5030
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It's not that I dislike Dillions, I think they are overpriced and inherently inaccurate. Maybe fine with straightwall case, but then maybe not as I don't own one and never will. Not a fanboy of any press or system in reality. I'm a fanboy of repeatable accuracy in handloading and downrange trajectory and why I ascribe to the Berger loading regimen and always will. Every bottleneck case I reload gets a Berger pill, no exceptions and evert straight wall gets a Sierra, not that I load that many because I don't shoot just to shoot other than my Volquartsen modified 22 Rugers and that is in informal 50 foot indoor league.5030, you revealed your lack of knowledgeable about Dillon dies with your first post so your opinions on Dillon pistol dies are suspect. You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but it is wrong.
Loading rifle ammunition is not the same as loading pistol ammunition. Pistol shooters shoot a lot more. We need both decent accuracy and productivity. Trying to impress us with your handcrafting of rifle ammunition is deflection and not germane. BTW, I load rifle ammunition as well. I know that weighing powder to 1/4 gr is useless in getting a good load...just more BS to impress the ignorant.
My conclusions wrt to pistol reloading are based on shooting up to 20k pistol rounds a year, testing with a Ransom Rest, and a fair amount of competitive shooting. I have owned a Star, RCBS Green Machine, two Dillon SD's, two Dillon 550's, a Dillon 650, two Dillon 1050's and a Lee Six Pack. Old age has me down to one 550, one 1050 and the Lee for pistol ammunition, but this isn't my first rodeo.
Certainly not my first rodeo either. I've spent years perfecting what I do and load but when some person comes on here and tells me to explain something that he can explain to himself by purchasing a Berger Handbook of reloading, I draw the line with it.
What people do and what I do is what it is and my opinion of reloading presses and reloading equipment have come about over decades and I'll stick to what I know and what works for me and has worked in an excellent manner. What is really telling is that 3 other hunters only shoot my reloads which is really a big no in the world of firearms, but they put their trust in what I build and it works for them.
I'll leave it at that.