|
|
08-18-2018, 11:32 AM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: illinois
Posts: 6,298
Likes: 1,850
Liked 6,696 Times in 2,119 Posts
|
|
How to install dillon press cover
I found a cover for my 550 I had forgot about. I can't remember how to install it. Any advice?
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
08-18-2018, 01:47 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Earth
Posts: 3,222
Likes: 3,749
Liked 3,780 Times in 1,388 Posts
|
|
It install's from the front of the press. The pad sits on top of the powder measure. Zip it up.
|
08-18-2018, 05:08 PM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: illinois
Posts: 6,298
Likes: 1,850
Liked 6,696 Times in 2,119 Posts
|
|
Thanks, that seems to work.
|
08-21-2018, 10:43 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 17,816
Likes: 7,851
Liked 25,729 Times in 8,692 Posts
|
|
I have a Dillon 650 but this should also work with a 550. When I purchased the press I also purchased the full sized press cover. Because my press is mounted close to the shelf i have in the rear and close to the ceiling (I'm 6 foot and like the press mounted higher than many do) putting the real full cover on was a royal pain in the butt!!
Solution:
I returned the official cover, bought an extra cover for the quick change Die set stand and slit it about 8 inches from the bottom. I put a few reinforcing stitches in so that it will not continue to split. This cover works like a charm! It covers all the areas that you want covered and the ones that are not covered make no difference. Not only does it work great, but it takes 3 seconds to install & remove! Costs a whole lot less too!
Last edited by chief38; 08-21-2018 at 11:01 AM.
|
08-21-2018, 08:34 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 3,309
Likes: 2,723
Liked 5,054 Times in 1,442 Posts
|
|
You guys let your presses get dusty?
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
08-21-2018, 10:06 PM
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 603
Likes: 77
Liked 190 Times in 91 Posts
|
|
I tried for the umpteenth time to put mine on today. Don't understand how to do it anymore now than I did six years ago when I got my 550. Mine has been up on a shelf all these years. I'm glad reloading is not quite that hard.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
08-23-2018, 09:39 AM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Fruitland Idaho
Posts: 5,076
Likes: 1,586
Liked 4,882 Times in 2,025 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by dwpmusic
I tried for the umpteenth time to put mine on today. Don't understand how to do it anymore now than I did six years ago when I got my 550. Mine has been up on a shelf all these years. I'm glad reloading is not quite that hard.
|
The open end goes down.
__________________
Minimize the variables
|
The Following 3 Users Like Post:
|
|
08-23-2018, 10:03 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Indiana
Posts: 3,586
Likes: 2,255
Liked 3,495 Times in 1,485 Posts
|
|
In the decades that I've owned Dillon reloading equipment, I've never covered them. If, I did something like wood working and dust was flying around my equipment, I'd consider it, but then, I'd probably get a tarp and cover the whole reloading bench.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
08-23-2018, 10:16 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Central Kentucky
Posts: 3,090
Likes: 11,434
Liked 5,134 Times in 1,952 Posts
|
|
Mine has a pouch on the bottom, that slips over the bottom of the ram and handle leverage arm. Finish covering the press and zip it closed. The handle stays on the outside if I recall correctly.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
08-23-2018, 10:31 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 22,085
Likes: 10,798
Liked 15,512 Times in 6,798 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bkreutz
|
Maybe there is informational video on the subject.
__________________
Still Running Against the Wind
|
08-23-2018, 01:42 PM
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 603
Likes: 77
Liked 190 Times in 91 Posts
|
|
I never saw the need to cover my 550 either. I just want to be able to figure out how to put it on and then throw it back on a shelf. There are things you don't need when ordering a Dillon but if you've never owned one (like I was and everybody else at one time) you just don't know. How about a low powder warning gismo? Now who can't look up and see when your powder is running low? Duh?? I can see (somewhat) with the low primer warning buzzer. Anyway, I use it. But, hey, as hickok45 says, life is good. Anyway I just returned from the range where I fired 200+ of my first efforts with my .44spl and .44mag reloads. AND, they all fired. Not the best shooting by me but I had a "blast". Later on, guys.
|
09-01-2018, 08:32 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: SC
Posts: 30
Likes: 2
Liked 15 Times in 8 Posts
|
|
Wish Dillon made one to use with the strong mount.
__________________
James
|
09-01-2018, 09:52 PM
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 603
Likes: 77
Liked 190 Times in 91 Posts
|
|
Maybe that's why I've never been able to put mine on.
|
09-05-2018, 11:48 AM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: illinois
Posts: 6,298
Likes: 1,850
Liked 6,696 Times in 2,119 Posts
|
|
It does work with the mount. The zipper goes to the rear and you use the "pouch" on the bottom of the press.
Quote:
Originally Posted by J LeeACP
Wish Dillon made one to use with the strong mount.
|
|
09-05-2018, 04:30 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Indiana
Posts: 3,586
Likes: 2,255
Liked 3,495 Times in 1,485 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by dwpmusic
I never saw the need to cover my 550 either. I just want to be able to figure out how to put it on and then throw it back on a shelf. There are things you don't need when ordering a Dillon but if you've never owned one (like I was and everybody else at one time) you just don't know. How about a low powder warning gismo? Now who can't look up and see when your powder is running low? Duh?? I can see (somewhat) with the low primer warning buzzer. Anyway, I use it. But, hey, as hickok45 says, life is good. Anyway I just returned from the range where I fired 200+ of my first efforts with my .44spl and .44mag reloads. AND, they all fired. Not the best shooting by me but I had a "blast". Later on, guys.
|
I do find the low primer warning on the Dillon 650 useful, because it moves up and down so it isn't as obvious to me that the primers are getting low. The primer tube is static on the 550, so it stands out more to me and don't see a need for the low primer warning.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
09-05-2018, 04:56 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Harlem, Ohio
Posts: 14,434
Likes: 23,449
Liked 26,334 Times in 9,128 Posts
|
|
Since 1984, I haven't covered my Dillon. The powder measurer's reservoir is clear, but I marked the best consistency area with masking tape (top and bottom) and a post-it sticks to the masking tape better. The post-it has the powder type and charge. The tool head is marked for cartridge (before changeable toolheads the post-it was marked with all the round info). The primer magazine tube has a full length piece of coat hanger that follows the primers down and locks the primer bar open when empty! (Dillon notified me in a different post, that they DO NOT recommend any metal follower! However I've been loading longer than the rules policeman has been alive, so I'll continue to risk it! Plus, I never place my eye directly above the primer magazine.)
The big advantage I see for the zip on covers is: If you have adults or children that won't leave your stuff alone, you can lock the Dillon cover so an adjustment doesn't change "by itself"! That was never a problem at my house!
Ivan
Last edited by Ivan the Butcher; 09-05-2018 at 07:45 PM.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
09-06-2018, 03:35 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 27
Likes: 10
Liked 83 Times in 15 Posts
|
|
Its amazing.
I find Dillon stuff to be of very high quality, except for that cover.
Ever look at the pic on there website of the cover?
Try to get it to look like that, no way.
I have the cover on my 550, but it looks like ****.
Cant help it I have to cover it when not in use.
Ya, Im a little weird.
Varooom
|
09-06-2018, 11:21 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: SoCal
Posts: 830
Likes: 962
Liked 902 Times in 444 Posts
|
|
I've been using a large pillow case for years. Its cheap and works fine.
|
09-07-2018, 01:21 AM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Fruitland Idaho
Posts: 5,076
Likes: 1,586
Liked 4,882 Times in 2,025 Posts
|
|
I think the cover for the 650 was designed to fit the press without bullet tray or completed round bin in place, I couldn't see taking them off every time so I cut off the little codpiece on the bottom and just let it hang over the press, then I got a bullet feeder and it wouldn't even come close to fitting. My wife found some nylon that color matched the Dillon cover and spliced a piece in so it would fit. It looks kinda baggy but it keeps the sawdust out of it when I'm not handloading.
__________________
Minimize the variables
|
09-07-2018, 11:52 AM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: West Central IL
Posts: 22,801
Likes: 18,533
Liked 22,417 Times in 8,275 Posts
|
|
My 550 (or the old Texan or the MEC 9000) have ever been covered. Luckily are is a separate room dedicated to reloading and gun maintenance, and the door can be locked if needed. Since 'm the only one that normally ever goes there it stays pretty clean.
__________________
H Richard
SWCA1967 SWHF244
|
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
|