Dillon SDB primer feeding - The Firearms Forum

Gunfyter · 03-25-2003, 12:05 PM

I have a Dillon SDB that I'm using to load .45 ACP's. I seem to be getting too many primers that feed the wrong way and end up going in upside down. I can pull the cartridge case every time at stage 2 to be sure that the primer did feed correctly, but is there a better way?

inplanotx · 03-25-2003, 07:05 PM

Hi DaveD3 and welcome to our new home. Glad to have ya'll here. Don't know much about the SDB, maybe you can elaborate a little. I have a XL650. I use a primer flip tray to make sure that all the primers in the tube are facing the same way when I load them in the tube. How does the SDB work? Do you load the primers first in a tube? Please let us know how your machine sets up the primer feed and we can get this fixed for ya.

Gunfyter · 03-26-2003, 06:31 AM

Same principle, load the tube first and then pour them in.

Smoky14 · 03-26-2003, 08:32 AM

Dave : Call Dillon and ask them. I suspect an outdated plastic tip on the feed tube. They have a new type of plastic that is a definite improvement. It fixed mine.

Smoky

Gunfyter · 03-26-2003, 08:34 AM

Thanks, I'll give them a call today.

rayra · 04-08-2003, 02:27 PM

same advice - some sort of failure at the point the primer is transferred, OR you are jerking the handle on the return / up stroke - that can cause the primer to bobble around / turn over.
And keep the primer cup clean as well.

03-25-2003, 12:05 PM	#1
Gunfyter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Western Maryland Posts: 1,956	Dillon SDB primer feeding I have a Dillon SDB that I'm using to load .45 ACP's. I seem to be getting too many primers that feed the wrong way and end up going in upside down. I can pull the cartridge case every time at stage 2 to be sure that the primer did feed correctly, but is there a better way? -->

03-26-2003, 08:32 AM	#4
Smoky14 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Nowhere NM Posts: 658	SDB Dave : Call Dillon and ask them. I suspect an outdated plastic tip on the feed tube. They have a new type of plastic that is a definite improvement. It fixed mine. Smoky

04-08-2003, 02:27 PM	#6
rayra Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: PRK Posts: 595	same advice - some sort of failure at the point the primer is transferred, OR you are jerking the handle on the return / up stroke - that can cause the primer to bobble around / turn over. And keep the primer cup clean as well. __________________ The Friend of My Enemy is My Enemy

03-25-2003, 07:05 PM	#2
inplanotx Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 8,897	Hi DaveD3 and welcome to our new home. Glad to have ya'll here. Don't know much about the SDB, maybe you can elaborate a little. I have a XL650. I use a primer flip tray to make sure that all the primers in the tube are facing the same way when I load them in the tube. How does the SDB work? Do you load the primers first in a tube? Please let us know how your machine sets up the primer feed and we can get this fixed for ya.

03-26-2003, 06:31 AM	#3
Gunfyter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Western Maryland Posts: 1,956	Same principle, load the tube first and then pour them in.

03-26-2003, 08:34 AM	#5
Gunfyter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Western Maryland Posts: 1,956	Thanks, I'll give them a call today.