Dillon 550 powder check modification?

[mattiooo]

One of my biggest fears with ramping up speed on my 550 is a bad powder load.

Has any one drilled out a tool head to run the powder checker? Any pros/cons besides having to seat and crimp on one die?

I?m referring to this: http://www.uniquetek.com/store/69629...550B_Press.pdf

[Great-Kazoo]

here's a decent discussion, along with links, i've included a few..


https://forums.brianenos.com/topic/2...tion-for-550c/



I'm going with this unit.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0749BQG1B..._BSsvCb3DE1J51


https://www.harborfreight.com/2-inch...aft-97217.html

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0825RC4KL...NsaWNrPXRydWU=

[Tim K]

Never tried it, but I’m not sure I’d like trying to seat a bullet in the 4th station.

[mattiooo]

Never tried it, but I?m not sure I?d like trying to seat a bullet in the 4th station.

Why is that?

[mattiooo]

here's a decent discussion, along with links, i've included a few..


https://forums.brianenos.com/topic/2...tion-for-550c/



I'm going with this unit.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0749BQG1B..._BSsvCb3DE1J51


https://www.harborfreight.com/2-inch...aft-97217.html

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0825RC4KL...NsaWNrPXRydWU=

Thanks for sharing that. I do have a light from Inline Fabrication. I am more worried about an incorrect charge than a missing charge.

But the screens could be made to work with something marking it for the powder level. Like a grease pen or a bit of tape.

[Hoser]

Seating and crimping at the same time sucks.

The Dillon low powder sensors are not sensitive enough to detect a slightly low or slightly high powder charge. Mainly looking for a double charge of no powder charge.

I think I have one or two of those things in a junk box somewhere.

[mattiooo]

Seating and crimping at the same time sucks.

The Dillon low powder sensors are not sensitive enough to detect a slightly low or slightly high powder charge. Mainly looking for a double charge of no powder charge.

I think I have one or two of those things in a junk box somewhere.

Thanks. That?s good to know.

[mattiooo]

I'm going with this unit.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0749BQG1B..._BSsvCb3DE1J51

I was thinking about one of those and an old phone or tablet, which I?d need to buy. But I saw a bunch with a monitor attached. Any downside to that?

Here is an example of one. It comes with a bracket for the monitor too.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V4V7V5D/

[Tim K]

Why is that?

It looks like it might be awkward trying to get a bullet back there. As I said, I've not actually tried it so perhaps it's fine.

[mattiooo]

It looks like it might be awkward trying to get a bullet back there. As I said, I've not actually tried it so perhaps it's fine.

That makes sense. Thanks.