Have you converted any .223 to .300 bo. Saw a video of the RT1500 trimmer and it was amazing!! Forward to 6:00 and be amazed! I’m 100% getting this for .223,.300bo and .308.
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So looking this over.. https://www.dillonprecision.com/rt1500-electric-case-trimmer_8_8_26196.html
You're telling me it'd be $625 + tax, shipping, and long wait to get to get setup to trim converted 300blk on a Dillon? Even the fact that I could sell 1k pieces of 300blk on gunbroker for $330, I still wouldn't get this setup.. you'd really need to be doing it for a living to offset costs. Press, drill press, mini chop saw, chop saw jig, dies, rotary cutter, and even a wet tumbler with media.. I think all of that cost me $360 and with that I can do a lot more than cut a single caliber of brass.
Still looks nice though
You're telling me it'd be $625 + tax, shipping, and long wait to get to get setup to trim converted 300blk on a Dillon? Even the fact that I could sell 1k pieces of 300blk on gunbroker for $330, I still wouldn't get this setup.. you'd really need to be doing it for a living to offset costs. Press, drill press, mini chop saw, chop saw jig, dies, rotary cutter, and even a wet tumbler with media.. I think all of that cost me $360 and with that I can do a lot more than cut a single caliber of brass.
Still looks nice though
So looking this over.. https://www.dillonprecision.com/rt1500-electric-case-trimmer_8_8_26196.html
You're telling me it'd be $625 + tax, shipping, and long wait to get to get setup to trim converted 300blk on a Dillon? Even the fact that I could sell 1k pieces of 300blk on gunbroker for $330, I still wouldn't get this setup.. you'd really need to be doing it for a living to offset costs. Press, drill press, mini chop saw, chop saw jig, dies, rotary cutter, and even a wet tumbler with media.. I think all of that cost me $360 and with that I can do a lot more than cut a single caliber of brass.
Still looks nice though
Never saw it done before and it was amazingly fast. You need to remember I’ve been stuck home sick and miserable with Covid. I may not be thinking clearly lol! Time vs. money and all that. My brass prep takes up a lot of time and my hands are toast after processing 1000 rounds of .223. For a grand I’m getting one when they are more plentiful. If I can decap , swage , size and trim touching the case once, I have to have it.......I haven’t yet, but before I do another couple thousand cases I’ll have one. Low volume it’s not necessary. You can also make 6.8spc brass and that would also be huge for me. Any brass you want to convert they have a die for.
I totally understand the time vs. Money thing! The older I get the more I've come to realize there's only so many hours in a day, and it always seems I never have enough time to accomplish what I intended... and I'm single with no children. It just boggles my mind how people can find time for reloading with a full family life going on.
I'd be down if it was only $374.. but then I saw the need for all of this.
I'd be down if it was only $374.. but then I saw the need for all of this.
- You must use the RT1500 trimmer
- You must use the Dillon XL650 Short Trim Die Toolhead #62112 or 1050 Short Trim Die Toolhead #62219 or RL550 Short Trim Die Toolhead #62231
- To convert .223 Remington/5.56mm into 300 AAC Blackout, you must use the Dillon Carbide 300 AAC Blackout Trim Die #62140
If anyone want the older version RT 1200... have 2x used ones.
For me...I think just buy 300 BO brass
But it’s an awesome tool for 223 trimming
For me...I think just buy 300 BO brass
But it’s an awesome tool for 223 trimming
Thanks to the individual who left the spent cases behind, I’ve got a little pocket full of .357sig
anyone got any 115gr 38 special load data? Ive got a few black bullets I'm trying to load with unique or tightgroup
where did you get these and are they round nose coated cast bullets by chance?
100 12 Gauge shotgun shells for a Cowboy Action match at River Bend tomorrow.
