458 socom caliber conversion complete
Quote from Reloader on December 1, 2010, 4:47 amafter several weeks of experimenting i have the dillon xl650 working perfectly with the 458 socom including casefeeder. so anyone interested here is the list of conversion components:
#4 locator pin ( #1 45 acp pins are not quite right and sometimes cause case rims to hit die edge)
#1 shellplate
#1 1st station shell locator
XL case feed arm assembly with accompanying XL arm bushing.(this is critical to proper case feeding without error the assembly comes with xl arm and xl body bushings. my starline brass the rebated rims do not sink into the case mouths)
S&W 500 yellow modified case feed arm adaptor
large rifle plate for case feeder (500 test cases 1 dropped upside down)
45 ACP powder funnel
after several weeks of experimenting i have the dillon xl650 working perfectly with the 458 socom including casefeeder. so anyone interested here is the list of conversion components:
#4 locator pin ( #1 45 acp pins are not quite right and sometimes cause case rims to hit die edge)
#1 shellplate
#1 1st station shell locator
XL case feed arm assembly with accompanying XL arm bushing.(this is critical to proper case feeding without error the assembly comes with xl arm and xl body bushings. my starline brass the rebated rims do not sink into the case mouths)
S&W 500 yellow modified case feed arm adaptor
large rifle plate for case feeder (500 test cases 1 dropped upside down)
45 ACP powder funnel
Quote from Reloader on December 1, 2010, 4:50 amone last thing. i would like to thank the dillon phone order folks for helping me get this working correctly with help ordering the correct parts and repeated small orders.
one last thing. i would like to thank the dillon phone order folks for helping me get this working correctly with help ordering the correct parts and repeated small orders.