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Posted: 1/22/2010 7:57:09 PM EDT
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Using a friends 1050. Have no idea what happened but I assume a primer went sideways and popped. There were only about 20 or so primers in the tube when it popped but it was really loud!
The explosion was well contained but it shot the plastic primer follower through his drop ceiling with a twisted and mangled tai and the internal tube burst inside the steel shroud. The plastic index piece blew in half and there was soot all over the plate. We changed out the primer tube (liner), index piece, and got back to business. Dillon is tough as nails! |
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Quoted: Quoted: It comes with owning a Dillon. After a few explosions, you get used to it.    I load for a living. Run a 1050 all day every day. It hasn't happened to me yet. Once in a while one goes off on a noob. Funny shit watching the reaction. There are a few primer tubes still stuck in the ceiling.It's all in how the priming system is set up. When you hear a crunch instead of the normal noise, or the shellplate jams, than it's time to pull the white guide at the primer station and see if there is a mangled primer or some kind of crud in there. If the primer/feed tube is out of adjustment or the blue plastic guide at the end of the feed tube is worn, that can send a sideways primer into the system and...well...you know. You need to have a "feel" for the press. After a few hundred thousand rounds you develop one. |
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Quoted: At least you have the Dillon............NO BS WARRANTEE. Aloha, Mark Not with a 1050. The warranty is good for a year. So it's a "No BS for a year" From Dillon's website: http://www.dillonprecision.com/content/p/9/pid/23877/catid/1/Super_1050 "This is a commercial grade machine, is capable of loading 1,000 to 1,200 rounds per hour and carries a one year warranty." The "commercial grade" claim is debatable. The 1050's will break stuff and things do wear out if you run 6000-9000 rounds every day. The presses will wear out in short order as well as a myriad of little parts. I'm constantly replacing stuff on our 1050's. After a few million rounds the bottom end will start to wear and your ammo won't case gauge properly. Replacing those parts costs a few hundred dollars. The 1050 is great for a competition shooter that loads 100,000 rounds a year. They won't handle 100,000 a month without constant maintenance. After the warranty runs out, Dillon makes you pay through the nose for replacement parts, unless you can get the Dillon dealer discount, and that's not easy. They won't give the discount to Joe Blow. You need an FFL and you have to sell actual firearms. I don't know about an 03 FFL. If you are a home handloader, you are better off getting a couple of 650's. One for size and prime, one for loading. A guy can get a lot of 223 done that way. If you break something, the "No BS warranty" works for you. If you need to go "commercial grade" Get a Camdex. http://www.camdexloader.com/2200SmallRifle.aspx I'd sell my soul for one of these. I could load all my blasting ammo for a year in a weekend. But alas, My money printing machine is broken. This is my opinion. Your opinion may vary. ZM |
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At least you have the Dillon............NO BS WARRANTEE. Aloha, Mark Not with a 1050. The warranty is good for a year. So it's a "No BS for a year" From Dillon's website: http://www.dillonprecision.com/content/p/9/pid/23877/catid/1/Super_1050 "This is a commercial grade machine, is capable of loading 1,000 to 1,200 rounds per hour and carries a one year warranty." The "commercial grade" claim is debatable. The 1050's will break stuff and things do wear out if you run 6000-9000 rounds every day. The presses will wear out in short order as well as a myriad of little parts. I'm constantly replacing stuff on our 1050's. After a few million rounds the bottom end will start to wear and your ammo won't case gauge properly. Replacing those parts costs a few hundred dollars. The 1050 is great for a competition shooter that loads 100,000 rounds a year. They won't handle 100,000 a month without constant maintenance. After the warranty runs out, Dillon makes you pay through the nose for replacement parts, unless you can get the Dillon dealer discount, and that's not easy. They won't give the discount to Joe Blow. You need an FFL and you have to sell actual firearms. I don't know about an 03 FFL. If you are a home handloader, you are better off getting a couple of 650's. One for size and prime, one for loading. A guy can get a lot of 223 done that way. If you break something, the "No BS warranty" works for you. If you need to go "commercial grade" Get a Camdex. http://www.camdexloader.com/2200SmallRifle.aspx I'd sell my soul for one of these. I could load all my blasting ammo for a year in a weekend. But alas, My money printing machine is broken.
This is my opinion. Your opinion may vary. ZM Zeke Dillon will send you new priming parts on a primer detonation failure on a S1050. A buddy blew one of mine and dillon promptly sent me a new one at no cost. You know the Camdex machines top out at 3000 RPH right? $35,000 for a new Camdex Or Buy 3 S1050 with autodrives, bullet feeders and primer fillers for $12,000 and you are at 3600 PRH. More equipment has it's drawbacks but..... |
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I don't think Dillon replaces stuff for our 1050's anymore. The presses are way past a year old. I'll ask my boss. I do know we pay to replace every part whether it's wore out or broken. It doesn't matter why it failed. $35,000 for a Camdex? Chump change. Yeah, I know they're expensive. I'd still like to have a couple. I don't think it will happen unless I hit the Powerball. |
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I don't think Dillon replaces stuff for our 1050's anymore. The presses are way past a year old. I'll ask my boss. I do know we pay to replace every part whether it's wore out or broken. It doesn't matter why it failed. $35,000 for a Camdex? Chump change. Yeah, I know they're expensive. I'd still like to have a couple. I don't think it will happen unless I hit the Powerball. Amen on that. |
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