primers not in line with case

Dale,

Make sure the shellplate isn't too tight.

I had that happen last night and the shellplat bolt was too tight. It only seemed to affect one position.

If you continue to fight this, I'd call Dillon support and as them; they're pretty good about kinowing this stuff off-hand.

I had ALOT of priming system glitches on the SDB. Most of them went away with this 650.

Randy

Thanks Randy, I tried as you said about the shell plate. It did work better.
Primers do seat better, although I do still have some primer seating problems at times. I loosened the plate bolt at least one & a half turns, and seat primer slowly. Most seat well, a few I must play with a little. You would think a new 650 should not give trouble at all, work well every time.
 I'm sorry I'm just getting back to answering you on this, shooting a lot of matches these days. Thanks, Dale+++

The shellplate bolt should be very close to tight;we suggest tightening it until it stops, then back it up 1/8 to 1/4 turn is al. If you push down  on the edge of the shellplate at station 4, but should not feel springy. What brand of brass are you loading?I suggest phoning us for assistance when you can be in  front of the machine.

Are you by any chance using military cases with crimped in primers?  These will cause hard primer insertion and could be a problem.

Thank you dillon for your help with this primer problem. I have backed up the shell plate bolt  as you said, and so far the primers are seating ok. If I have any more problems, I will call you. Thanks, Dale+++ 
  ( I'm using winchester 38 special Brass)

Please keep us updated on this. I am having similar problems with my 650 while loading .45 ACP using commerical (not military-crimped) brass. When I had it set up to load 9mm, everything was fine.

I will definitely try the shell plate trick tomorrow.

so far most primers seat well. although once in awhile some do not, have to turn brass a little then primer will seat. some brass  I have to take out,   and take out primer also. real troublesome, don't like playing around with, just want to get on with loading.+++

Yourmaker

You may want to check the adjustment on the Primer Station locator Tab.  There is a adjustment screw that can be set to insure that the round is held firmly in the station.  I see this same problem when loading .223.  If the tab is not set correctly, i get exactly what you are experiencing.

 

 

 

Thank you    Anm2 man     for the info on the primer station locater tab adjustment  screw to hold case tight in station.Small screw to find, but find I did and made the adjustment. Did not need to adjust it much, but it made a difference. Only had one primer try to seat on angle out of 120 rounds, but got it anyway. Case wasn't hardly loose at all, but so far has made a big difference. Thanks,  Dale.+++

I have found it's easier to Size/Deprime and trim the brass first using a seperate tool head. Next after tumbling and then preping brass using the RCBS Trim Mate, I swage if needed. After removing the size/trim tool head, I place all prep brass in the casefeeder and prime each case. I remove the primer seater and add the tool head for charging, seating and crimpimg each case.

I feel this process allows me to focus on the critical step of priming. If there is a  primer that is not seated correctly, I can deal with the interuption of progression without concerned for the powder charge.

That being said, I do not feel I enjoy the full benifit of the progressive press when using these steps. I have found that brass normally P/U at the range can be challenging to reload based on the manufacture and primer pocket centering.

Just my two cents.