What did you do in the reloading room today?

[powerstroke79]

200 rounds 308 win 175gr match kings over 42.9gr of IMR 4064

[whitewalrus]

Got the 650 up and running. Sizing/trimming 223. Got a long way to go with the few buckets I have.

[stevew]

Just a follow up. I tried to figure a way to mount something to vibrate the powder measure but didn't find one with what I had hanging around. Instead I used compressed air and blew out any and all particles that may have been in the shell holder area and also grabbed a rubber handled screwdriver and used it to give two taps on the powder measure where you have the screws that hold it to the die. I did this every time the case went up to get powder. I didn't see one bit of powder spill in 200 rounds loading 223. Shining up the powder measure like Hoser suggested will be coming in the future but for now at least it solved my issue just tapping it.

Thanks. Found it. Plus last post there from someone mentioned using a fish tank bubbler, hadn't thought of that, might be something like that around here.

[Irving]

Steve do you have a baffle in the powder measure to relieve bridging of the granules? Sometimes the weight of the entire column of powder causes the grains to lock together and a baffle can support the majority of that weight to help prevent that. Not sure if that is the exact issue, but something to think about. Pretty easy to make your own since it's just a bent piece of metal.

[stevew]

Hadn't heard of a baffle used in it. I have had a Square Deal B for 45acp for years and no problem with it so never looked for any solutions to anything Dillon wise but I just recently got into using the 550C for 223 so besides about 400 rounds through it I have had no experience with the ins and outs of possible issues till now. There is a bridge looking bar in the bottom of the powder measure if that is what you are talking about.

Steve do you have a baffle in the powder measure to relieve bridging of the granules? Sometimes the weight of the entire column of powder causes the grains to lock together and a baffle can support the majority of that weight to help prevent that. Not sure if that is the exact issue, but something to think about. Pretty easy to make your own since it's just a bent piece of metal.

[Hoser]

Dillon measures have an integral triangle shaped baffle.

Polishing and changing the shape of the powder funnel helps huge with stick powders.

[Linkless]

I loaded up the last 300 rounds of my Montana Gold 124jhp in 9mm along with 100 rounds with the 147CMJ's. Need to test the 147 loads in my Colt Carbine to make sure they are subsonic and cycle then go to town on the other 2900.

[Hoser]

Montana Gold makes/made really good bullets. Too bad they went stupid and gouged everyone, including their distributers, after Sandy Hook. After I used up my stock of them I switched over to Precision Delta, Zero and coated lead.

[whitewalrus]

Got the 650 up and running. Sizing/trimming 223. Got a long way to go with the few buckets I have.

Doing 50-100 at a time is going slow, but I already made it thru half of the 5 gallon bucket.

Then I will be trying the hornady LNL primer pocket swage I picked up a few weeks ago. The Dillon super swage would be too lot going thru the amount I have.

[whitewalrus]

Montana Gold makes/made really good bullets. Too bad they went stupid and gouged everyone, including their distributers, after Sandy Hook. After I used up my stock of them I switched over to Precision Delta, Zero and coated lead.

Have you used eggleston since the change in ownership? I did like their bullets after trying them out.