This just happened to me last night on my new XL750. I was into my second batch of a 100 38 spls when my primer arm started hanging back. I am heading down right now to my reloading room and making that adjustment. Thank You and God Bless!
Seems like something might have been miscalibrated when shipped from the factory by having the angle of the return bar was off-axis, causing your original issue. Good to see the fix is also pretty simple.
Great video. I just got my 750 and it’s fine but I have watched other videos talking about this. You by far have the simplest and most straight to the point video. Good job brother!
I didn't watch this video initially because I knew it was for your 750....then watched your 1k review on it and you said it's the same priming system as the 550 so now I'm watching it because I have 550s ...I'll check mine to see if they are doing this I don't think they are but I'm going to find out Thanks for the tip!!!
Before searching it took my primer assembly apart, thoroughly cleaned and lubed it, and reassembled. Within 5 rounds it was back to hanging up. Stupid me didn’t see the pulley had that much play. Thanks for the help.
Thank you for doing this video. Just received my xl750 and it’s really nice to see ahead of time the problems I may incur. Squash you are doing a great job informing us out here!
Been a 650 owner for about 23 years now, and am deeply ensconced into the brand. I've probably got 15 conversion kits, more than that in quick change heads, the RT1200 & 1500 trimmers, God knows how many trim die heads set up, I make my own 300 Blackout brass, yada, yada.... yes, I'm a YUGE fanboy of Big Blue. However, my instant reaction when I saw the 750 over on Gavintoobe was that I really did not like the looks of that bent-rod activation of the primer system. This screamed hurried piss-poor engineering, and that we just HAD to change something on the machine to say we're innovative instead of looking stale. I can understand wanting to isolate the primer stack, but in the 100's of thousands of rounds I've loaded, not once have I ever had a primer detonation in the machine, and I think they bunted a thud on this one... more of a case of fixing something that wasn't at all broken.
I know a lot of reloaders that share your same thoughts in the 650. I didn’t have any detonation concerns either with mine. My biggest complaint was the constant priming and the sky jump. I have been loading on 550s for a long time so I switched back from the 650. With the need to increase production and the old primer setup I was used to it helped sell it for me. But I hear everything you are saying.
I started having this problem with my 750 last night. I am going to give this a shot tonight and see if it fixes it. Also, my casefeeder keeps getting stuck with 9mm cases in it. Have you had that problem? If so, what was the solution? Thanks for the videos. I have watched most of them and you do a very good job.
@@SquatchReloaded I tried only putting in a couple of handfuls and it is still getting caught up a lot. I spoke with someone from Dillon yesterday and he said that is common with small pistol cases. Just wondering if you or anyone figured out a solution. Thank you for replying!
Hmmm I haven’t experienced that exactly. Don’t know if this would help but I wipe down the inside of my casefeeder and plates with wax paper once they are cleaned up to keep the slippery. I personally think that Dillon needs to make some changes to the small pistol plates. I get upside down 9mm frequently. I have heard of guys modifying them and using another feeder plate from Hornady I think.
I had the same problem, right at the micro switch that cuts the feeder off? I used a pair of needle nose pliers and bent the left spring steel holder to the left. The tube now catches on the outside edge on he left side, instead of fully in. No more stuck cases of any type. They are actually catching on the top of the plastic tube that feeds to the press.
If you are talking about the plastic sleeve that inserts into the pivot arm you can adjust the pivot with a set screw on the back side and it will not hang up there any more.
Have you had the problem with primers not seating far enough or seating too far? I'm having issues with unreliable ammo because of this and can't seem to find a solution. 9mm btw, and I'm making sure I use the same amount of force on the handle
I had a different issue, it looks like you may have had the same. In the first 30 sec or so of your video, on the top of the primer sense rod, did you add weight to the top of it? I made up a 5/32 brass rod with 4 ounces of weight on it. Have run over 12,000 rounds without a miss fed primer. Before I did that, I would see them come shooting out at times, or just not pickup a primer at all. Was becoming very frustrating. Plus about every 12,000 rounds the 2 springs break, the primer return spring, and the indexer spring. Usually within a hour of each other.
Love your show. Problem with primer feed. It is crushing some of my primers as I try to install them. I have pulled the slide back and they are not sitting square. Cleaned everything but can’t figure it. Small primer on my 40 SW Please advise.
Also you may need to adjust the slide with the small Allen bolt right above the slide on the front side. This adjust how far back the cup goes into the magazine
I believe the bullet feeder go in place of the powder check. Of course you could run a combo seat/crimp die and keep that station open. However I would never advocate seat/crimp in the same step.
there is a fix on the 550.it's a plate that goes under the slide and has a bearing on the left side that keeps the slide from binding. don't remember the source though.
Cyndee T I had tried one of those a few years ago. Honestly keeping the plate and slide clean is all you need to do. There are so many snake oil products for Dillon presses. Just my two cents
The biggest issue I have with you and all other online pundits is this. Ya'll never tell us what kind of problem Your fix solves. Like, wtf was the problem the caused you to create this video. You never tell us!!
Assuming you were watching this video because you were having issues with your primer slide bar not moving forward after cycling. Can explain the problem any better than actually re creating it… putting it on video then showing you how to fix it. Have a good day sir.
Thank You. This solved my problem of the roller randomly hanging up.
This just happened to me last night on my new XL750. I was into my second batch of a 100 38 spls when my primer arm started hanging back. I am heading down right now to my reloading room and making that adjustment. Thank You and God Bless!
👍👍 This is, by far, the best way to effectively fix this problem.
Seems like something might have been miscalibrated when shipped from the factory by having the angle of the return bar was off-axis, causing your original issue. Good to see the fix is also pretty simple.
Great video. I just got my 750 and it’s fine but I have watched other videos talking about this. You by far have the simplest and most straight to the point video. Good job brother!
Thanks
Great. Thanks for the video, i was racking my brains trying to figure it our and this was quick fix.
Good information without completely trashing the overall product. Earned a new subscriber! Keep doing what you do.
Thanks
Had same issue show up last night. I trust this will fix it. You da bomb! Thanks, brother!
I didn't watch this video initially because I knew it was for your 750....then watched your 1k review on it and you said it's the same priming system as the 550 so now I'm watching it because I have 550s ...I'll check mine to see if they are doing this I don't think they are but I'm going to find out Thanks for the tip!!!
It was immediate fix for me because my 550s done the same thing.
Before searching it took my primer assembly apart, thoroughly cleaned and lubed it, and reassembled. Within 5 rounds it was back to hanging up. Stupid me didn’t see the pulley had that much play. Thanks for the help.
Thank you for doing this video. Just received my xl750 and it’s really nice to see ahead of time the problems I may incur. Squash you are doing a great job informing us out here!
Thanks for your kind words. I will be working on a complete changeover series at the moment stay tuned.
Clear simple solution. Thank you for sharing this with us.
You are welcome I am glad it helped.
Wish this was uploaded when I had that problem last week! This will definitely help people out
This is fairly common with the 550s so it was an immediate fix for me. Interesting Dillon transferred the same problem from the 550 to the 750
my fix for my XL750, was to put a spring out of a ink pen behind the white wheel, has never caught the slide again.
Great minds think alike
Got the same problem on my 750. Fixed it with a strip of scotch tape wrapped around the pulley axle. But I must admit, I like your solution better.
Thanks man! This was the exact problem I had and this saved me a bunch of grey hairs...Well, it would have if I had hair.
Thanks, that was really interesting, I had the problem on mine but I never thought to do that, cheer's
Fixed my issue as well!!! Thank you!!!
Dude this fixed my issue, you’re a lifesaver
Awesome glad it helped.
Great job, very informative. Knowledge is power...or at least a way to keep my frustrations down. 😀
My exact problem! Thanks for the fix bro!!!
THANKS FOR THE FIX . MY FIRST DILLION.
I am glad it helped you out.
Had the same issue on mine did the exact adjustment haven’t had any issues since.
Nice update, hopefully it helps others with similar issues. 👊🏽👍🏽
Nice. I had the exact same problem. I monkeyed with the rod but I like your solution much better. Thanks
Dude, awesome video. I didn't realize that's what was happening on mine. Thank you!!!!!!
TinMan thanks man glad it helped
awesome, thanks for relieving my stress, works even better
I am happy to help.
Good simple fix
Been a 650 owner for about 23 years now, and am deeply ensconced into the brand. I've probably got 15 conversion kits, more than that in quick change heads, the RT1200 & 1500 trimmers, God knows how many trim die heads set up, I make my own 300 Blackout brass, yada, yada.... yes, I'm a YUGE fanboy of Big Blue. However, my instant reaction when I saw the 750 over on Gavintoobe was that I really did not like the looks of that bent-rod activation of the primer system. This screamed hurried piss-poor engineering, and that we just HAD to change something on the machine to say we're innovative instead of looking stale. I can understand wanting to isolate the primer stack, but in the 100's of thousands of rounds I've loaded, not once have I ever had a primer detonation in the machine, and I think they bunted a thud on this one... more of a case of fixing something that wasn't at all broken.
I know a lot of reloaders that share your same thoughts in the 650. I didn’t have any detonation concerns either with mine. My biggest complaint was the constant priming and the sky jump. I have been loading on 550s for a long time so I switched back from the 650. With the need to increase production and the old primer setup I was used to it helped sell it for me. But I hear everything you are saying.
thank you! had exact issue. now solved!
Thanks for the fix man!
Thanks Squatch. Do you add any grease to the underside of the primer slide bar? So it rides smoothly on the metal plate it rides on?
I haven’t ever added any grease. I do keep it clean by removing it and wiping the parts down.
I started having this problem with my 750 last night. I am going to give this a shot tonight and see if it fixes it. Also, my casefeeder keeps getting stuck with 9mm cases in it. Have you had that problem? If so, what was the solution? Thanks for the videos. I have watched most of them and you do a very good job.
I have found if you get to many cases in there it causes problems. I only run 1 and 1/2 Dillon akro bins max in the case feeder for 9mm
@@SquatchReloaded I tried only putting in a couple of handfuls and it is still getting caught up a lot. I spoke with someone from Dillon yesterday and he said that is common with small pistol cases. Just wondering if you or anyone figured out a solution. Thank you for replying!
Hmmm I haven’t experienced that exactly. Don’t know if this would help but I wipe down the inside of my casefeeder and plates with wax paper once they are cleaned up to keep the slippery. I personally think that Dillon needs to make some changes to the small pistol plates. I get upside down 9mm frequently. I have heard of guys modifying them and using another feeder plate from Hornady I think.
I had the same problem, right at the micro switch that cuts the feeder off? I used a pair of needle nose pliers and bent the left spring steel holder to the left. The tube now catches on the outside edge on he left side, instead of fully in. No more stuck cases of any type. They are actually catching on the top of the plastic tube that feeds to the press.
If you are talking about the plastic sleeve that inserts into the pivot arm you can adjust the pivot with a set screw on the back side and it will not hang up there any more.
Have you had the problem with primers not seating far enough or seating too far? I'm having issues with unreliable ammo because of this and can't seem to find a solution. 9mm btw, and I'm making sure I use the same amount of force on the handle
I had a different issue, it looks like you may have had the same. In the first 30 sec or so of your video, on the top of the primer sense rod, did you add weight to the top of it? I made up a 5/32 brass rod with 4 ounces of weight on it. Have run over 12,000 rounds without a miss fed primer. Before I did that, I would see them come shooting out at times, or just not pickup a primer at all. Was becoming very frustrating. Plus about every 12,000 rounds the 2 springs break, the primer return spring, and the indexer spring. Usually within a hour of each other.
Yes that is a 45 ACP case with a lead weight on the inside. That is something I have done for years.
You brilliant bastard!! 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you! I was about to pull my hair out!
Easy fix👍👍
Love your show. Problem with primer feed. It is crushing some of my primers as I try to install them. I have pulled the slide back and they are not sitting square. Cleaned everything but can’t figure it. Small primer on my 40 SW
Please advise.
Have you confirmed you have the correct primer cup installed. th-cam.com/video/NRohNCLPw4I/w-d-xo.html
Squatch Reloading it came with the 40 SW conversion kit. It doesn’t crush all is the problem.
Also you may need to adjust the slide with the small Allen bolt right above the slide on the front side. This adjust how far back the cup goes into the magazine
Thanks for the information.
Have you tried using the mr.bullet loader? Any problems with the powder check? Any solutions to this problem?
I believe the bullet feeder go in place of the powder check. Of course you could run a combo seat/crimp die and keep that station open. However I would never advocate seat/crimp in the same step.
Thanks
love my 650. HATE my 750. constant primer feed problems. dillon bring back the 650!!!!!!!
Awesome!
That was cool thanks
Good one.
I am still having problems with my XL 750 not loading primers all the time and when it does it, places the primer high on the casing
Could be that your:
- magazine tip is damaged
- magazine cap is too tight
- slide bar need adjusted (small set screw)
so it looks like they abandoned the 650 system and went back to the 550 style
It is the same as the 550
Great Idea, That's not the solution I came up with. I like yours better.
Easy as pie
Hi all. I fix the problem with a little spring on the slide roller post.
Go check out the channel guns and gadgets on TH-cam and look at his newest video about the ATF
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there is a fix on the 550.it's a plate that goes under the slide and has a bearing
on the left side that keeps the slide from binding. don't remember the source though.
Cyndee T I had tried one of those a few years ago. Honestly keeping the plate and slide clean is all you need to do. There are so many snake oil products for Dillon presses. Just my two cents
The biggest issue I have with you and all other online pundits is this. Ya'll never tell us what kind of problem Your fix solves. Like, wtf was the problem the caused you to create this video. You never tell us!!
Assuming you were watching this video because you were having issues with your primer slide bar not moving forward after cycling. Can explain the problem any better than actually re creating it… putting it on video then showing you how to fix it. Have a good day sir.
glad to see i'm not the only one that put a .45acp case on the the primer alarm rod,,, great tech tip BTW