Thread: Dillon Square Deal B’s ?
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Old 09-17-2021, 02:06 AM
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I reload primarily .38/.357 / .45 ACP / .44 Special, and have gotten to where I don’t enjoy reloading much any more.
I have an old Rockchucker, and a Dillon 550 that has primer feed issues.

To simplify things, I am considering buying a couple Square Deal B’s and setting one up for .38 and the other for .45ACP and never changing them to any other calibers. .44 Special would be loaded on the Rockchucker.
Since I prefer to seat and crimp bullets in separate operations
I can work that out.
My question is, ( costs aside ), are the SDB’s okay presses?
I've had the opportunity to use all the Dillon presses side by side for comparison.
The SDB presses felt gritty and unrefined compared to all the other Dillon presses. They also take the most effort to operate since the linkage doesn't have the mechanical advantage of the others. Honestly, it is more appropriate to compare it with a Lee.

But, it does have auto indexing, which the 550 does not have.
So, I went with the 650 (now discontinued and replaced with the 750). That was over 20 years ago. It is a fantastic press.
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