I used to have three Dillon Square Deals (one in 9mm, 40S&W, and 45ACP), plus two MEC shotgun presses (12 and 28), and a single stage on the bench. The Square Deal is a great solution for one pistol caliber (with the strong mount).
A 650 with a fully adjusted toolhead for each caliber is not exactly roughing it.
Sometimes I ponder a second 650 to have one each dedicated to small and large primers....
I just scored a 550 set up for 9mm
A Midway Tumbler
A rifle case trimmer
430 pieces of .30/06 brasss
Several hundred .38 Special brass
Several hundred .357 brass
3000 124 grain 9mm SJHP bullets
Several thousand pieces of 9mm brass
2 pounds of Accurate #2
1 pound of Accurate #4
$400
I sold the .30/06 brass and recovered slightly over 1/4th of my investment.
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I have been using the same Dillon 550 since 1986. Lately I load 9mm almost exclusively but in the past I have loaded huge amounts of .45ACP and smaller amounts of .357 Mag, .30 carbine, .38 Super and .30-06. The worst part of caliber changes is when you have to change primer sizes and shell plates. I would love to have a second machine so I could set up one for large primers and the other for small. I also have the large Dillon case tumbler and the Dillon case/media separater. The tumbler and the media separater save a huge amount of time because of the large capacity. My dream setup would be a 1050 for each caliber I shoot a lot of, and the 550 for load development and stuff I only shoot small amounts of, but then if I had the money to put all that togther I probably would not bother to reload.
My problem right now is I have 2 weeks off of work because of shoulder surgery. Of course it had to be my right shoulder so I have a lot of free time but I can't reload, go to the range, or even dry fire. Well, I have been doing some dry fire but it is all weak hand only.
Part of the reason I was slow to jump to the 650 is I have the 550 setups for 380, 9mm, 38, 357 (seperate dies and tool head), 40, 44, 45 and 223.
For the last two years or so I have had two 550s, one set up with the case feed. Seems I have kept it set up for 9, 40 or 45 and just load a bunch. That leaves the other one for whatever else needs done.
I have just been removing and cleaning the primer feed and switching the slide without diasembling the little ram.
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