Reply to Thread

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

Message: <blockquote data-quote="BillM" data-source="post: 4178761" data-attributes="member: 45785"><p>Sounds like a good reason to me. Especially if you are prepping for the Zombie Apocalypse or something. <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" data-shortname=";)" /> You might want to check out the cost of a conversion kit for the Dillon 550. One of the reasons my brother has so many progressive presses is that he hates changing calibers on them. I don't have that problem with my Spar-T. Though I can't produce a lot of rounds in a short time, either. Using a three-die set I can have two cartridges set up. Two die sets I can do 3 cartridges. It's fiddly to get them set up. If I want more, I can get or make replacement turrets. Even buying the steel and costing the time at what I made when I was working, it's cheaper than a conversion set, IIRC. Looks like $75-90 per caliber on the Dillon site. Die sets are more, but I'm not sure if you need die sets with the conversion set. You'll need to figure that out yourself. Check and see if this person has a single stage press, too. Maybe grab both, and all the calibers you think you'll need in the way of dies and such. You'll still find you need more as you go, but it might save you some money. A new gun might need several molds and maybe a couple sets of dies... <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

Verification