Joker]

Awesome. Thanks for the responses, and no buyers remorse, was just trying to figure out if I got a good deal on a discontinued model. I will get the recommended parts as soon as I can find them.

 

[Huckleberry]

The great part is the Dillon No B.S. Warranty if something breaks or is broken.

If it's missing, the cost of the part sometimes is just S&H if you tell their CSR a "good enough" story i.e. "I rescued the press from a yard sale"

 

[Squaregrouper]

I have been reloading on lee presses for the last 15 years, and have been happy with the results. Today I fell into a deal on a Dillon XL650 with several conversion kits for 9mm, .40 s&w, .45 auto, and .38/.357. It comes with Dillon dies to match the same calibers. It also comes with the super swage as well. The only part I could see that was missing is the hopper and plates for the case drop. What issues, inconsistencies, or quirks should I know about? I paid $525 for everything, and am wondering if it was a good deal or did I pay too much? Most of the dies look brand new, and a few definitely need cleaned. Otherwise everything appears to be in working order.

Yes, you got a deal.
I will give you $700 for it sight unseen.

 

[4g64loser]

Yes, you got a deal.
I will give you $700 for it sight unseen.

Hey. No fair. I paid more than that without dies from one of our esteemed members (and was happy to do so) for my most recent one. I'll bid 800!!!!!

All BS aside, great score. There is not "finding parts". You call Dillon and order them. The changeover to the 750 doesnt mean they wont sell you 650 parts. There a a LOT of them in service. Print out the PDF parts schematic and keep it with the parts box so you have part numbers when you call in the future (separate lines for orders with numbers and tech questions). Dillon is great. My only gripes are that they ship FedEx which has caused me to go rounds with them after I told.them NOT to and was happy to pay for the UPS shipping. Outside of that, I LOVE Dillon. Between my friend that I load with and me, there's six Dillon presses in total and we will eventually buy more.

 

[Joker]

Now I know I am not getting rid of it!

 

[atblis]

The spare parts kit is worth having. Can get you back up and running instead of waiting for parts in the mail.

 

[BFMIN]

The only thing I've heard criticized on the 650 is the plastic part that works with the rotation being fragile.
The Parts Kit, the Maintenance kit, & the Alignment Tool would be good purchases.
Personally I use a 550B & am thrilled with the service, don't be shy about calling if anything glitches.

 

[4g64loser]

The only thing I've heard criticized on the 650 is the plastic part that works with the rotation being fragile.
The Parts Kit, the Maintenance kit, & the Alignment Tool would be good purchases.
Personally I use a 550B & am thrilled with the service, don't be shy about calling if anything glitches.

It is fragile. It is especially fragile when people don't clean that area out. Broken a couple of them. Also the (metal) spring loaded rotation stop. If you use the progressives a lot, it's worth having spares of all the plastic parts and springs. Some of the steel parts too, if you are really running it hard.

Big game.changer for me was going to wet tumbling. Don't have to strip and clean the 650/750 presses nearly as often and break a lot fewer parts.