When sorting through my 6.5 Creedmoor brass, I found a round with a 130 gr bullet still attached. Primer showed it was fired. I vaguely remember thinking this round was a dud and tossed it in my spent brass bag. I don’t recall hearing whether lthe round fired. Anyway, removed the bullet and discovered there was no powder in the case. The bottom of the bullet was blackened so the primer definitely ignited. Surprised and relieved that bullet did not end up stuck in the barrel of my rifle.
This is my one complaint about reloading on a Dillon 550C and manually dropping the powder. I also reload pistol and .223/5.56 rifle rounds on a 650 but recently the 750 press. It’s easy to get confused when running two different type presses. I like Dillon’s Powder Check system on my 750. And it’s kept me squib free in over 10 years of reloading. My dream press would be a Dillon 550 but with an extra station to add the Powder Check System. I’ve loaded a few squib rounds in the pass on my 550. But I always found them by checking the weight of completed rounds. If the weight was high, I’d pull the bullet and check.
I’ve added an endo scope and light to my 550 so I can manually confirm the powder in the cases from this point forward. But really wish I could add the Powder Check System to my 550.
This is my one complaint about reloading on a Dillon 550C and manually dropping the powder. I also reload pistol and .223/5.56 rifle rounds on a 650 but recently the 750 press. It’s easy to get confused when running two different type presses. I like Dillon’s Powder Check system on my 750. And it’s kept me squib free in over 10 years of reloading. My dream press would be a Dillon 550 but with an extra station to add the Powder Check System. I’ve loaded a few squib rounds in the pass on my 550. But I always found them by checking the weight of completed rounds. If the weight was high, I’d pull the bullet and check.
I’ve added an endo scope and light to my 550 so I can manually confirm the powder in the cases from this point forward. But really wish I could add the Powder Check System to my 550.
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