Deuce Stevens SASS#55996 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 My Dillon 550 is either spitting live primers into the atmosphere between the primer tube and shell plate or they are somehow falling off the primer cup and dropping down in between the primer cup and tube blocking the sliding from going all the way back and picking up another primer. The slide is clean,the Primer cup and spring seem fine and the plastic tip on the end of the primer tube is new and working s it should . I am loading.45 schofield so it's large primers. It happended 5 out of a hundred last night. Got a busy signal from Dillon all day. Just wondering if any have experienced the same thing and if you have a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drover Dan, SASS #47291 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Deuce, if I remember correctly when mine did that it was a problem with the primer tube not being seated correctly. I replaced the tip on the primer tube and it worked. DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Shooter Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Mine does it maybe twice out of 100. I thought it was just me. I do know it only happens when I load 45's. It never does it with me 38's. I will now be looking at my primer tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Mine will toss out primers when the seating arm and primer feed tube housing get out of adjustment. Loosen the set screw slightly on the primer ram arm, lower the shell plate over the arm and cup, and retighten. Then reset the aluminum housing that holds the feed tube, too. Just loosen the two screws at the bottom of the housing, and set it so the primer arm and cup pick the primer up cleanly from the housing and feed tube. Make sure you have the primer arm in vertically, too. It's easy to have it get cocked slightly to one side and then it won't catch the primer 100% of the time. Good luck, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Culpepper 32827 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 The thigermajiger on the whatchamacallet is out of adjustment... happy Trails CPBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August West, SASS #45079 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Clean the primer tube with a patch and some alcohol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Yeah, get your dingus adjusted and straight and it oughtta work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Kneestone SASS #14851 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 When I have a similar issue I take the primer apparatus off the machine and clean all the surfaces where parts slide back and forth, then reassemble the whole shebang. That seems to work for me. I also use some compressed air from a can and spray off the dust buildup every time I add another tube of primers. Happy reloading, Kid Kneestone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 It's a bad muffler bearing......... LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Sierra Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 My Dillon 550 is either spitting live primers into the atmosphere between the primer tube and shell plate or they are somehow falling off the primer cup and dropping down in between the primer cup and tube blocking the sliding from going all the way back and picking up another primer. The slide is clean,the Primer cup and spring seem fine and the plastic tip on the end of the primer tube is new and working s it should . I am loading.45 schofield so it's large primers. It happended 5 out of a hundred last night. Got a busy signal from Dillon all day. Just wondering if any have experienced the same thing and if you have a solution.I would try everything these guys are saying first but if your 550 is one of the first ones like mine I would call Dillon. The reason is I did all these things mentioned and it still gave me trouble. I agree most of the time it just needs to be readjusted. Anyways I was at a point of sending the whole machine to Dillon to have rebuilt but the guy at Dillon mailed me a long plastic shim for the slide area.It seems to be working ok since then. I do not know if the slide bar gets worn or warped in areas but the plastic shim seems to be working for now.Good luck. Or you can take the advise of the LG above or GG below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Georgia Gentleman 1548 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 You need to clean the filopian tube in a bucket of steam. (US Navy term) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Matt McCord, SASS #24683 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Yeah, get your dingus adjusted and straight and it oughtta work. DINGUS????? Is that what they are calling it now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Mingo Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Heeee Haaaa .. Patients Grasshopper.. Check the set-screw on the primercup.. you may have it to tight.. The cup may be strikeing the side of the primer feeder,flipping it out of the cup .. Loosen it a bit and I'll bet it will work better.. Heeee Haaaa Crazy Mingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketchum Quick, SASS #72923 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 This would happen to me also. I found that if I removed the bar on the priming arm and cleaned it real good then put some dry lubricant on it it would quit doing what you describe for at least three to four thousand rounds. Call me if you need more help. I can stop by on the way home from work. KQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Stevens SASS#55996 Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 Thanks for the replies guys. Got it fixed last night before going to bed. The alignment needed some tweaking. Got a few hundred schofield to load and the 550 and me are parting ways, can't stand this machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Glad you conquered it, Deuce. Well, primer alignment and lack of a 5th hole in the tool head are the weaknesses of a 550. A 650 takes care of both of those, but of course it's weakness is to blow up a primer tube if things get dirty or you run it too hard, too. But, both are pretty good machines - better than the rest, IMHO. Good luck, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Stevens SASS#55996 Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 Glad you conquered it, Deuce. Well, primer alignment and lack of a 5th hole in the tool head are the weaknesses of a 550. A 650 takes care of both of those, but of course it's weakness is to blow up a primer tube if things get dirty or you run it too hard, too. But, both are pretty good machines - better than the rest, IMHO. Good luck, GJ Yes, love my 650 and probably gonna end up with another on the bench here shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Replace the primer slide and you'll be GTG. LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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