Excellent video Gavin! I just bought my 12 gauge Dillon SL900 in January. It is an awesome machine,. It is light years ahead of my Mec 9000GN. You can really crank out some ounce and an eighth loads with it in a hurry. So much so that I would highly recommend getting Dillon’s low powder sensor/alarm. It flashes and beeps when the powder gets too low. Also, two great things about the SL900: 1. The powder drop is hull activated. No hull means no powder drop. 2. The shot drop is also wad activated. No wad = no shot getting dropped. I have cookie sheets under my Mec’s for a reason. :-(. Keep up the good work Gavin!
I was looking at the MEC here in South Africa and never knew Dillon made a shotshell reloader untill I saw Gavin's video now. We have the SL900 in South Africa as well now. So you would recommend the SL900 over the MEC?
I’ve had my SL900 for several years now. Very recommended. I load 1oz sporting loads, and 3/4oz skeet loads. Rem Hulls, Claybuster wads, Win 209’s (when I can find them) and lately Cheddite 209’s. Powder varies, but Tite-group for 1 oz stuff.
OK, so this will make you jealous. A friend and I were at the Grand American many years ago when it was in Vandalia Ohio. Dillon was there in one of the vendor buildings and we stopped in to look around. At the back of the display area there were 2 SL-900’s sitting on the floor, complete with shell feeders. They had price tags on them for $500.00. They had been sent out to a couple of gun writers for reviews and had to be sold as “used.” I bought one and my friend bought the other. Completely assembled and with shell feeders. I have loaded about 150K on mine, and it still works very well. What few parts I have needed to replace, over the years, have been supplied to me by Dillon with no questions asked and free of charge.
I’ve had an SL-900 for about 15yrs in 12ga. They make gauge conversions, but they are not cheap and still don’t have a .410 kit as far as I know. Doesn’t matter because .410 and progressive presses don’t go together well anyway. I also own MEC G-9000 in 12/20/28 and I think they are simpler/cheaper/easier to use than the Dillon except they don’t have the case feed feature. As we can see in the video, the SL-900 is a very large and tall unit. Once setup properly it is a damn fine machine.
Reloading/handloading shotshells is a great way to further connect with the sport, and greatly improve the performance of your ammunition. I highly recommend everyone try it as it is very satisfying to break clays and bag birds with your own custom shells.
Thank you for another great video. Been waiting along time for another shot shell reloading video and glad you picked the Dillon sl900 for this one. Hope to see more shot shell reloading. Would like to see a Beretta multi target video for sporting clays.
Hello, great video. Where did you got the work bench seems great to setup a couple machines and be able to move them around, if you can give me some info would be great thank you 👊
I just bought the Citadel boss 25 shotgun in 12ga. I am still looking at getting a shotgun reloading progressive press. So far my choice will either be the MEC or Dillon SL900, depending on price here in South Africa but our biggest problem is shotgun primers 😢
Primers are a bitch everywhere, brother. I'm in the USA, if it wasn't for the French,we wouldn't have any either.Forget about magnum primers. Good Luck!!!
I hear you. We have tons of small pistol and small rifle primers but zero LRP and shotgun primers. We getting a lot of Argentinian and Czechoslovakian primers.
If you want to see the cadillacs of shotshell check out ponsess warren and sporel presses, the dillon and mec 9000 are good but not even close to the best.
I have sl900 Now id works fine. But i did have bild all setup again id was nightmare. Station 4 and 5 make me crayzy speacial station 5. But when ids done id works fine.
It's almost impossible to reload shotshells here in Australia. Components, particularly powder and primers, are very difficult to find. A lot of clay shooters figure it's not worth the effort as the cost saving is minimal compared to the cost of factory made shells. I still have my MEC 8567 Grabber. I have plenty of hulls, shot, wads and some primers. Just can't buy powder anywhere, and primers are hard to find.
@@dhooter Yes, it is made by ADI (Australian Defence Industries), however they no longer make shotgun/pistol powder. Only rifle powders now. Something to do with the move from double base powders to single base and ADI are unable to produce it. That's how it was explained to me. We used to be able to buy Winchester Ball powder, Hurcules (now Alliant) Green or Red dot as it was called. Vectan, 700x and Nobles powders. All no longer available here.
@@payres48 Don't feel to bad. Our powders are now getting crazy expensive and harder to find. Right now the only affordable powder is Accurate. IMR went up to over 70$ a pound
Will this SL900 Dillon reload multiple shotgun rounds like 12gage, 20gage and .410. If so how easy is to change it out. Is it as easy as just changing out dies.
Great video. We need to reload 410 as the ammunition is far too expensive. Do you have workable ideas on reloading in the cheap equipment wise. 410 is an interesting round that people seem to consider a kid's round. I disagree with the 410 wimp round notion.
You never showed how to make the adjustment on the shot. How do you know you’re dropping 1 ounce? Do they use bushings or is it a setting similar to the powder?
The Dillon shot dispenser and shot bar are very similar to how the Dillon powder measure works. But there is one exception. There is a set screw you have to loosen first, then adjust the shot bar’s bolt (opening or closing the “gate”). And then you tighten the set screw. Then you load a few “practice”shells with powder, then wad, and shot. The shellplate will automatically index, so the freshly “shot’ed” hull is at station #4. Remove that hull from station #4 before you run it up into the pre-crimp die and carefully pour the shot into your scale’s pan. Rinse. Repeat. Until you get your desired shot payload weight.
you know watching assembly is half the fun right?, extreme use of the timelapse button here, get the xxx thing out of his reach, PLEASE, couldn't see any screws, where they went, or 'how to' all too fast.
I can still buy ammo at $70 for 250, 8 or 7 1/2 shot. The $1700 that machine runs I can buy a truck load of shells without worrying about hulls, primers, powder or shot.
I just moved from Illinois to Missouri. As you might know, Illinois state has the Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card system. It is set up now that Walmarts, Bass Pro’s, Cabelas, Scheels, and yes, even the little mom and pop gun stores have to run your FOID card number through the Illinois State Police website/database for every ammo purchase. Do you remember those old Mastercard commercials? 25 lb bag of shot…..$48 1 pound of powder…. $40 1 bag of wads….$15 1 brick of 209 primers…..$60 Keeping my name off of some .gov database for every ammo purchase…..PRICELESS!
Yeah 12 ga practice loads seem to be in that category with 9mm and .223 these days: it’s no longer clear there’s an economic benefit to handloading them compared to decent bulk factory ammo
@@FMDad-dm5qo Yeah 9mm wise, it only pays if you can source inexpensive lead and want to cast/powder coat. 223 back when you could get good bulk deals on multiple sleeves of primers and 8 lb jugs of powder, that could pay.
its not worth reloading shotshells any longer, shot is 50 a bag, powder is thru the roof and primers are astronomical, and hulls woppe dool not worth reloaidng any longer unless u are using custom loads,
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Haven’t seen any shot shell reloading on this channel for a long time. Stoked
When some one gives you one , you will !!
Excellent video Gavin! I just bought my 12 gauge Dillon SL900 in January. It is an awesome machine,. It is light years ahead of my Mec 9000GN. You can really crank out some ounce and an eighth loads with it in a hurry. So much so that I would highly recommend getting Dillon’s low powder sensor/alarm. It flashes and beeps when the powder gets too low. Also, two great things about the SL900: 1. The powder drop is hull activated. No hull means no powder drop. 2. The shot drop is also wad activated. No wad = no shot getting dropped. I have cookie sheets under my Mec’s for a reason. :-(. Keep up the good work Gavin!
I was looking at the MEC here in South Africa and never knew Dillon made a shotshell reloader untill I saw Gavin's video now. We have the SL900 in South Africa as well now. So you would recommend the SL900 over the MEC?
I’ve had my SL900 for several years now. Very recommended. I load 1oz sporting loads, and 3/4oz skeet loads. Rem Hulls, Claybuster wads, Win 209’s (when I can find them) and lately Cheddite 209’s. Powder varies, but Tite-group for 1 oz stuff.
OK, so this will make you jealous.
A friend and I were at the Grand American many years ago when it was in Vandalia Ohio.
Dillon was there in one of the vendor buildings and we stopped in to look around.
At the back of the display area there were 2 SL-900’s sitting on the floor, complete with shell feeders. They had price tags on them for $500.00.
They had been sent out to a couple of gun writers for reviews and had to be sold as “used.”
I bought one and my friend bought the other.
Completely assembled and with shell feeders.
I have loaded about 150K on mine, and it still works very well.
What few parts I have needed to replace, over the years, have been supplied to me by Dillon with no questions asked and free of charge.
I’ve had an SL-900 for about 15yrs in 12ga. They make gauge conversions, but they are not cheap and still don’t have a .410 kit as far as I know. Doesn’t matter because .410 and progressive presses don’t go together well anyway. I also own MEC G-9000 in 12/20/28 and I think they are simpler/cheaper/easier to use than the Dillon except they don’t have the case feed feature. As we can see in the video, the SL-900 is a very large and tall unit. Once setup properly it is a damn fine machine.
Reloading/handloading shotshells is a great way to further connect with the sport, and greatly improve the performance of your ammunition. I highly recommend everyone try it as it is very satisfying to break clays and bag birds with your own custom shells.
Thank you for another great video. Been waiting along time for another shot shell reloading video and glad you picked the Dillon sl900 for this one. Hope to see more shot shell reloading. Would like to see a Beretta multi target video for sporting clays.
This is great stuff. We are just getting back into shotshell reloading. Very impressive system.
You can't go wrong with Dillon.
Hello, great video. Where did you got the work bench seems great to setup a couple machines and be able to move them around, if you can give me some info would be great thank you 👊
Would love to see an honest comparison video between this and a spolar. Those two are debated to be the best on the market right now.
Beretta A400 xcel/multi target, benelli ethos super sport for sure
I just bought the Citadel boss 25 shotgun in 12ga. I am still looking at getting a shotgun reloading progressive press. So far my choice will either be the MEC or Dillon SL900, depending on price here in South Africa but our biggest problem is shotgun primers 😢
Primers are a bitch everywhere, brother. I'm in the USA, if it wasn't for the French,we wouldn't have any either.Forget about magnum primers.
Good Luck!!!
I hear you. We have tons of small pistol and small rifle primers but zero LRP and shotgun primers. We getting a lot of Argentinian and Czechoslovakian primers.
Thank you for sharing this great information on a great product
Love the shotgun content!
If you want to see the cadillacs of shotshell check out ponsess warren and sporel presses, the dillon and mec 9000 are good but not even close to the best.
Awesome unit! My only complaint on mine is the primer feed constantly jams.
Contact Dillon customer service they will walk you thru to a fix. Great customer service
Take care of that Mossberg 500 wood furniture. That corncob set is really rare
I have sl900
Now id works fine. But i did have bild all setup again id was nightmare. Station 4 and 5 make me crayzy speacial station 5. But when ids done id works fine.
It's almost impossible to reload shotshells here in Australia. Components, particularly powder and primers, are very difficult to find. A lot of clay shooters figure it's not worth the effort as the cost saving is minimal compared to the cost of factory made shells. I still have my MEC 8567 Grabber. I have plenty of hulls, shot, wads and some primers. Just can't buy powder anywhere, and primers are hard to find.
Isn't Hogden made in Australia?
@@dhooter Yes, it is made by ADI (Australian Defence Industries), however they no longer make shotgun/pistol powder. Only rifle powders now. Something to do with the move from double base powders to single base and ADI are unable to produce it. That's how it was explained to me. We used to be able to buy Winchester Ball powder, Hurcules (now Alliant) Green or Red dot as it was called. Vectan, 700x and Nobles powders. All no longer available here.
@@payres48 Don't feel to bad. Our powders are now getting crazy expensive and harder to find. Right now the only affordable powder is Accurate. IMR went up to over 70$ a pound
Hi, Can you test this shotshells in a semiatomatic shotgun ? Thanks
Will this SL900 Dillon reload multiple shotgun rounds like 12gage, 20gage and .410. If so how easy is to change it out. Is it as easy as just changing out dies.
Great video. We need to reload 410 as the ammunition is far too expensive. Do you have workable ideas on reloading in the cheap equipment wise. 410 is an interesting round that people seem to consider a kid's round. I disagree with the 410 wimp round notion.
You never showed how to make the adjustment on the shot. How do you know you’re dropping 1 ounce?
Do they use bushings or is it a setting similar to the powder?
The Dillon shot dispenser and shot bar are very similar to how the Dillon powder measure works. But there is one exception. There is a set screw you have to loosen first, then adjust the shot bar’s bolt (opening or closing the “gate”). And then you tighten the set screw. Then you load a few “practice”shells with powder, then wad, and shot. The shellplate will automatically index, so the freshly “shot’ed” hull is at station #4. Remove that hull from station #4 before you run it up into the pre-crimp die and carefully pour the shot into your scale’s pan. Rinse. Repeat. Until you get your desired shot payload weight.
@@Posercam awesome thanks for the info!
I have a 366 from hornady that I got at an estate sale for $50. I need to send it to them to have it refurbished
CAN you choose the weight of lead you wanna put in your shotshell ? Can we make , buckshot and slug out of the sl900 ? Nice vid’s by the way.
I have an old RCBS Grand (have not used it in a while), wonder how this compares to it
Can you reload mini shells? Thanx for the video!
Where did you get that 8lb jug of International. Haven't seen it on the shelf for years. That stuff is like gold now.
I've had this for 10+ years :)
Whoa! Come back from the dark side brother. Keep it precision.
Some assembly required
Ha! Yes...
What kind of table do you use?
Where the heck did you find Hodgdon International Clays??? That's not been available for a few years.
You stockpile when it's available for those times when it won't be.
Pretty cool 👍 😎 👌
That's so cool.
Hi. How do you adjust for different pellet nr’s? For instance a nr7 or 7.5?
Similar to the way you adjust your powder, there's a slide baffle with an adjustable cavity that meters the shot.
Can it load buckshot or different shot sized like goose loads?
It can't do buck, but almost no machine can, and like stated above, most buckshot is loaded by hand in layers.
How does it do with buck and slugs?
Good question! That would be fun to try.
What hulls are used in the video ?
Remington Gun Club!
Nothing like Dillon metallic reloaders, but I'll take a hard pass on this versus my MEC 9000E for shotshells.
guys will see this and think "hell yeah"
i reload my 12 gauge with a wooden dowel.
you know watching assembly is half the fun right?, extreme use of the timelapse button here, get the xxx thing out of his reach, PLEASE, couldn't see any screws, where they went, or 'how to' all too fast.
This is f🦆ng bad. I found thrifty deals long ago on shot shell reloaders and have never ever turned back. Boxed shells are for dummies!
You must have Common Core public ed math skills to think you can save money reloading, especially shot shells
@@BcFuTw9jt You must be University Psychology.
Tell me where you buy your 3/4oz 12 gauge #9 skeet loads?
I can still buy ammo at $70 for 250, 8 or 7 1/2 shot. The $1700 that machine runs I can buy a truck load of shells without worrying about hulls, primers, powder or shot.
I just moved from Illinois to Missouri. As you might know, Illinois state has the Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card system. It is set up now that Walmarts, Bass Pro’s, Cabelas, Scheels, and yes, even the little mom and pop gun stores have to run your FOID card number through the Illinois State Police website/database for every ammo purchase. Do you remember those old Mastercard commercials?
25 lb bag of shot…..$48
1 pound of powder…. $40
1 bag of wads….$15
1 brick of 209 primers…..$60
Keeping my name off of some .gov database for every ammo purchase…..PRICELESS!
Yeah 12 ga practice loads seem to be in that category with 9mm and .223 these days: it’s no longer clear there’s an economic benefit to handloading them compared to decent bulk factory ammo
Some people don’t reload to pinch pennies
Reloading saves money most of the time, but is mainly looked at as a way to increase performance.
@@FMDad-dm5qo Yeah 9mm wise, it only pays if you can source inexpensive lead and want to cast/powder coat. 223 back when you could get good bulk deals on multiple sleeves of primers and 8 lb jugs of powder, that could pay.
its not worth reloading shotshells any longer, shot is 50 a bag, powder is thru the roof and primers are astronomical, and hulls woppe dool not worth reloaidng any longer unless u are using custom loads,
Tell me where you buy your 3/4oz 12 gauge #9 skeet loads?