powder spillage
Quote from Reloader on April 27, 2013, 6:48 pmI love my new Dillon XL650 but I have a few issues I need to hash out it appears that after the charge is put into case the rotary motion of the plate causes a little powder to spill out. I am loading 9MM with 4.2 gr so its not even half full how can I stop this?
I love my new Dillon XL650 but I have a few issues I need to hash out it appears that after the charge is put into case the rotary motion of the plate causes a little powder to spill out. I am loading 9MM with 4.2 gr so its not even half full how can I stop this?
Quote from Reloader on April 27, 2013, 8:01 pmMine does the same thing on .40, I just place a projectile in the case as the plate turns to that station and ease it into the next detent so there's no sudden jerk.
Got to have your peanut peelers up there anyway to place the bullet so just hang on to it a bit longer 🙂
Mine does the same thing on .40, I just place a projectile in the case as the plate turns to that station and ease it into the next detent so there's no sudden jerk.
Got to have your peanut peelers up there anyway to place the bullet so just hang on to it a bit longer 🙂
Quote from Reloader on April 28, 2013, 11:55 amAll 650s do this. Clip a couple of coils off the detent spring (#14118). The spring is under the detent ball that you see when the shell plate is removed. That will prevent the shell plate from jumping into the next station so abruptly.
Jimmy
All 650s do this. Clip a couple of coils off the detent spring (#14118). The spring is under the detent ball that you see when the shell plate is removed. That will prevent the shell plate from jumping into the next station so abruptly.
Jimmy
Quote from Reloader on May 2, 2013, 1:13 am
Another solution: on Ebay you will find a thrust bearing with washers that you install under the chell plate bolt. I found that you can tighten the shell plate to any exact tention you desire preventing the snap into the detent hole.
DH.
Another solution: on Ebay you will find a thrust bearing with washers that you install under the chell plate bolt. I found that you can tighten the shell plate to any exact tention you desire preventing the snap into the detent hole.
DH.
Quote from Reloader on February 15, 2014, 2:51 pmDillon appears to have attempted to solve for this by replacing the spring. The one that originally came with mine was 5.8 gr. A replacement from Dillon was 4.3 gr. (I ordered the replacement as a precaution just in case shortening the spring didn't work.) While the shell plate indexing improved alot IF I didn't have any brass loading into station 1. However, as soon as I started reloading again, the problem returned. Ultimately I had the Camming Pin (part 13371, p. 50 of manual) set too short. As it rode down the Case Insert Slide (part 97082, p. 52 of manual) on the down stroke, it wasn't aligning the brass perfectly with the station 1 opening on the Shell Plate. The side of the brass would get partially pinned against the side of the shell plate. The Case Insert Slide is spring loaded, so the pressure of the spring would then force the brass around the edge of the Shell Plate opening, causing the Shell Plate to "snap" while accepting the brass. To resolve this I lowered the Camming Pin to align the Case Insert Slide perfectly with the Shell Plate station 1 opening at the bottom of the down stroke. Smooth as can be now. Turns out you need to make this adjustment everytime you change calibers.
I've probably been on the phone with Dillon about the powder spillage issue 6 times. The answer they have always given me has been to tighten the Shell Plate. The last time, after some terse conversation about the Shell Plate not being the issue, I finally got the Dillon Rep past it and we figured out the real problem. If you still have issues with the Shell Plate snapping after you think you've got it adjusted properly, check the depth of Camming Pin. I don't know why it took 6 tries to arrive at this diagnosis, but I'm happy to finally have the problem behind me.
Dillon appears to have attempted to solve for this by replacing the spring. The one that originally came with mine was 5.8 gr. A replacement from Dillon was 4.3 gr. (I ordered the replacement as a precaution just in case shortening the spring didn't work.) While the shell plate indexing improved alot IF I didn't have any brass loading into station 1. However, as soon as I started reloading again, the problem returned. Ultimately I had the Camming Pin (part 13371, p. 50 of manual) set too short. As it rode down the Case Insert Slide (part 97082, p. 52 of manual) on the down stroke, it wasn't aligning the brass perfectly with the station 1 opening on the Shell Plate. The side of the brass would get partially pinned against the side of the shell plate. The Case Insert Slide is spring loaded, so the pressure of the spring would then force the brass around the edge of the Shell Plate opening, causing the Shell Plate to "snap" while accepting the brass. To resolve this I lowered the Camming Pin to align the Case Insert Slide perfectly with the Shell Plate station 1 opening at the bottom of the down stroke. Smooth as can be now. Turns out you need to make this adjustment everytime you change calibers.
I've probably been on the phone with Dillon about the powder spillage issue 6 times. The answer they have always given me has been to tighten the Shell Plate. The last time, after some terse conversation about the Shell Plate not being the issue, I finally got the Dillon Rep past it and we figured out the real problem. If you still have issues with the Shell Plate snapping after you think you've got it adjusted properly, check the depth of Camming Pin. I don't know why it took 6 tries to arrive at this diagnosis, but I'm happy to finally have the problem behind me.
Quote from RDB on August 19, 2024, 4:14 pmThank you for your explanation and diagnosis of this problem. This has been driving me nuts, and buffering the "snap" with finger pressure on the case moving into Station 4 each time the shell plate advances just doesn't cut the mustard.
Thank you for your explanation and diagnosis of this problem. This has been driving me nuts, and buffering the "snap" with finger pressure on the case moving into Station 4 each time the shell plate advances just doesn't cut the mustard.