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Yep used as best assuming that you know what you are looking at and that it is functional

If you have to buy I would look on eBay or consider looking for one of the percent off coupon days at Cabela's and using discounted gift cards you buy from third party sites

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With most of the reloading manufacturers, after sales support is phenomenal. Dillon is the best example

I had bought a used 450 at a garage sale, out of production. I sent it to Dillon and for $94.95, shipping included, they converted it to a 550B

It had a manually operated powder thrower with it. I had been using it for throwing small batches of ammo on my single stage press.


It started leaking from the powder bar and I had lost the lid for it and was using a round piece of plastic.

I wrote an email to Dillon asking if they could fix the leaky powder bar and and sell me a cap for it. I clearly told them that I had bought it used at a garage sale.

They asked me to ship them the powder measure and they would look for an oversized powder bar a see if if they could find a cap in the junk drawer

5 days after I mailed it to them, I recieved a brand new current model with safety bar progressive powder measure.

I had a similar experiance with my first 550 I bought from a garage sale and the threads in the hole for the screw that holds the spring to hold the shell in place for pos1 had stripped out, they just asked for my address and shipped my a new assembly, screw and spring included.
 
YegamaN said:
Is it best to buy press directly from Dillon? Or should I go with a vendor

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If you're new to reloading, I highly suggest going with a single stage press so that you can understand the process. With multi stage presses, there's a lot going on and it'll be easy to overlook something if you don't know what you're looking for.

I personally use an RCBS Rock Chucker single stage press since I'm not a high volume shooter. I bought a "kit" when it was on sale and they're definitely built to last.
 
solitude127 said:
If you're new to reloading, I highly suggest going with a single stage press so that you can understand the process. With multi stage presses, there's a lot going on and it'll be easy to overlook something if you don't know what you're looking for.

I personally use an RCBS Rock Chucker single stage press since I'm not a high volume shooter. I bought a "kit" when it was on sale and they're definitely built to last.
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Absolutely!. I have two 550B’s. One for small primer and the other for large primer. I also have a rock chucker that sits right between the two of them and that press is indispensable. It’s a great idea to start off with a single stage most of the equipment used one single will still be applicable with your progressive or turret press . But it’s also really important understand what stage is doing because there’s a lot of things That can go wrong all at once with a progressive.

The other thing is to buy and read a reloading manual. There is a lot more to reloading and then just figuring out a projectile weight and a charge and filling casing and shooting it. The reloading manuals are a pretty dry read but I highly recommend you push through and read what they have to say. The fingers and eyes you save may be your own.
 
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So I was at Dick's sporting goods and I was talking with the guys at the gun counter and they said the Bullet buying background check it's going to happen till 2019. They were mentioning that the government doesn't have the infrastructure to do the background checks just yet.
 
You have to understand that you were talking to a guy who took a minimum wage job just so he could fondle guns that he can’t afford. Not saying that it’s not true, just that you have to take what you hear from the guy at the counter of a gun store with a grain of salt.
 
The DOJ doesn't have clue what they're doing regarding this new ammo law. I'm confident that we won't be buying ammo next year unless we abide by the law.

I'm pretty stocked up and I doubt I'll "need" to buy ammo for the rest of my life. My plan has always been to make sure my kids and grandkids are able to enjoy shooting and protect themselves.
 
I believe the ammo background checks go through the same system as a gun background-check that is why you have to buy your ammo at the same place you would do a gun transaction not sure how they are going to handle all of the overhead but it would have to be an instant approval in order for people to buy ammunition

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I'm going to join the gun club after the holidays. I've probably already asked this before but which .40 cal would you recommend? I'd like to spend around $1,000. I've shot several hand guns and always liked my Dad's 40 cal.
 
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I'm going to join the gun club after the holidays. I've probably already asked this before but which .40 cal would you recommend? I'd like to spend around $1,000. I've shot several hand guns and always liked my Dad's 40 cal.
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I like 40 as well for some reason I shoot it better than 9

Are you asking for in ammunition recommendation or a pistol recommendation?

There are a few rebates right now for ammunition and you can still order it online if you do it within the next week or two I would go for some American Eagle and get the rebate

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Zatoichi said:
I like 40 as well for some reason I shoot it better than 9

Are you asking for in ammunition recommendation or a pistol recommendation?

There are a few rebates right now for ammunition and you can still order it online if you do it within the next week or two I would go for some American Eagle and get the rebate

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Pistol.
 
I believe those are off roster now so they won't be easy to find or cheap unfortunately definitely tell your dad to never sell it

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