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A good friend of mine passed away a couple years ago. Terrible story. The world lost one of the greatest dudes you could have ever met.
This spring I finally bought his Dillon 650 press from his widow.
I've never once used a progressive press, and it makes me feel like a rookie just looking at it.
I've been reloading on a single stage RCBS press for almost ten years, doing about 7 rifle calibers.

Long story short it came with seven of these.... I'll call them "stages"
The only two I'll probably keep are the 9mm and 223 stages.

The rest are like .40, .45, 45LC etc. I think he also had 44 and .50AE but I haven't done inventory on them all yet.

How much are each of these stages worth if i were to sell the ones for calibers I don't need ?

That is called a tool head. there should also be a small blue box with the shell plate and locator buttons for each caliber also to go along with each tool head that corresponds to each caliber.

usnret wrote:That is called a tool head. there should also be a small blue box with the shell plate and locator buttons for each caliber also to go along with each tool head that corresponds to each caliber.

Thank you. I'll check the boxes I put everything in. If those parts you mentioned aren't there I will contact her and see if she has them

Well I just sold a 650 with a set up like that , the powder drop is $75 new, tool head is $25 new, die set is around $50 for steel Dillon or $125 for carbide Dillon.
Those are new pricing though and I could be off a little on those prices.

If you decide to sell them let me know what ones you selling and I will see if the guy who bought my 650 would want them or maybe I will buy one or two for him to use to reload me rounds.

Benny

I'll post a list of the calibers I won't need and you can PM me an offer. Give me some time tho I have a long work day today.

benny wrote:Well I just sold a 650 with a set up like that , the powder drop is $75 new, tool head is $25 new, die set is around $50 for steel Dillon or $125 for carbide Dillon.
Those are new pricing though and I could be off a little on those prices.

If you decide to sell them let me know what ones you selling and I will see if the guy who bought my 650 would want them or maybe I will buy one or two for him to use to reload me rounds.

Benny

Dillon carbide pistol dies are only $65.00. the rifle are $125.00.

So here's what I ended up with.

Calibers I'll KEEP - 9mm and 223

Calibers I WONT need
40 cal, 10mm, .50AE, .45ACP, .45 Long Colt, .45 GAP

I may part some of this stuff out to save some of the bases and powder measures for putting 308,30-06 and 6.5 Grendel dies into.

I currently only reload rifle ammo.
223,6.5 Grendel, 308, 3006, 7.62x54r and 8mm Mauser

Yes, you DO need some help. One of the most dangerous things you can do is go from a "simple" turret press to a progressive reloader like a Dillon, and while the Dillon is THE brand to have, you can still wind up in trouble. There are certain methods, checks, and double checks you perform with your current handloading process to keep from producing a squib or a KABOOM, and now you are going to go to en ENTIRELY different reloading method. You should find a mentor or buddy who has a Dillon to show you the ropes, and I have no idea if OldmanFCSA is still doing this. I'll refrain from posting any gory photographs, but there is a recent thread entitled "bad day at the range" that has some nice blown up guns.

Sam,

I still teach and help people with their setups, but with a 4 month ordeal of bad knees I have been a little slow with the help.

After I get back from a Labor Day 1000 yard FCSA Sanctioned Match, I would be available again.
I've helped several others here on MnGunTalk to get their Dillon's setup properly.

PM me if there's a specific need.

Dillon has a great video on their website to give you an idea on how to use it. I have one and it's the best thing out there.

I havent checked this thread in a bit and just now saw the latest three replies.

I think if I can set this up just for depriming / resizing / seating primers, and even got an electric trimmer with it, I think im perfectly happy with using the Dillon 650 JUST for brass prep, then using my single stage and RCBS charge master auto powder measure to charge the cases and seat the bullets, ill be saving a TON of time.

You might want this. Wished it worked on my 550.

https://www.dillonprecision.com/dillon- ... 23805.html

builttoughf350 wrote:I think if I can set this up just for depriming / resizing / seating primers, and even got an electric trimmer with it, I think im perfectly happy with using the Dillon 650 JUST for brass prep, then using my single stage and RCBS charge master auto powder measure to charge the cases and seat the bullets, ill be saving a TON of time.

You'll save a lot more time if you use the machine as the 5-stage progressive that it is. Using it only for deprime/resize/prime is just one stage + priming. You're really only gaining auto primer feed vs a single stage in that scenario. Be diligent and careful, but don't be afraid to use the machine to its potential. Learn the machine's operations with the 9mm toolhead and a forgiving, fluffy powder like Unique. It's actually quite difficult to create a double charge with an autoindexing progressive like a Dillon 650 or a Hornady LNL AP, and in the unlikely scenario of double charging a case with Unique, said case will be spilling over, so you won't be able to miss it.

It looks like it came with the "Powder cop" die.