I ruined a few dozen cases with the Dillon before I figured it out. Since then I've swaged thousands of cases without a problem - and without having to change adjustments.
IMO you have to learn the feel of the Dillon. Kind of like priming on a 550B.
But I hate ANY kind of case prep so I got an 1050 and RT1200. Now the SS600 only gets pulled out for the occasional crimped 7.62.
Also - the Dillon can be fairly fast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2EyE-HAv3I
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Originally Posted by simple1
You can do better even than that:
http://www.msgunowners.com/t16269-an...uper-swage-600
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=LaZHeSUqQbk
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Originally Posted by rodinal220
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Originally Posted by simple1
I agree with the above posters. Have thousands on mine with zero adjustments. I started with the the rubber band mod but improved upon it with a cable and spring set-up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bimmer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9VLAeFwnq4
The video doesn't do the actual speed of the process justice. I had to adjust for the camera angle. I can swage 500 cases in about 45 minutes.
Note to self: mount my SS600 so that I don't need to reach across it to pick up and put down brass... The mechanism seems ingenious, but the repetitive motion seems awkward.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxerglocker
Really, since I'll have tumbled, lubed, decapped, sized, and trimmed brass before swaging, I think I might let my 7-year-old daughter do this part...
Like I stated earlier...it only appears that way cause I was trying to give a clear view for the camera. Normally my right hand is on the handle, left hand with a few cases in it at a times picks up, places and removes brass from the pin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bimmer
Most ingenious upgrade to the 600, I will do it to mine!
Now if I could get my hand primer to run as smooth without eating primers every ten cases, so frustrating.
How much do you want to sell your Dillon swagger to me for?
Swaging was just too much force for my press (RCBS + RCBS swage die ). I have my press very well mounted, but no matter how much or how little lube I used, I was having to use my body weight to swage the primer pockets. To the point it was nearly also ripping my press out of the table. I can't imagine this amount of force was good for my already headspaced brass or my press.
I now only use either a cordless drill, or my electric hornady chamfer debur tool, much easier in my opinion. My brass starts to crack before the primer pockets become too loose, so I'm not worried about reaming my primer pockets. Haven't had a primer come loose from firing.
Hopefully this isn't breaking forum rules, but I don't use my swager die so...
If anyone wants to buy my RCBS Swager die set, I'll sell it for 25$ shipped.
I've used the bench-mount RCBS with good success. Other than that, my preferred method is a drill or prep center and proper tool head. The press-mounted dies don't seem to work well for me.
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