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Posted: 4/11/2010 9:35:09 AM EDT
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Does anyone have or use something other than the Dillon rod? If s what is it and does it work well.
For those who are going to just say buy a new one from Dillon. Save it. They are $8 each. I am looking for a cheaper alternative. Of course unless someone wants to buy me a dozen of the Dillon rods. |
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You are talking about the plastic rod that sits on top of the primers in the primer magazine tube? If you broke that, Dillon will send you a new one free, under warranty. You need a dozen of them??!! A wooden dowel of the proper diameter would work too witha shell casing on the end for a little weight.
Or is it the primer pick-up tubes you're looking for an alternative for? |
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Tag to see if you find some thing that works. If its longer thats good too. As I would like to see if I can make a primer pick up tube that will hold 200 primers for loading .45    Yeah I know I can get them for free. But I kinda feel like a leech asking for 3 of them. I have had 3 stack blow outs in 3 days on one of my 1050's loading 9mm. I think there is something whrong with the die. It sometimes sucks a primer back in, then the swaging station rams it up into the pocket then the priming station trys to seat a new primer them boom, I lose the whole stack plus the pirmer follower. I am using Dillon dies and they are spring loaded so I am not sure what the problem is. Reef, I am way ahead of you. How about a 600 primer tube? Probably no real safe. I want them for new primer magazines. I found them and ordered them. They are at Grainger.
4NTD2 Large primer tube 6' long 4NTD3 Small primer tube 6' long |
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Tag to see if you find some thing that works. If its longer thats good too. As I would like to see if I can make a primer pick up tube that will hold 200 primers for loading .45 Yeah I know I can get them for free. But I kinda feel like a leech asking for 3 of them. I have had 3 stack blow outs in 3 days on one of my 1050's loading 9mm. I think there is something whrong with the die. It sometimes sucks a primer back in, then the swaging station rams it up into the pocket then the priming station trys to seat a new primer them boom, I lose the whole stack plus the pirmer follower. I am using Dillon dies and they are spring loaded so I am not sure what the problem is. Reef, I am way ahead of you. How about a 600 primer tube? Probably no real safe. I want them for new primer magazines. I found them and ordered them. They are at Grainger.
4NTD2 Large primer tube 6' long 4NTD3 Small primer tube 6' long Cool  200 would be fine though. I don't want to have to cut a hole out in the ceiling and go up in the attic to fill the tube. I could use one for small rifle too but I would still have to stop and fill the powder hopper every 100 rnds anyway. 
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Wow that small primer tube is expensive. $23.31 for 6 ft. 
The large was only $ 12.71 for 6 ft. Grainger # 2XPW8 is 1/8 inch diameter rod in Clear Polycarbonate in 6 ft lengths for $3.86. Hope this helps Flamethrower. General info for those who don't know the dimensions of a Dillon primer follower rod, they are 16 inches long plastic rod, and 1/8 inch diameter. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Tag to see if you find some thing that works. If its longer thats good too. As I would like to see if I can make a primer pick up tube that will hold 200 primers for loading .45 Yeah I know I can get them for free. But I kinda feel like a leech asking for 3 of them. I have had 3 stack blow outs in 3 days on one of my 1050's loading 9mm. I think there is something whrong with the die. It sometimes sucks a primer back in, then the swaging station rams it up into the pocket then the priming station trys to seat a new primer them boom, I lose the whole stack plus the pirmer follower. I am using Dillon dies and they are spring loaded so I am not sure what the problem is. Reef, I am way ahead of you. How about a 600 primer tube? Probably no real safe. I want them for new primer magazines. I found them and ordered them. They are at Grainger.4NTD2 Large primer tube 6' long 4NTD3 Small primer tube 6' long your problem is the anvils of certain primers are grabbing onto the decapping pin, when the press is cycled the primer is drawn back into the pocket...the fix is to take your decapping rod/pin and turn it down slightly using a file or 400 grit sandpaper, rounding the very end of it as well. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Tag to see if you find some thing that works. If its longer thats good too. As I would like to see if I can make a primer pick up tube that will hold 200 primers for loading .45 Yeah I know I can get them for free. But I kinda feel like a leech asking for 3 of them. I have had 3 stack blow outs in 3 days on one of my 1050's loading 9mm. I think there is something whrong with the die. It sometimes sucks a primer back in, then the swaging station rams it up into the pocket then the priming station trys to seat a new primer them boom, I lose the whole stack plus the pirmer follower. I am using Dillon dies and they are spring loaded so I am not sure what the problem is. Reef, I am way ahead of you. How about a 600 primer tube? Probably no real safe. I want them for new primer magazines. I found them and ordered them. They are at Grainger.4NTD2 Large primer tube 6' long 4NTD3 Small primer tube 6' long Are you filling these by hand?  |
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Tag to see if you find some thing that works. If its longer thats good too. As I would like to see if I can make a primer pick up tube that will hold 200 primers for loading .45 Yeah I know I can get them for free. But I kinda feel like a leech asking for 3 of them. I have had 3 stack blow outs in 3 days on one of my 1050's loading 9mm. I think there is something whrong with the die. It sometimes sucks a primer back in, then the swaging station rams it up into the pocket then the priming station trys to seat a new primer them boom, I lose the whole stack plus the pirmer follower. I am using Dillon dies and they are spring loaded so I am not sure what the problem is. Reef, I am way ahead of you. How about a 600 primer tube? Probably no real safe. I want them for new primer magazines. I found them and ordered them. They are at Grainger.
4NTD2 Large primer tube 6' long 4NTD3 Small primer tube 6' long Are you filling these by hand?
I should have called it a primer magazine tube as its on the 1050. I have one RF100, Flamethrower must have 2 RF100's one set up in large primer and one in small
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Do the dillon tips fit on those tubes to make primer pickup tubes? -Masta |
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You do realize that those rods aren't even necessary? The main purpose of the rod is for the low primer warning, before they brought out the low primer warming they didn't put anything on top of the primers, and guess what...the primer feed worked just fine without the rod! |
| On the 550 and 650 presses you can feel when you are out of primers as the primer seating rod will stick in the empty primer pocket and it makes a pretty distinct sound and feel. I take off the buzzer but keep the follower rod as I feel it may run smoother with a little positive pressure on the primer stack and it is a visual reminder of the current level of primers in the magazine. Tyhat buzzer just about gives me a heart attack every time it went off!! |
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Do the dillon tips fit on those tubes to make primer pickup tubes? -Masta Yes the tips fit. These tubes are exact replacement sizes for the primer pickup tubes and primer magazines used in the Super 1050 and 650XL. I don't know if they fit the 550 as I don't own one. Quoted:
You do realize that those rods aren't even necessary? The main purpose of the rod is for the low primer warning, before they brought out the low primer warming they didn't put anything on top of the primers, and guess what...the primer feed worked just fine without the rod! Yes, while this is true, a little extra weight on the primer column aids in positive feeding and when running a S1050 without the follower there is no way to tell when you are out of primers, other than trying to count or waiting until powder spills all over. The S1050 offers no way to "feel" when you are out. That coupled with the autodrive the alarm is a must if you are trying to perform more than one task at a time. Quoted:
I really like the low primer warning. Tells me to recharge primers, top off powder and check the powder charge just thrown. I was hoping Flamethrower would see this and post the pics he promised. I keep my promises. I got stupid busy all of a sudden that coupled with a trip to Louisiana, and the inability to find materials of other types the project is a little stalled. The main thing I am running into is that I am having a hard time locating the proper steel tube used for the primer magazine explosion shield. That and trying to figure out what thread size it is. It almost resembles a 1/4"bsp pipe thread but that would be a little to small. The threads measure at 14tpi and the cap loosely threads and fits on a 1/4" male pipe nipple. The blast shield measures .560" o.d. Maybe I am missing something really simple or they have these threaded to their own size. Usually I don't have trouble with things as simple as this. Any ideas guys?? |
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Do the dillon tips fit on those tubes to make primer pickup tubes? -Masta Yes the tips fit. These tubes are exact replacement sizes for the primer pickup tubes and primer magazines used in the Super 1050 and 650XL. I don't know if they fit the 550 as I don't own one. Quoted:
You do realize that those rods aren't even necessary? The main purpose of the rod is for the low primer warning, before they brought out the low primer warming they didn't put anything on top of the primers, and guess what...the primer feed worked just fine without the rod! Yes, while this is true, a little extra weight on the primer column aids in positive feeding and when running a S1050 without the follower there is no way to tell when you are out of primers, other than trying to count or waiting until powder spills all over. The S1050 offers no way to "feel" when you are out. That coupled with the autodrive the alarm is a must if you are trying to perform more than one task at a time. Quoted:
I really like the low primer warning. Tells me to recharge primers, top off powder and check the powder charge just thrown. I was hoping Flamethrower would see this and post the pics he promised. I keep my promises. I got stupid busy all of a sudden that coupled with a trip to Louisiana, and the inability to find materials of other types the project is a little stalled. The main thing I am running into is that I am having a hard time locating the proper steel tube used for the primer magazine explosion shield. That and trying to figure out what thread size it is. It almost resembles a 1/4"bsp pipe thread but that would be a little to small. The threads measure at 14tpi and the cap loosely threads and fits on a 1/4" male pipe nipple. The blast shield measures .560" o.d. Maybe I am missing something really simple or they have these threaded to their own size. Usually I don't have trouble with things as simple as this. Any ideas guys?? Figured you were busy, just was getting curious on how you were doing on your project. Thanks for the update.
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