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Old 03-17-2017, 06:52 PM
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It has to do with the way primers are fed to the case in the 650. A primer going off at the case may chain back through the rotary primer disk and cascade to the primer magazine. Google 'Dillon 650 primer detonation' to see some examples. The 550 does not work the same way as do most other presses from my research. It may be rare but certainly an underwear changing experience at best.
I understand fully, I run both presses. Possible, sure anything is possible, people get struck by lightning & win the lotto. I submit still, something else happened other than normal priming. I have crushed primers in my 650, never a detonation. Even if it did, the steel tube will protect the reloader better than anything Lee ever built. I do know several reloaders injured by detonations using their Lee however. Why Lee specifically states to NOT use Federal primers. I am pretty sure Dillon has no such admonition.
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