I just ordered one from Dillion direct. I watched them in action on youtube. I appears it does need modified to speed up the process. I was wondering if the swage is good and clean 100 % of the time and does the primers seat easily after the process.
Thanks guys
I have been wanting to try another trick for it....Dillon Precision.
I don't have a Dillon super swager, or any other swager. Looks like a $100 solution to a $5 problem, if ya ask me.
Buy counter-sink bit.
Chuck it up in cordless drill.
Run drill at low speed with one hand.
Cut away crimp while holding brass with other hand.
This is incredibly fast, easy and dang near free.
And when I'm done removing the crimp from 2,000 rounds in 2 1/2 hours I'll be drinking a beer enjoying dinner and relaxing while you're still hard at work removing the crimps and later complaining about how much your hand hurts from holding that brass in the drill.I don't have a Dillon super swager, or any other swager. Looks like a $100 solution to a $5 problem, if ya ask me.
Buy counter-sink bit.
Chuck it up in cordless drill.
Run drill at low speed with one hand.
Cut away crimp while holding brass with other hand.
This is incredibly fast, easy and dang near free.
And when I'm done removing the crimp from 2,000 rounds in 2 1/2 hours I'll be drinking a beer enjoying dinner and relaxing while you're still hard at work removing the crimps and later complaining about how much your hand hurts from holding that brass in the drill.
I've done it both ways; I was once a cheap-skate too and refused to pay for a special tool when a cheap counter-sink bit would work. I finally saw the light and I won't turn back now. I can say hands-down, the Dillon wins by a large margin in speed, ease of use, and clean looking primer pockets. Would you like to have a friendly little competition? You can do your way, I'll do my way and we'll see who can finish up 1000 cases faster.Ya think so? Try doing 20 cases both ways.
I'm not saying the Dillon is ineffective, but it is simply NOT as fast as doing this process with a drill. It takes maybe 5 seconds per case using the drill...usually closer to 3 seconds. If your hands hurt from holding the brass, you were pressing way too hard.
I've had more than one guy come back and say, "Huh...it really IS that easy. Why did I blow $100 on a tool that I will only use 1 time on any given case??"
I will freely admit that the various swaging tools give you more of a factory look to your primer pocket, but none of them are as fast, simple or inexpensive as a plain ol' counter-sink bit.
I've done it both ways; I was once a cheap-skate too and refused to pay for a special tool when a cheap counter-sink bit would work. I finally saw the light and I won't turn back now. I can say hands-down, the Dillon wins by a large margin in speed, ease of use, and clean looking primer pockets. Would you like to have a friendly little competition? You can do your way, I'll do my way and we'll see who can finish up 1000 cases faster.
I've done it both ways; I was once a cheap-skate too and refused to pay for a special tool when a cheap counter-sink bit would work. I finally saw the light and I won't turn back now. I can say hands-down, the Dillon wins by a large margin in speed, ease of use, and clean looking primer pockets. Would you like to have a friendly little competition? You can do your way, I'll do my way and we'll see who can finish up 1000 cases faster.