Dillon 650 Set Up...back up crimp die or powder check?

[boomer mooner]

I finally got a Dillon 650 and a bunch of accessories that I've been gathering over the last several weeks, actually more like months. So today I'm finally starting to set it up for 9mm. Based on Wall's advice in several threads on here I got some Lee dies and I also got a Mr. Bullet Feeder. Now it's looking like I got too much stuff and not enough stations.

Right now I have the Lee full length sizer in station 1, the Dillon powder drop with the expanding chingadilly in station 2. I bought the Dillon powder check and put it in station 3 before I realized I only have two more stations left to put in the MBF bullet drop, the Lee Bullet Seating die and the Lee Crimp die. The seating die will crimp so the crimp die is more of a fail safe die. I think the decision comes down to which is more useful, the crimp die or the powder check?

 

[Wall]

I'd keep the factory crimp die.

 

[boomer mooner]

That's what I figured. Powder checks are for pussies anyway.

 

[Wall]

That's what I figured. Powder checks are for pussies anyway.

lol, I don't know if I'd go that far but the factory crimp die does a final resizing after the cartridge is loaded.

I'll bet you're going to be chewing on one of those stogies while you're loading.

 

[boomer mooner]

Yeah, that might have been a little rash. Especially since I need to find someone to buy it now.

 

[Wall]

Yeah, that might have been a little rash. Especially since I need to find someone to buy it now.

shouldn't be difficult, they're great safety tools.
I'd use one if I didn't have the bullet feeder

 

[brandt9913]

Yeah, that might have been a little rash. Especially since I need to find someone to buy it now.

Just pay attention when you are reloading. Brian Enos doesn't even use one and he said they were basically free to him when he was shooting and sponsored by dillon.

 

[JMorris]

You picked the wrong bullet feeder " to have your cake and eat it to". The GSI is the only one that lets you feed/crimp in separate stations and keep a PC die.