Rounds Per Hour
Quote from Reloader on May 17, 2013, 12:00 am
I am consistently being asked how many rounds per hour can my Dillon 650 produce.
For grins and giggles my shooting buddy and I put the 650 to the test reloading .45 acp. For one solid hour my buddy cycled the lever and set the bullets while I kept the machine fed with powder, primers and inspected each round before placing them into the polishing tumbler.
We had a few of the normal mishaps such as small primer pockets mixed in with the large primer brass, a few split casings, upside down primers and so on. We were not racing, simply plugging away at a comfortable steady rate. 941 shoot-able / perfect rounds in one hour.
I will be timing the .223 in the near future.
DH
I am consistently being asked how many rounds per hour can my Dillon 650 produce.
For grins and giggles my shooting buddy and I put the 650 to the test reloading .45 acp. For one solid hour my buddy cycled the lever and set the bullets while I kept the machine fed with powder, primers and inspected each round before placing them into the polishing tumbler.
We had a few of the normal mishaps such as small primer pockets mixed in with the large primer brass, a few split casings, upside down primers and so on. We were not racing, simply plugging away at a comfortable steady rate. 941 shoot-able / perfect rounds in one hour.
I will be timing the .223 in the near future.
DH
Quote from Reloader on June 6, 2017, 10:24 pmWith all due respect, I am calling BS on 941 in an hour. I love the 650 and I have loaded 20-30 thousand and that is moving too fast to believe.
With all due respect, I am calling BS on 941 in an hour. I love the 650 and I have loaded 20-30 thousand and that is moving too fast to believe.
Quote from Reloader on June 9, 2017, 7:12 pmAround 3.8 seconds per round. I can see that...for 100 rounds. IMO a true round count starts with empty primer tubes and powder hopper...stopping every 100 rounds to refill the primer tube and every 500 or so to refill the powder hopper is a better 'true' measure of productivity since most of us don't use a press as a crew served machine. Still sounds like a fun experiment to find that upper end of possibility.
Around 3.8 seconds per round. I can see that...for 100 rounds. IMO a true round count starts with empty primer tubes and powder hopper...stopping every 100 rounds to refill the primer tube and every 500 or so to refill the powder hopper is a better 'true' measure of productivity since most of us don't use a press as a crew served machine. Still sounds like a fun experiment to find that upper end of possibility.
Quote from Reloader on October 5, 2018, 12:44 pmWith bullet and case feeders along w the auto primer filler; I can average 1k rounds per hour. To my way of thinking it should actually be able to accomplish much more. Overall this averages out to 3.6 seconds per round and it takes me less than half that pull the handle up and down at a normal pace. My biggest slow down seems to be simply stopping every 100 rounds to refill the primer tube and reset the autofiller. I put 500 9mm cases/projectiles in the feeders at a time; so thats not frequently Im stopping for that.
With bullet and case feeders along w the auto primer filler; I can average 1k rounds per hour. To my way of thinking it should actually be able to accomplish much more. Overall this averages out to 3.6 seconds per round and it takes me less than half that pull the handle up and down at a normal pace. My biggest slow down seems to be simply stopping every 100 rounds to refill the primer tube and reset the autofiller. I put 500 9mm cases/projectiles in the feeders at a time; so thats not frequently Im stopping for that.
Quote from Reloader on October 6, 2018, 2:19 pmWhile all that is fascinating... the idea isn't how many rounds per hour.... but quality ammunition that the 650 produces.
I am comfortable with a few hundred rds per hour ... not trying to see how much but the quality of the ammunition I am making.
The 650 is a damn fine press.When going fast to many variables can happen as mentioned above.. missed or flipped primers ... cases can bunch up at the case feeder funnel and spill out.. crushed cases at the case feed cam because they won't slide into the shell plate properly ... possibly not properly belled cases... bullet shaving ...I think you get the idea.
While all that is fascinating... the idea isn't how many rounds per hour.... but quality ammunition that the 650 produces.
I am comfortable with a few hundred rds per hour ... not trying to see how much but the quality of the ammunition I am making.
The 650 is a damn fine press.
When going fast to many variables can happen as mentioned above.. missed or flipped primers ... cases can bunch up at the case feeder funnel and spill out.. crushed cases at the case feed cam because they won't slide into the shell plate properly ... possibly not properly belled cases... bullet shaving ...I think you get the idea.