Reloading

Yep, 9mm just plain runs easier on my dillon 550 too. "the Kid" like

9mm is much cheaper to shoot, i figure 15 cents - 8 bullet, 4 primer,

I almost don't shoot 5.56 or 7.62x51 anymore - to much $

Karl

Ive had various progressive presses over the years....from an elderly C&H "Auto Champ" to Green Machines, to Lee Progressives etc etc...and have had literally nothing but issues with each of them. The sole remaining progressive is my C&H Auto Champ and once its set up..it turns out decent pistol cartridges. But! Setting it up is something of a pain in the ass when changing cartridges. Once its running...it will keep cranking out rounds with little issue..but getting to that point is a pain in the ass. So it has largely remained a .45 ACP setup for the past 5 or more years

Are the Dillons that good? Dad has one, and Ive never asked him about issues.

Gunner

The Dillon is indeed a PITA to get running just right. But they sell a quick change kit so you just slide the whole top of the machine off and put the next caliber in so there's no re-set up on all the dies. I have my unit set up for 5.56, 7.62x51 and 9mm.

"The kid" took my 9mm setup apart and ran some 50 AE. I told him to never do that again. I do have at least four more calibers in the gun safe. I won't plan on doing these on the 550. I'm finding myself selling off the other caliber weapons, just because of ammo issues.

The 550 is the only unit i have any real experience with. I'm happy, does what i need, but really can't say if its better/worse than other units.

Karl

I bought extra turrets for my Lee, I'll see how well it works when I switch back to 223. I robbed the Lock N Load powder measure from my 223 turret because I thought I needed another part to use the Lee measure, just had to change some parts around. I loaded almost 350 9MM this weekend, ran out of bullets though.

RogerN

I run 9mm through the LM and just size them first since 9mm are tapered cases. Then I do a full operation run on them and they run smooth and fast.