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by Medicine Hat » Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:00 pm
I use a Dillon RL 550 B for reloading. I'ts hard to see the powder level in a case while it is at the powder fill station. Soooo... I made a minor modification to the press.
Drilled a small hole in the side of the tool head to accept a dental mirror. It's a press fit, so is adjustable. The pic is from close to what I see when reloading. (almost). You can see the .45 Colt case mouth in the bottom of the mirror (left side of pic). I can actually see the primer pocket in the mirror when reloading. Sure makes checking powder levels easier.
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by bearandoldman » Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:31 pm
Great idea MH, I can see that it works fine. AAs we get older we get smarter? Damn I must be a genius by now?
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by Medicine Hat » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:43 pm
Thanks. I'm not sure I will ever get old enough to get smart. Sometimes, the obvious does bite me in the nose, and says 'Pay attention' though.
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by bearandoldman » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:52 pm
Medicine Hat wrote:Thanks. I'm not sure I will ever get old enough to get smart. Sometimes, the obvious does bite me in the nose, and says 'Pay attention' though.
I Was always told that you will never get to be an old man if you keep doing stupid things, well I proved that wrong.
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by Bullseye » Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:50 pm
A very good idea. I could also see using an inspection mirror mounted with a magnetic base as another option. The benefit to your idea is that a press fit would be more resistant to vibration that naturally occurs with the reloading press process and less adjustment to the mirror positioning should be necessary.
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by Georgezilla » Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:05 pm
That is an awesome idea. This is the sort of thing that should come standard on re-loaders.
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by blue68f100 » Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:23 pm
Would it be a lot easier to use a Lock-Out die? Oh I forgot Dillon only has 4 stations.
Good Idea. You can use some these small LED flex lights to light up the case to make it easier to see.
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by Bullseye » Sun Jan 09, 2011 2:28 pm
If you send that pic and a brief explanation to Dillon they might incorporate a mirror into their press designs.
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by Medicine Hat » Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:48 pm
Bullseye wrote:If you send that pic and a brief explanation to Dillon they might incorporate a mirror into their press designs.
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Thanks, I had thought about it but not too seriously. Then when you suggested it, thought "why not", maybe someone else would find this useful, and Dillon can do it better than I did. The only change they would have to make is provide the hole in the tool heads when cast, then
sell the mirror as an accessory.