After 20 years, my Dillon XL650 feels brand new again

[Buckshot Bear]

After 20 years, my Dillon XL650 feels brand new again......the last 'X' amount of months I have had some major frustrations.

 

Today I Googled how to take apart the Case Insert Slide and found the below problem. Took my spare parts kit down off the shelf, found the replacement spring and wow am I happy! Feel like a goose though, should have done more detective work months ago

 

 

[Kid Rich]

Is that a custom spring? I didn't know ya could get them in three pieces.

kR

[Horace Patootie, SASS #35798]

Speaking of that;  my newish XL750 set up in 45 Colt drops a case onto the station 1 locator and the case insert slide pushes the case into the machine.  I was having a problem with lots of cases dropping into the machine cockeyed and I would have to stand them straight up so I wouldn't damage a case and deform the station 1 locator. So I took a couple of pieces of double sided sticky mounts about 1/16" thick, cut to fit either side of the case insert slide. Tried again yesterday and it works great so far.  It doesn't leave enough room for the case to tip one way or the other. Hopefully, this will be a good fix.

Horace

[Toranado, SASS # 58447]

2 hours ago, Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 said:

Speaking of that;  my newish XL750 set up in 45 Colt drops a case onto the station 1 locator and the case insert slide pushes the case into the machine.  I was having a problem with lots of cases dropping into the machine cockeyed and I would have to stand them straight up so I wouldn't damage a case and deform the station 1 locator. So I took a couple of pieces of double sided sticky mounts about 1/16" thick, cut to fit either side of the case insert slide. Tried again yesterday and it works great so far.  It doesn't leave enough room for the case to tip one way or the other. Hopefully, this will be a good fix.

Horace

You may want to talk to a Dillon tech.  They did have some issue with the main head on the 750 not sitting flush against the post, thus not level causing that problem.   They were replacing many heads to the point they were on backorder (I know as spoke to Dillon at Scottsdale in person) and got a replacement as was having the same issue.   It would not sit straight and then the decapping die would hit the shell on the downswing and stop or damage the shell.

 

I would call them.

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

Hmm.  Seems to me I suggested replacing that spring in a question you asked last March.

[Buckshot Bear]

4 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

Hmm.  Seems to me I suggested replacing that spring in a question you asked last March.

 

As mentioned

 

 

 

[Nostrum Damus SASS #110702]

On 5/4/2026 at 11:53 AM, Toranado, SASS # 58447 said:

You may want to talk to a Dillon tech.  They did have some issue with the main head on the 750 not sitting flush against the post, thus not level causing that problem.   They were replacing many heads to the point they were on backorder (I know as spoke to Dillon at Scottsdale in person) and got a replacement as was having the same issue.   It would not sit straight and then the decapping die would hit the shell on the downswing and stop or damage the shell.

 

I would call them.

Also, if you do not fully seat a primer at Station 2, the Case Insert Slide will not push the case all the way in to its intended position at Station 1 in the shellplate, also causing the sizing/decapping die to come down on the mouth of the case, denting or crushing it.

[Waimea]

22 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:

 

As mentioned

 

 

 

 

He doesn't look silly, just mad.

😂

[Constable Nelson #11784]

1 hour ago, Waimea said:

 

He doesn't look silly, just mad.

😂

Isn't that the "ground" state of being for geese???😁