Best $100 I've spent in a long time

[Chris L]

The pick says it all. This is by far the best $100 I've spent on reloading in a while. I reload a lot of 1x fired military brass and the primer crimp has always been a thorn in my side. I started out my reaming the crimp out, but didn't like how much material I had to take out of the primer pocket.

Then I switched to swaging with a CH4D primer pocket swager. This product does work, but was very finicky for me. If not adjusted properly it was very easy to mess up the case rim. In the end, I got tired of the over/under swaging and decided to make the leap to the Dillon.

The Dillon is nice because it supports the case from the web, not the rim. It has vastly simplified my case prep and I have not messed up a single primer since I started using it.

 

[Mud Turtle]

Are you going to mount it to some 3/4" wood and then C clamp it to your reloading bench? I've been thinking of buying one.

 

[Chris L]

Are you going to mount it to some 3/4" wood and then C clamp it to your reloading bench? I've been thinking of buying one.

That's exactly what I do. I clamp it to the end of that plywood that it's sitting on in the pic. However, last night I did clamp it to a TV tray and swaged a bunch of brass while watching TV.

 

[Russ D]

That's exactly what I do. I clamp it to the end of that plywood that it's sitting on in the pic. However, last night I did clamp it to a TV tray and swaged a bunch of brass while watching TV.

Thats exactly how I trim.

 

[Chris L]

Thats exactly how I trim.

What trimmer are you using? I've got the Possum Hollow chucked in a cordless drill and thanks to the noise, and the amount of brass chips it throws, my trimming is relegated to my reloading bench in the laundry/storage room in the basement.

 

[Redd Byrd]

That's exactly what I do. I clamp it to the end of that plywood that it's sitting on in the pic.

Got one, did that and never looked back

 

[Russ D]

What trimmer are you using? I've got the Possum Hollow chucked in a cordless drill and thanks to the noise, and the amount of brass chips it throws, my trimming is relegated to my reloading bench in the laundry/storage room in the basement.

Most calibers just a Lyman universal.