Dillon Super 1050 & PW Drive Tips Wanted

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I stumbled into a Super 1050 and PW 900 drive for a reasonable price,
Looking for tips on set-up and run, what to watch for, what to up grade, what to leave alone, ect.

Intending to process raw once fired military brass at first, then maybe load some rounds if it will produce reasonable rounds, not just blasting ammo.

It 'Looks' like it's pretty solid, haven't run rounds yet to see what it will do, so any tips from 1050 owners would be a big help!
 
Don't bother to install it with a press you have not already used manually for awhile and have it running like a top.

Don't adjust the "clutch" tighter than absolutely needed, don't have or put anything near the press when it's moving that you don't intend to destroy, finger wise.

The only portion of the stroke that is important is the tool head down stroke, this is the critical adjustment. The up stroke doesn't matter because nothing happens at the end of the up stroke on a 1050, just make sure your good on the down, fully indexing on the up without any bind.
 
Thanks Mr. Morris,
I have a little experence with a 1050, it was 'fun' getting all the dies to hit at the same time.
One of the reasons I didn't have one until now.

Until I have the press cranking out rounds SMOOTHLY, without glitches by hand,
I wouldn't dream of powering it up.
When I have it saying 'Bread & Butter' I might try the drive.
Honestly, I'm not big on converting manual presses to power, would rather start with something overbuilt and intended for a drive in the first place...

Mr. O'heir,
Its ALWAYS about the press...
Dies & accessories are quick change consumable parts,
If the press doesn't size the brass accurately, it's useless,
If the press can't reproduce loads time & time again, its an expensive bench ornament.

I guess I'll find out pretty quickly, working on the bench for it now.
 
I had loaded 100 rounds of .223 in 2.5 minutes with one before I automated one.

That also does not include processing the brass that is another step.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La83ZVKnBzw

Even with automated equipment it is a good idea to "prep" pistol brass. At least you know your sorter is working 100% and there are no "ringers" or other issues. If the brass has already made one pass without a primer, powder or bullet it has a better chance than one that has not..

This is a rotary 1050 with a VFD processing brass. (Very quickly).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1ieGYpdr9I

This is a PW drive with a PLC and display I programmed and linked into Dillon devices to make a "smart" machine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrFhnDQ-eUU
 
Yeah... I'm a long way from that....
Still trying to get set up right, along with building a bench that will do the deed.

I'm not sure how accurate this thing is going to be yet, need to wack out several hundred QC brass and see if this thing is consistent or not.
I'm pretty particular about brass processing, and I'm a skeptic until I see it work.

I REALLY like that bullet feeder!
The PLC is pretty cool too, but I'm 'Digitally' challenged. I'd have to buy that unit, I can't build it.

Right now, a quick adjustment on the primer swager die fixed the over compressed primer issue. Found that one on youtube and it worked like a champ with 9mm, the dies this machine came with.

I honestly wasn't in the market for a 1050, but a disabled vet was trying to raise money, and this one was complete and 'Gently Used',
Everyone was trying to rip him off, so to prevent that I purchased it for about twice what others were offering, and I still got it well below retail (used).

Now, it's a 'Project' that i really don't have time for, I just got another lot of military brass I need to be processing, this thing might help with that if I can get it working smoothly and consistently.
 
It can be consistent if you get it setup right. If you can't manage to set it to your liking, the rotary conversion is pretty simple to get consistent because there is no stop at the end of the stroke.
 
Better get something going pretty soon,
I'm bidding on 300,000 pistol brass, about 500,000 rifle brass this week...

Turns out it will be a drive, but about 250,000 brass from 458 SOCOM is going up also, 458 SOCOM is money in the bank right now, so I'm watching my bids pretty close!
 
Right now, I'm using the super 1050 for case conditioning in one cycle,
Then cycling the brass again for proper sizing & loading calibers I don't normally do a lot of.

I guess I do things a little strange from others,
I universal decap, no sizing at all,
Next step swages primer pocket,
Then case sides/head space sizing only, no neck, to about 95%

Then anneal so the case shoulder/neck size correctly,
And back through for case sides/headspace sizing to 100%,
Swager removed and replaced with a neck sizer,
Then prime/powder/bullet/seater like everyone else.

I see the punching of a crimped primer and swaging deflect the shell plate 0.020" or more, depending on the brass being processed/loaded,
And by running through twice, the rounds are much more consistant.

The machine is running pretty smooth, swapped out some parts that will live longer with drive motor,
And I put in a roller bearing for the shell plate which allowed me to tighten down the nut a little more, elminating all slop,
But warp/deflection is still an issue when you try to do it all at once.
 
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