March 2014 theBlueBlue PressPress$2.95 U.S./$3.95 Canada Which Dillon is Right for YOU? Page 6 Just In, Special Purchases, Bargains and Close Outs Page 41 DP distance THIS could be your RIFLE. M110 FCP HS PRECISION, .338 LAPUA M111 LONG RANGE HUNTER, .338 LAPUA M110 BA, .338 LAPUA Supersonic 1100 yards .308 WIN Supersonic 1800 yards .338 LAPUA Dillon’sDillon’s RFRF 100100 3 AutomaticAutomatic PrimerPrimer FillerFiller Eliminates the need illon’s RF 100 Automatic Primer DFiller eliminates the task of fill- for primer pick-up tubes! ing primer pick up tubes. Now you simply pour your primers from their Fills the primer tube box into the top, press the blue but- ton and watch it run! while you reload! In about two minutes the primers are inside the protective metal hous- Clear polycarbonate shield ing. That’s about 30 rounds you can load while the RF 100 is doing your and protective housing work for you! The RF 100 is available for either large or small primers, and conver- sion kits are available at one low price of $47.95 each. Lg. Primer Filler K73-97077 $317.95 Sm. Primer Filler K73-97111 317.95 Lg. (Euro. 220v) K73-97112 327.95 Sm. (Euro. 220v) K73-97113 327.95 Sm. Conversion K73-17903 47.95 Lg. Conversion K73-17902 47.95 Nylon Packcloth Dust Cover K73-11143 14.95 4 What’s Inside: We READ Our Mail! think you unknowingly earned a few more customers Switched in the Hospital Iand probably sold a few more reloaders. A friend of mine, range officer at a local club, and a couple of his How I Found the Path buddies are looking to buy reloaders. My friend came over to check out my 650. It has loaded many thousands to True Gunliness of rounds. Something broke under the shellplate and my Page 10 buddy says, “Oh crap, what are we going to do now?” I grabbed my 650 manual and a copy of The Blue Press. Looked up three part numbers, called the number on The Blue Press back cover. After about five minutes [Dillon “Millisecond customer service representative] Matt says, “Your order is on the way.” My friend sat there in amazement and Molly” Smith asked, “Is that all there is to it?” I said, “Yep, order will be Rolling With S&W here in three days.” My friend said, “That does it. Dillon for me.” Thanks for the great product and service. Page 48 Dan Qualls – Oakdale, CA own a very small gun shop in southern Indiana and Ihave been reloading for a while. I’ve labored with a Lee Shooting Tip: Loadmaster for years. Mine eyes have seen the Glory! I should have gotten an XL650 a long time ago. If the The Reload Almighty had to reload…He would recommend Dillon! You folks are like family. Anything but Dillon is a waste of With Retention good money! I am in your debt. Page 64 Mikal Wayne Moore – [email protected] ere is a copy of an e-mail I sent to my cousin: “As Hyou remember, I recommended that you get a Dil- lon press when you wanted to get into reloading…. Well, Product Index I want to tell you about an experience that happened today. We got home from a computer-users group meet- Dillon Precision Products Reloading Machines: BL 550, Pg. 13; Square Deal B, Pg. 8; RL 550B, Pg. 14; ing and [my wife] said we have an alarm going off in the XL 650, Pg. 20; SUPER 1050, Pg. 30; SL 900 Shotshell Loader, garage. So I went out and found my low primer alarm Pg. 38; and “Big Fifty Reloader, ” Pg. 50 buzzing and had to pull the battery to get it to stop. This RF 100 Automatic Primer Filler 3 morning I called Dillon Precision Products at their 800 Vibratory Case Cleaners 18 number and got a tech guy on the line and explained the Case/Media Separators 18 problem to him and he asked for my address. So I told Dillon Progressive Reloading Dies 34-35 him, and he said, “I’ll have that part right out to you Mr. Redding Reloading Dies 52 Skill.” I then asked him what that would cost and he Dillon Reloading Scales 82 said, “Oh, that’s under warranty. There’s no charge.” I Reloading Components 44-45 said that I’ve had the press for years and he said that he Books & Videos 62-63 Ear & Eye Protection 12, 33 was sending the unit out without the battery and I would Dillon Ammo Boxes & Bins 36 have to supply that. Oh, damn, don’t you just hate it Dillon Leather by Mitch Rosen 24-25 when you have to supply the battery for a new part? Just, Concealed Carry Tote/“Plan B” Day Planner 47 you furnish the battery and we will furnish the part. Range Bag/Border Shift Ammo Bag/Pistol Cases 32 Now, that’s service. Damn, don’t you just hate it when Targets and Target Stands 54 they don’t even give you a chance to complain or argue Firearms Maintenance 66-67 or anything? That’s Dillon Precision.” Tools 53 Just thought I would share, Shooting Accessories by Manufacturer: Fred Skill – [email protected] Arredondo Accessories 33, 39, 59 Blade-Tech Industries Holsters, etc. 28 California Competition Works 40, 56 THE CED Chronograph/Timer 81 BLUE PRESS Check-Mate Magazines 69, 70 Chip McCormick Magazines 68 Michael J. Dillon - Publisher Issue #261 C-More Sights 76 Mark G. Pixler - Editor March Comp-Tac Holsters 28 [email protected] 2014 Dewey Cleaning Supplies 67 Gary Kieft - Technical Editor Hogue Handgun Grips 60 Jeff Richards - Illustrator International Handgun Leather 27 Contributors: Lone Wolf Distributors 58 Peter Caroline John Marshall MagPul AR-15 Magazines/Accessories 72 David Kopel Duane Thomas Copyright 2014 by Mec-Gar Pistol Magazines 70 D.K. Pridgen Barrett Tillman Dillon Precision Mernickle Holsters 29 Products, Inc. ProMag Rifle Magazines 70 All the electrical and/or electronic components of Dillon equip- Safariland Holsters 29, 57 ment and all Dillon textiles are covered by a one-year warranty Streamlight Tactical Lights 60 from date of purchase. Any modifications performed to Dillon The Wilderness Tactical Products 26, 27 machines, or the addition of any unapproved equipment, includ- Wilson Combat Magazines, Parts 68 ing automated or mechanical add-ons from other manufacturers, Wise Company Gourmet Freeze Dried Food 80 is expressly not recommended and will void the Dillon warranty. 5 ® We’ve TaTaken a NEW ANGLE on the 25-Round 10/22 Magazine. The RugeRuger® BX-25® magazine offers all of the rimfire autoloading reliability of the original Ruger® rotary magazine, thehe gold standard ininrimfire autoloading magazinemagazines. The BX-25® is designed to present cartridges into the action atat ® a 30˚ anglangle, the same way the 10/22 action is designed to accept them,the ® increasing feed reliability. BX-25 magazines work with any factory ® ® ® original .22 LR Ruger 77/222 Rifle, 10/22 Rifle, SR-22 Rifle and Ruger American Rimfire™ Rifle. Stainless steel feed lips are designed to present cartridges into the action at a 30˚ angle for better feed relia .bility Stainless steel, constant-force Easily disassembled for spring provides feed consistency cleaning by removing two round after round. stainless steel screws. Anti-tilt follower is injection molded from a high lubricity polyacetal for consistent relia .bility RUGER.COM/BX-25/BXCOM.RUGER 25-/BX turm, R3 S102© turm, R3 uger & Co., Inc. 120313 6 Which Dillon is Right for YOU? Square Deal “B” RL 550B illon’s Square Deal “B” ore RL 550s have Dwas designed to pro- Mbeen sold than any duce large amounts of other progressive ammunition in the least machine in the world, possible time for just a little and for good reason: The bit of money. At 300 to 400 RL 550B’s versatility is rounds per hour, you can almost unlimited. It will produce enough ammo for load over 160 different several pistol matches or rifle and pistol calibers. practice sessions in just a Its quick-change tool- few hours. head allows the See Page 8 user to change calibers without having to readjust dies. See Page 14 XL 650 Dillon’s “Commercial” Machine: illon’s XL 650 Dresulted from Super1050 several years of listen- illon’s Super ing to our customers D1050 evolved expressing their fondest from the original RL wishes. We took every 1050, and features a good idea we and our lengthened frame and a customers ever had, new crank assembly tested them extensively, that provides increased and then incorporated functional stroke to them all into the design accommodate long rifle of the XL 650. cartridges, yet the handle See Page 20 stroke is at a minimum, meaning less work for the operator. The Super 1050 is warranted for life from defects in materials or workmanship, plus a one- year, 100-percent warran- ty against normal wear and tear. See Page 30 Which Dillon is Right for YOU? 7 BL 550 RL 550B illon’s RL 550B has Dlong worn the title With of “The World’s Most Ver- satile Progressive Accessory Reloader,” and strip- ping it down to its Casefeeder most basic form – Dil- dding an automat- lon’s BL (Basic Loader) Aic casefeed system 550 – adds a whole new to your RL 550B will dimension of versatility easily increase your for the shooter/hunter ammo production rate who needs to feed by 25 percent or several rifles. MORE! The casefeeder See Page 13 streamlines the load- ing process by reduc- ing hand move- ment, and the RL 550 Case- feeder uses time-tested, proven technology.