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Posted: 11/28/2011 11:24:04 AM EDT
| Does anyone have a good solution for a round counter for a DIllon 650? You know, the small mechanical counters with an arm that round increment by one every time it is cycled. |
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I count the number of tubes of primers I've used. Is it 687 or 699 rounds loaded? I don't really care. I can run a few more if I'm trying to fill ammo boxes. My Dillon counter is around here somewhere. I quit using it around 1991. I just found this on-line.......was the Dillon anything like this? |
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The Dillon units show up on e/bay all the time and go for $26 and up lately , can't say how they work as I always sold the ones I ended up with
here you go |
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That one from Grainger looks just like the Dillon counter sans bracket. I quit using mine, just keeping the counter around as nostalgia. Been some counter posts in the past here, some rigged up digital contraptions. See http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=6&f=42&t=322385 and have a laugh on me when you read it  But like others I just count empty primer boxes and multiply by 100 |
| I'm a primer counter too, I don't care how many times I pull the handle. I don't pre-fill primer tubes, so every empty tray is put to the left under the bullet holder. Then if I don't think I have enough components to finish 100 rounds, I guessimate how much I have, lower 20% and count out that number of primers. Then I'll count the last x pieces of brass and get x more primers to finish. I know exactly how many I made without a counter - probably more accurately too. |
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round counter on steroids:
http://www.pressmonitordevice.com/ |
| I thought it would be hlpful for me since I use the press for case prep, after I process the brass, I could check the counter ro get an idea of how many cases I have, thus giving me a better idea of how many bullets I need to buy. While certainly effective, the primer count method wouldn't help me here. |
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I thought it would be hlpful for me since I use the press for case prep, after I process the brass, I could check the counter ro get an idea of how many cases I have, thus giving me a better idea of how many bullets I need to buy. While certainly effective, the primer count method wouldn't help me here. Another method would be to place preped cases in a loading block. When block is full, dump in a box, make a chicken scratch to keep track. Each scratch = 50. 
Or if you have a lot of loading blocks................ |
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