Little bumps in the road loading the 9mm Luger.

[dennis40x]

Little bumps in the road loading the 9mm Luger. The Dillon SDB sizing insert parted from the die body. Put the brakes to loading until a replacement is received. Apparently Dillon uses a locking compound and crimps the die body to keep the sizing insert in place. Not a big thing Dillon’s no BS warranty covers this sort of occurrence.

 

[max]

Bet you a dollar you can't pull it off with your teeth.

 

[Alk8944]

Dennis,

ALL manufacturers crimp the Carbide sizing ring into the die body, and ALL the majors would replace it with no argument, including Lee.

FWIW, I have only had an argument with one manufacturer over a defective die, and it was DILLON. Took twice back to them to fix the problem, and they would never admit there was a problem with it or that they had done anything to it! It was a .41 Magnum Carbide that scratched cases. The first time they sent an un-fired case back with the die that they said they had "sized" in it to prove the die didn't scratch cases!

 

[Skip Sackett]

Dennis,
Being an engineer, you should know about the Loctite compounds. There is one for every need. To get back up and running, if that is the immediate need, you should be able to reinsert it yourself using one of them. The "red" kind should do the trick.


Maybe you can wait. Just trying to help.

 

[HAWKEYE10]

never had that happen to me before. now i know how to try and fix it. learned something else today. ain't it great? don

 

[dennis40x]

Originally posted by smith crazy:
Dennis,
Being an engineer, you should know about the Loctite compounds. There is one for every need. To get back up and running, if that is the immediate need, you should be able to reinsert it yourself using one of them. The "red" kind should do the trick.


Maybe you can wait. Just trying to help.

Skip, I’m well versed on Locktite compounds. Just don’t feel like messing with it this day maybe tomorrow or the next day or not at all. 3M also has an extensive line of various compounds also. Going off subject I use to bed rifles with a 3M dielectric compound we used for coating the inside of cable reel flanges.

 

[Paul5388]

Dennis,

I have to agree with what you've decided to do. The customer shouldn't have to try to fix something of this nature, unless he/she just had to have some ammunition in that caliber.

I get a little weary of being the QC lab for various manufacturers. That's especially true with rebuilt parts, but it also happens with new parts.

 

[harry carey]

I had a Dillon carbo die that broke, 45 acp. carbide isn't as tuff as we thought. companies should not do product development at the customer's expense.

 

[FrankD45]

Dennis:

If you need to get some loads done I have a spare Lee three die set I can let you have. E-mail is in my profile.

Frank

 

[dennis40x]

Originally posted by FrankD45:
Dennis:

If you need to get some loads done I have a spare Lee three die set I can let you have. E-mail is in my profile.

Frank

Thank you for your kind offer. I have enough 9mm loaded at this point to see me thru. But none the less I appreciate your thoughtfulness on this subject.

 

[fredj338]

Wow, in 10s of 1000s of rounds in all brands of carbide dies, I have never seen that happen. Maybe I should be using Oneshot on my cases?

 

[H Richard]

My Lyman carbide .45, .44 and .38 dies must have 50,000+ rounds each through them without a problem.

 

[dennis40x]

Dillion, Monday sent out a replacement 9mm insert sizing die for the SDB Monday under warranty. I also ordered for the 550B 9mm caliber conversion kit and carbide die set. I now have plan "A" and "B" inplace.