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Posted: 5/21/2009 4:41:41 PM EDT
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I jumped into reloading, both feet. I drank the kool aid and ended up with the Dillon 650 with case feeder. I am extremely happy I did and have successfully loaded about 2k rounds of .223 so far.
My question is on process. I'm using hornady dies (Dillon still on backorder). I tumble my brass, then lube and feed them one at a time (because i don't want to gum up the feeder with lube which is 1:5 lanolin and alcohol). After sizing I trim (if needed) on a RCBS trimmer and then tumble again to get the lube off. My question is do you pros leave the sizing die in when you start your run or do you remove it from the press. If you leave it in do you relube the cases? If you leave it in and don't relube, doesn't the case get stuck? Right now, I pull the die but I sure would like to leave it in so I won't have to keep setting it. Will running lubed cases through the feeder gum it up and I just have to periodically clean it? I might be a little gun shy since I started with Hornady lube and that sucked, i was getting stuck cases probably 1 in 75. The 1:5 lanolin has worked perfectly |
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I have a 650 and I bought another tool head for the sizing die.
As far as running lubed cases thru your case feeder have no fear. Just clean the disc and inside of the hopper. Then Wash the tube and case feed adapters in soapy water you are good to go...... Jim. |
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I jumped into reloading, both feet. I drank the kool aid and ended up with the Dillon 650 with case feeder. I am extremely happy I did and have successfully loaded about 2k rounds of .223 so far. My question is on process. I'm using hornady dies (Dillon still on backorder). I tumble my brass, then lube and feed them one at a time (because i don't want to gum up the feeder with lube which is 1:5 lanolin and alcohol). After sizing I trim (if needed) on a RCBS trimmer and then tumble again to get the lube off. My question is do you pros leave the sizing die in when you start your run or do you remove it from the press. If you leave it in do you relube the cases? If you leave it in and don't relube, doesn't the case get stuck? Right now, I pull the die but I sure would like to leave it in so I won't have to keep setting it. Will running lubed cases through the feeder gum it up and I just have to periodically clean it? I might be a little gun shy since I started with Hornady lube and that sucked, i was getting stuck cases probably 1 in 75. The 1:5 lanolin has worked perfectly No need to feed them one at a time, it completely negates the advantage of your case feeder (which will handle lubed casings just fine, 10s of thousands on mine with no issues). I also would recommend getting the dillon trimmer and using that on your tool head, that way every case gets trimmed as needed and it also sizes your cases as it trims. Since the trim die does not have a decapping stem, I use a Lee Universal decapping die which works great and if you happen to get a berdan piece of brass mixed in, it wont break your pin. My processing tool head has a Lee decapping die, swaging die (I use a 1050), and then the trim die. After processing the cases, I tumble them and use a different tool head to load them on with no lube needed. My loading tool head has a Lee decapping die (cleans out any media stuck in the flash hole), powder die, seating die & crimp die. |
| I'll usually lube and resize in my single stage, then tumble clean. Then I dump all the cases into the case feeder, and remove the sizing die. The 650 does the priming, charging, and bullet seating. You can clean the feeder and drop tube, but I don't want the lube on my gear. |
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