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Some differences of opinion about the Dillon 550:
I have one, and the price you list includes everything, the dies, the powder measure etc. I checked on the website.
As far as the dies not being as reliable, or loading rounds of questionable quality is pure hogwash. yes, they manufacture them differently to make progressive loading easier, but they still size the rounds just like everybody else's equipment does. I stopped logging my reloads after I crossed the 100,000 round mark in 1995. And that is strictly handgun rounds, mainly .45acp, that does not include the rifle (.223) or the other calibers, .38 super, 9mm & .38 special/.357 mag. In that time and since, I have never had a malfunction related to a round in that caliber or any other and have loaded every kind of primer from every manufacturer with zero problems. Neither have the dies failed in their designed task, ever.
If anyone doubts the quality of Dillon dies, check out an issue of "front sight", the publication produced by USPSA, specifically during the coverage of the area and national matches, and go to the back and look at the equipment used by the competitors. You will find that overwhelmingly Dillon dominates the field even more than the 1911 handgun dominates the guns used in the match.
Remember also, that the average competitor that goes to an area or national match in this sport will burn through at least 30,000 rounds in a year to hit all of the local matches as well as an area match. I know when I was hot into it, my totals were around 40-47,000 rounds. So my point here is with all these rounds being loaded with Dillon presses, if there was any issue with the dies, it would have definitely surfaced by now.......
So go with Dillon, they have progressive loading down to a science.
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