I trust that old 450 has been serving you well for many years.
A 450 Dillon full of 30-06. I have a soft spot after all the years of shooting it.
I trust that old 450 has been serving you well for many years.
It is kinda cool to see a progressive full of long cases.
If primers and powder were more available I'd be shooting my Garand more. It's really fun shooting cast bullets.
My Dillon is still running great. Purchased it directly from Dillon the first or second year they were offered. I have two powder measures on die heads, one set up for pistol and one for rifle. It has gone through about 8 primer feeds. Everything else is original.
I'm a sucker for the 450's. The early 450s had the s/n plates.
Looks like a pair of them, sure glad you didn't update them.
I bought my Dillon 550 back in 1987 for $135 and it's still going strong.
Vietnam Vet, Jun 66 - Dec 67
I have a hunch us older guys could double our money on the Dillon stuff we bought 30-40 years ago.
i use to be a dillon dealer
i have had 2 550's most of the time and for a while 3
i wore out a pair of 550's every 2-3 years.
i would buy a new one, just a press, send the old one in for refurb.
when it came back i did the same with the second one.
i would then package the first refurb and sell as a complete refurb press.
almost no cost in the turn over.
i use to load a lot
one as a small primer machine
one as a large primer machine...
almost all brass was processed on one tool head and loaded on a second.
third press was strictly processing 223 brass including trim to length
550 user here. Absolutely LOVE it! It’s backed up with my old Lee Challenger I’m still using. The pivot mechanism broke so I had to rebuild & reinforce it, but other than, it’s still running great! Sure ain’t the pleasure to use that my Dillon is though.
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