two types of owners honest ones who admitt they hate them and ones that are to proud to admitt they got burned. Well three types i guess the third type is the guy who doesnt use it enough to relize its junk.
I hated mine. Was going to use it for a boat anchor, but was too light. I sold the 1000, several heads, shell plates, the powder measures, etc for a down payment on my first Dillon.
When I first got the 1000, it was all I could afford. I made it work.....to a point. That priming system is just plain junk. Finally got .223s and 7TCUs to go down the slide by using the plastic spatula riveted to the side. I was able to size pistol brass very quickly with carbide dies and the hopper set up. Used to bell some of the brass in the second position if I didn't have a powder thru belling die for that particular caliber. With powder thru die and jerry rigged powder measure in first position, seating dies in second position, and crimp die in third position, you could cycle thru primed brass pretty quickly. It was the 357 max and 7TCU loads that finally wore me out. Even with the spatula on the slide one in 20 would fall on the floor. I would get so :evil: . Finally had to get rid of it and get the Dillon.
Some days I do wish I had it back. Mostly those days I have to size 500-1000 9mm or 40S&W brass and am thinking of that hopper and self indexing. Maybe I should be wishing for a 650!!
Steve
