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<blockquote data-quote="tul9033" data-source="post: 2352279" data-attributes="member: 2319"><p>I think both have their warts. The Dillon powder measure leaves a bit to be desired IMO.</p><p>I got into a Hornady LNL early mainly because of the 1000 free bullets and the price at the time was less than $350. I haven't had any of the issues with the case feeder that I see others reporting. I will get the very occasional upside down piece of brass, but no rain of brass. I have never had any issues with the primer slide that I see mentioned quite a bit. I have had to tweak and tune my LNL, but I would put *my* press against any 650. There is no doubt there are some LNL lemons out there. If I had a problem with my LNL I figured out what was causing it and addressed it. I only load straight wall pistol calibers by the way. I just don't have the time to load anything else. I probably shoot an average of 800 rounds a month. I can leisurely load 300 rounds an hour and when I am in a good rhythm 500 is no problem. I look in every case before seating a bullet and will stop every 150-200 rds to recheck my powder weight and OAL.</p><p>I was turned off by Dillon for the crazy cost of the caliber changes. I will admit to pricing out the 650 a few times, but when it came time to pull the trigger I asked myself why. The LNL is working as good as I can expect from any press. </p><p>I also had a few bushings come loose early on, but I just use a wrench to bump tighten them that last little bit and they never come loose. One thing Hornady is guilty of is the poor documentation of the pawl adjustment. They still have it wrong in the current LNL manual. I think people start having problems and go after the pawls and get confused and end up with their press way out of time and get frustrated. The manual refers to the RAM upstroke when the intention is the handle upstroke, when the handle goes down the RAM goes up. It's confusing as hell and Hornady should be embarrassed they still have it wrong in the current manual.</p><p>If you shoot more than 100 rds a month I can't see going with anything other than a progressive.</p><p>If I had the problems that I see some LNL owners having I'm sure I'd be on a 650 right now. Of course this is just my experience and opinion.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Ironically my spell checker is correcting words incorrectly. Please excuse any strange words or phrases.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tul9033, post: 2352279, member: 2319"] I think both have their warts. The Dillon powder measure leaves a bit to be desired IMO. I got into a Hornady LNL early mainly because of the 1000 free bullets and the price at the time was less than $350. I haven't had any of the issues with the case feeder that I see others reporting. I will get the very occasional upside down piece of brass, but no rain of brass. I have never had any issues with the primer slide that I see mentioned quite a bit. I have had to tweak and tune my LNL, but I would put *my* press against any 650. There is no doubt there are some LNL lemons out there. If I had a problem with my LNL I figured out what was causing it and addressed it. I only load straight wall pistol calibers by the way. I just don't have the time to load anything else. I probably shoot an average of 800 rounds a month. I can leisurely load 300 rounds an hour and when I am in a good rhythm 500 is no problem. I look in every case before seating a bullet and will stop every 150-200 rds to recheck my powder weight and OAL. I was turned off by Dillon for the crazy cost of the caliber changes. I will admit to pricing out the 650 a few times, but when it came time to pull the trigger I asked myself why. The LNL is working as good as I can expect from any press. I also had a few bushings come loose early on, but I just use a wrench to bump tighten them that last little bit and they never come loose. One thing Hornady is guilty of is the poor documentation of the pawl adjustment. They still have it wrong in the current LNL manual. I think people start having problems and go after the pawls and get confused and end up with their press way out of time and get frustrated. The manual refers to the RAM upstroke when the intention is the handle upstroke, when the handle goes down the RAM goes up. It's confusing as hell and Hornady should be embarrassed they still have it wrong in the current manual. If you shoot more than 100 rds a month I can't see going with anything other than a progressive. If I had the problems that I see some LNL owners having I'm sure I'd be on a 650 right now. Of course this is just my experience and opinion. EDIT: Ironically my spell checker is correcting words incorrectly. Please excuse any strange words or phrases. [/QUOTE]
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