45-70
Quote from Reloader on March 4, 2018, 4:38 ami'm loading more and more 45-70 on my 650 and beginning to really miss the casefeeder. I currently just remove the casefeed body bushing and casefeed adapter and drop the cartridges through the hole in the casefeed body assembly into station 1 - gets tedious when you're spoiled with a casefeeder for every other caliber. I'm considering buying the XL650 magnum caliber conversion but couldn't find much info about it on the dillon site. had a few questions for Dillon and/or anyone who's got experience with it
1) looks like this is a more or less permanent conversion (or at least not a trivial install that I would want to swap back and forth). picture on dillon's site shows you have to replace the clear plastic case feed and microswitch assembly, and you have to use new cartridge tubes, any idea what the third item is in the middle? 650_Mag_Rifle_Kit.jpg
2) once you have this installed, can you still use it to feed non-magnum (i.e. 9mm, .40S&W, etc) cartridges or do you have to swap this whole conversion back and forth (or dedicate a casefeeder just to magnum cartridges?
3) If you can use the "magnum" conversion for smaller cartridges, how well does it work? Keen to see how a 9mm feeds reliably through something big enough to accept a 45-70.
4) in addition to the xl650 magnum caliber conversion, do i need anything else to feed .45-70 cartridges? I already have the .45-70 caliber conversion (shellplate, locator pins, station 1 locator, casefeed adaptor)
4) including obligatory pics of my cool suppressed cut down guide gun for no good reason.
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i'm loading more and more 45-70 on my 650 and beginning to really miss the casefeeder. I currently just remove the casefeed body bushing and casefeed adapter and drop the cartridges through the hole in the casefeed body assembly into station 1 - gets tedious when you're spoiled with a casefeeder for every other caliber. I'm considering buying the XL650 magnum caliber conversion but couldn't find much info about it on the dillon site. had a few questions for Dillon and/or anyone who's got experience with it
1) looks like this is a more or less permanent conversion (or at least not a trivial install that I would want to swap back and forth). picture on dillon's site shows you have to replace the clear plastic case feed and microswitch assembly, and you have to use new cartridge tubes, any idea what the third item is in the middle? 650_Mag_Rifle_Kit.jpg
2) once you have this installed, can you still use it to feed non-magnum (i.e. 9mm, .40S&W, etc) cartridges or do you have to swap this whole conversion back and forth (or dedicate a casefeeder just to magnum cartridges?
3) If you can use the "magnum" conversion for smaller cartridges, how well does it work? Keen to see how a 9mm feeds reliably through something big enough to accept a 45-70.
4) in addition to the xl650 magnum caliber conversion, do i need anything else to feed .45-70 cartridges? I already have the .45-70 caliber conversion (shellplate, locator pins, station 1 locator, casefeed adaptor)
4) including obligatory pics of my cool suppressed cut down guide gun for no good reason.
20131012_123824_zps3b4cdbd4.jpg
Quote from Reloader on March 6, 2018, 4:23 pmYou do have to swap the case drop parts back and forth when you change from 45-70 to the smaller diameter cases. If the opening at the top of your clear plastic funnel is rectangular, then you need to change it for 45-70. If it is round, then you just change the case feed tube and lower parts.
You need the 20/28 ga case feed plate for the older casefeeders. If your casefeeder has an adjustable opening where cases fall into the clear funnel, then use the large rifle plate.
You do have to swap the case drop parts back and forth when you change from 45-70 to the smaller diameter cases. If the opening at the top of your clear plastic funnel is rectangular, then you need to change it for 45-70. If it is round, then you just change the case feed tube and lower parts.
You need the 20/28 ga case feed plate for the older casefeeders. If your casefeeder has an adjustable opening where cases fall into the clear funnel, then use the large rifle plate.