Dillon 650 / 750

[Pappabear]

Mark has a 550, but I was thinking about upgrading to a 650, what are your thoughts?

Dillon has an "Essential package" for 9mm, hmm? And an upgrade option for $150 or so.

Any feedback is much appreciated.

PB

[gaijin]

I had a 1050 when they came out and was still shooting competitively.
It was great if loading a single caliber. However it had dies similar to the Square Deal that were a pain to change.

I went with the 650 20+ years back. I assume the 750 is an improvement.
I would suggest getting the case feeder with it/ if the 750 doesn’t come with one.
It is no problem loading 5/600 pistol RDs in a couple hrs. with the case feeder.

[PracticalRifleman]

Mark has a 550, but I was thinking about upgrading to a 650, what are your thoughts?

Dillon has an "Essential package" for 9mm, hmm? And an upgrade option for $150 or so.

Any feedback is much appreciated.

PB

Auto-indexing, case-feeding, etc is very much a time saver. Once you learn the quirks of true progressive reloading, you’ll never want to go back. Even precision ammo can be made on the progressive press, see F-Class John on YouTube.


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[MWAG19919]

I love my 650. If you're going to switch primer sizes, I hear it's a PITA, but I only load 9mm and 5.56 on mine. They sell an additional primer assembly so that you can have one for large and one for small. The casefeeder is an add-on, but I think it's absolutely necessary. I load 500 rounds an hour comfortably and produce good ammo on mine.

[Coal Dragger]

I love my 650.

The extra station for a powder check die is a big bonus to me. I like the priming system on the 650 and find it quite reliable, not difficult to change sizes.

You will want to get an In-line Fabrication mount, and some other stuff like a polymer ball bearing for the shell plate stop. Case feeder is a must.

Until you get all the case feeder shell plates, and other case handling hardware caliber conversions will be about $250. Fair warning.

[punchandpie]

I've loaded on a 650 and a 750, I like the 750. The primer system is simple, like a 550, plus a few other small things make it a little better press I think. That said I will never give up my 1050, for 5.56 and 9mm it is the way to go(or the new RL1100).

[rushca01]

Anybody have any esperience with the auto loader attachment

[punchandpie]

Anybody have any esperience with the auto loader attachment

What attachment do you mean, case feeder? Bullet feeder?

[rushca01]

What attachment do you mean, case feeder? Bullet feeder?

https://www.markvii-loading.com/autodrives.html

[punchandpie]

I Know a few running them, but on 1050s. The 650s have some plastic parts in the auto indexing the have been problemsome. The most important thing looks to be how well adjusted the reloader is, fine tuning. It has also show the weak parts that wear fast, one of the 1050 has 50,000 rounds on it this summer and has needed a fair amount of parts. I wouldn't autodrive a 650/750, 1050/1100 will last quite awhile, if I could pay the cash I would poney up and go with the Mark 7 evolution with the autodrive, if I was super flush with money the mark 7 revolution.