Cutthroat Cody Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Ever have a primer (federal) go off in your Dillon (650)? Took 10min to find this guy......(ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SAFTY GLASSES!) Quote when you have to shoot shoot, don't talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Oh, yeah. One of the few weak parts of the design of the Dillon 650 machine, IMHO. Had 2 explosions in the one I used to run. The primers rotate a long way in the primer feed rotor, and dirt or other debris under the rotor can work to flip a primer up on edge where that one detonates, and often transmits the ripple around the rotor to the stack in the feed tube, and that all goes up too. Keep machine VERY clean, blow out primer feed areas with compressed air, wear safety glasses, and feel blessed you did not get hurt and that you have the Dillon parts order number to get any parts replaced quickly and for free. good luck, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Main reason why Dillon stopped making the 650. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 NO, in several hundred thousand rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 I have blown primers, just not in a 650 yet. Blackfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Vendetta Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 I was warned about this possibility before I started reloading and so I've always deprimed before wet tumble, then primed off press with a lee bench primer. Have yet to set off any primers thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Haven't blown one in my SDB, thank goodness, that would certainly require a change of undies. Bet it's amazingly loud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Only primer BANG was in a manual Lee priming tool. Loaded a few zillion in a 550B without incident, but I still wear safety glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mongo, SASS #61450 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 I've done it before in my 650. My culprit was trying to force a primer into military crimped brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Main reason I switched from 650 to 750. The primer system in the 750 is much mo betta. I never set one off in the 650, but heard too many stories! I did pop one in a Lee loadmaster. My fault, something was jammed, gave handle a pop. And got a POP! Lee primes on downstroke. The Dillon system of on the upstroke is safer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 In 35 years of loading on a 550, no. And I've crushed 'em into near unrecognizable shapes and still have beat them with a hammer to quickly neutralize 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Sights, SASS # 2782 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Forty four years ago, I started out with an RCBS Jr. press and used it for about 20 years, then a coworker gave me a RCBS Rock Chucker press and that is the one I've been using ever since. I have had primers flip around a bit on a very rare occasion. Sideways or upside down. Never had one "pop off" on me. That could be because I don't use more force than necessary to seat the primers. Or perhaps I'm just lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Skinner Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Single stage presses may be slower but definitely are safer! Been loading on one for over 40 years and never felt the need to get one of them spendy blue ones! Of course I consider reloading a hobby unto itself and never felt a need to go fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Damned Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Pinched one in my RCBS Rockchucker once on a 5.56 case that had skipped the pocket swager step somehow. I felt it was tight but tried to force it anyway. BANG! Lesson learned. I never use the primer tube assembly for same reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Pat Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 i use my shop vacuum hose around my 650 when it gets dirty instead of blowing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nawlins Kid SASS #36107 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Had about 40 primers go off. It was one large boom. Had to get a new parts including the shell plate. Nawlins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Duncan Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 On 11/2/2022 at 5:41 PM, Cutthroat Cody said: Ever have a primer (federal) go off in your Dillon (650)? No I never have a primer go off during the ten years (or so) loading on a 650. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee williams Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Yep. It's been the ruination of a good pair of my drawers. The hole is still in my ceiling. And my drawers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rock, SASS #44055 Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 As the Dillon tech told me after I called about replacement parts for my 650 after a primer explosion, “If you feel tension or resistance on the up stroke, STOP”. The primer feed rotates on the up stroke and there should be no resistance. But if there is, DON’T FORCE IT, or else boom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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