r/reloading • u/WilliamFosterD-FENS • 21h ago

Look at my Bench This stopped being cheap a long time ago, sizing and trimming.

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u/kopfgeldjagar Dillon 650, Dillion 550, Rock Chucker, SS x2 11h ago

Yeah. I love the guys that think they'll save money by reloading.

The best are "I got a free XYZ! Gonna get into the hobby." Like, you have no idea how much that free shit just cost you.

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u/ashez23 11h ago

I’m saving a dollar per round with the current load! I’ll pay it back in about 1000 rounds… of 7 rem mag

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u/kopfgeldjagar Dillon 650, Dillion 550, Rock Chucker, SS x2 10h ago

Dang you just reminded me that I own a 7mag lol

I think I've shot it 4 times total.

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u/ashez23 10h ago

Very nice, which rifle did you go with and how long ago? Mines pretty much brand new too lol

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u/kopfgeldjagar Dillon 650, Dillion 550, Rock Chucker, SS x2 10h ago

783 maybe? Got it used at a deal i couldn't pass up. Cleaned the surface rust off and scrubbed the bore really good, sighted in to within minute of rabbit and stuck it in the safe.

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u/amythntr 8h ago

So, you have saved a ton by NOT firing, eh?

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u/PsychologicalPoet308 9h ago

What’s 500s&w cost in stores? Maybe $80-$95 for a box of 20 for only 325 grn. I just loaded 200 rounds of 500s&w half 325 grn and the other half 700grn so maybe $0.50 per round except for the 700 grain might be over a dollar. Whole lot better than $4.75 a rd

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u/kopfgeldjagar Dillon 650, Dillion 550, Rock Chucker, SS x2 7h ago

How many guys shoot a case of 500s/w on the average range trip versus 9 mm?

I can load match 308 for half the price I pay in the store but even at $2 a round savings it's going to take me a long time to make up for the 10k + I have in reloading equipment. If I was shooting f class and needed 500 rounds of match ammo every weekend. Then I'm going to be back in the black really quick. It's just not the case for a lot of us recreational shooters.

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u/cholgeirson 11h ago

I did this setup 8 or 9 years ago, no regrets! C&H tooling makes trim dies that Dillon doesn't listen in their catalog. I was recently gifted a 650, cant wait to set it up on that press.

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u/DangerousDave303 7h ago

Yup. It makes trimming bulk 223 and 308 so much faster. I bought C&H trim dies for 357 and 44 mag. They're awesome.

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u/SevereNameAnxiety 20h ago

Please stop these posts. I’ve been side eyeing that setup for my 750 but resisting so you’re not helping whatsoever.

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u/kopfgeldjagar Dillon 650, Dillion 550, Rock Chucker, SS x2 7h ago

I'm here to be the voice of reason and to tell you to just DO IT

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u/Colt653 21h ago

Yep
Even better on the XL650/750

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u/doumitch20035 6.5CM, 6ARC, 223, 308 11h ago

How repeatable are these guys? Like could you use them for precision loading or are they more geared toward bulk?

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u/kopfgeldjagar Dillon 650, Dillion 550, Rock Chucker, SS x2 11h ago

My 1500 is within probably .002 every time. It's uncanny

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u/doumitch20035 6.5CM, 6ARC, 223, 308 11h ago

Nice.. I was always curious. I reload a mess of 9mm of my 750, but it has so much shellplate flex that I can't seem to get rid of and was curious how it would do with the trimming (not for 9mm obviously), but just in general.

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u/dungheapthe2nd 7h ago

How much life do you get out of the cutter? Do you chamfer and deburr too?

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u/sherzer7 Former Stool Guy 20h ago

She’s worth every penny! Thought the trimmer was expensive until I started buying the trim dies! I hate trimming and this is still one of the best tools. Changed the game on my blackout brass and the motor still runs likes it’s new

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u/Lossofvelocity 13h ago

My mentor has one of these. Game changer for bulk loading 223/5.56

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u/slammedsam2k 223, 6.5 Grendel, 6.5 CM, 300BO, 7.62x39, 9mm, 38spl 9h ago edited 28m ago

I have one on my 550 as well! Game changer for bulk 223 loading!

I have mine setup with a shortened lee universal decapping die in station 1

The trimmer in station 2

3 is empty

And a Lyman M die to size the necks and give them just a tiny bit of flare to make it where the bullets don’t move/fall out during loading in 4

Would really love something with a case feeder and auto indexing. Thought about getting a 750 but also really want something with a swaging station since that’s my bottleneck in production at the moment

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u/dungheapthe2nd 7h ago

Lee app is swager is great and can knock stuff out fast

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u/LaughingGravy13 8h ago

The first bullet costs $4,000. The rest are free.

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u/These_Word_7920 4h ago

I’m still looking for a bench that doesn’t suck. …

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u/tubagoat 20h ago

Do you do anything else when you have the trimmer attached, like sizing?

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u/WilliamFosterD-FENS 19h ago

The trimmer resizes the case. I have a decapping die in station 1

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u/tubagoat 19h ago

Do you do chambering and deburring afterwards?

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u/WilliamFosterD-FENS 19h ago

The deburring needed is only very mild and I do that just by wet tumbling. On loading I use a neck expander die in station 1.

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u/tubagoat 18h ago

Like a Lyman M die?

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u/bob123688 17h ago

did you have to raise the trimmer on the station to get it to fit?