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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 2351959" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>I was talking about build quality, not design features. The Dillon spanks Hornady like a redheaded stepchild (pun intended). For example. Hornady uses a really cheap red lacquer paint for it's finish, if you want to strip it off quickly just blast it with break cleaner and watch it run off. Dillon uses powder coat. Set the case feeders side by side and you'll see that the Dillon is a very robust housing that is injection molded while the Hornady looks, feels, and performs like a very cheaply made mass produced item. That's because it is and seems to be formed out of kydex and pretty thin kydex at that. My Dillon has loaded thousands of rounds and has never dropped a single piece of brass on my head. I installed the case feeder on my LNL, jacked with it's constant clogging, upside down case drops and brass raining on my head, fiddling with the adjustments trying to get it tuned in to run right. After about a week I just boxed it back up and sold it. Those kinds of things are what I was referring to.</p><p></p><p>There are some things I like about the Hornady better and that I miss, but there are things I like about the 650 better too. It's all subjective and the bottom line is that I can load ammo by the thousands and not have any issues at all. The only issue I have is keeping primer tubes filled unless it's an issue I cause myself, there have been a couple of those. I never got that with my LNL. It's definitely a step up from a Lee, no doubt. But it's still not with the Dillon by a long shot, not even close.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 2351959, member: 3099"] I was talking about build quality, not design features. The Dillon spanks Hornady like a redheaded stepchild (pun intended). For example. Hornady uses a really cheap red lacquer paint for it's finish, if you want to strip it off quickly just blast it with break cleaner and watch it run off. Dillon uses powder coat. Set the case feeders side by side and you'll see that the Dillon is a very robust housing that is injection molded while the Hornady looks, feels, and performs like a very cheaply made mass produced item. That's because it is and seems to be formed out of kydex and pretty thin kydex at that. My Dillon has loaded thousands of rounds and has never dropped a single piece of brass on my head. I installed the case feeder on my LNL, jacked with it's constant clogging, upside down case drops and brass raining on my head, fiddling with the adjustments trying to get it tuned in to run right. After about a week I just boxed it back up and sold it. Those kinds of things are what I was referring to. There are some things I like about the Hornady better and that I miss, but there are things I like about the 650 better too. It's all subjective and the bottom line is that I can load ammo by the thousands and not have any issues at all. The only issue I have is keeping primer tubes filled unless it's an issue I cause myself, there have been a couple of those. I never got that with my LNL. It's definitely a step up from a Lee, no doubt. But it's still not with the Dillon by a long shot, not even close. [/QUOTE]
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