And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
4 pulls to create one round. I did that for a number of years. I have been doing my best to wear out a Dillon 550B the past 20 years. One pull puts out 1 round. I sat down yesterday for about an hour. I loaded up 5 100-count primer tubes and then cranked out 343 rounds of 124gr 9mm Rocky Mountain Reloading JFP with CFEpistol. These are middle of the road target loads (1050fps).
BTW: I have a 30+ year old RockChucker that I use for rifle case prep and pistol large primer sizing/priming.
I also have the 550B. Years ago, I told the wife "it'll cost around 8-900 bucks to set up for 2 calibers(9mm and 5.56)".
I was, in a word, WRONG!
By the time I bought the powder drops, scale, calipers, etc, I was staring at around $1400.
Fortunately, I was making great money, and had paid off the house, so it wasn't a huge issue.
I now load .38/.357, 9mm, .40, ,45ACP, 5.56, and .270
Have powder drops for each one, and a lovely power case prepper. It's amazing what you can spend on this stuff. If you shoot a LOT, it actually makes sense, but you have to shoot a LOT...
I reload thousands of rounds per year on mine (38,357,9mm and 45ACP). I rarely spend "hours" at the bench, I just work through batches. I had a Dillon 550 but wasn't enamored with it and sold it.....YMMV. Occasionally my buddy and I run his 650 with both of us "working it". One cranks, the other fills powder, cases, primers, bullets. We can make several thousand rounds in a day and if I had a kid old enough, I would buy one of my own for the reason that it is easy AND fast as a two person operation.
Been running my Jr RCBS Jr press since 1977. I worked the gun counter at Huntington's in Oroville for a few years starting in 2011. As in Fred Huntington who founded RCBS. Trivia question--what does RCBS stand for?
Been using a Hornady progressive since the mid-80s. Spent something like $400 to get fully setup back then to reload 38s and 45acp. A lot of money at the time for a college kid making money fixing cars in the dorm parking lot. But I shot enough that it paid for itself in less than a year. 35 years later the press still works, but all the auxiliary items have crapped out. Priming system, auto shell ejection, auto powderfeed, etc. Pretty much use it as a fancy single stage now. Might be time to upgrade.
Isn't it ironic that Amazon's owner wants us disarmed, but here it is. Feeding the beast. Midsouth has the same thing for $10 more at their regular price. They like gunowners. Your blog, your post. Just sayin'. Starve Bezos.
4 pulls to create one round. I did that for a number of years. I have been doing my best to wear out a Dillon 550B the past 20 years. One pull puts out 1 round. I sat down yesterday for about an hour. I loaded up 5 100-count primer tubes and then cranked out 343 rounds of 124gr 9mm Rocky Mountain Reloading JFP with CFEpistol. These are middle of the road target loads (1050fps).
ReplyDeleteBTW: I have a 30+ year old RockChucker that I use for rifle case prep and pistol large primer sizing/priming.
I also have the 550B. Years ago, I told the wife "it'll cost around 8-900 bucks to set up for 2 calibers(9mm and 5.56)".
DeleteI was, in a word, WRONG!
By the time I bought the powder drops, scale, calipers, etc, I was staring at around $1400.
Fortunately, I was making great money, and had paid off the house, so it wasn't a huge issue.
I now load .38/.357, 9mm, .40, ,45ACP, 5.56, and .270
Have powder drops for each one, and a lovely power case prepper. It's amazing what you can spend on this stuff. If you shoot a LOT, it actually makes sense, but you have to shoot a LOT...
I reload thousands of rounds per year on mine (38,357,9mm and 45ACP). I rarely spend "hours" at the bench, I just work through batches. I had a Dillon 550 but wasn't enamored with it and sold it.....YMMV.
ReplyDeleteOccasionally my buddy and I run his 650 with both of us "working it". One cranks, the other fills powder, cases, primers, bullets. We can make several thousand rounds in a day and if I had a kid old enough, I would buy one of my own for the reason that it is easy AND fast as a two person operation.
Ah, the 650 is indeed a lovely device. I don't shoot enough anymore to justify the upgrade, but it is indeed a great loader.
DeleteI have a brother in law that has a bench that's truly inspiring.
1-550B
2- XL650
1-1050
With more powder drops and tool heads than you can imagine!
He's been loading for around 50 years now(I'm a PIKER compared to this guy).
Precision, great set up. I still prefer a single stage press.
ReplyDeleteBeen running my Jr RCBS Jr press since 1977. I worked the gun counter at Huntington's in Oroville for a few years starting in 2011. As in Fred Huntington who founded RCBS. Trivia question--what does RCBS stand for?
ReplyDeleteSince a friend calls his press a "rock chucker" I figured out the first two letters, but didn't know what it meant, or what the other letters meant.
DeleteSo I went lookin', and found out!
(The answer to the mystery can be found here: https://www.midwayusa.com/rcbs/b?bid=1458 )
You are correct, sir. Here's a link to some history--
Deletehttps://www.cwea.org/nsv/bsb/RCBS.pdf
Been using a Hornady progressive since the mid-80s. Spent something like $400 to get fully setup back then to reload 38s and 45acp. A lot of money at the time for a college kid making money fixing cars in the dorm parking lot. But I shot enough that it paid for itself in less than a year.
ReplyDelete35 years later the press still works, but all the auxiliary items have crapped out. Priming system, auto shell ejection, auto powderfeed, etc. Pretty much use it as a fancy single stage now.
Might be time to upgrade.
Isn't it ironic that Amazon's owner wants us disarmed, but here it is. Feeding the beast. Midsouth has the same thing for $10 more at their regular price. They like gunowners. Your blog, your post. Just sayin'. Starve Bezos.
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