Finally Getting a Dillon XL650 ... but I had to buy the house first!

[Pops1911]

Well Gang, I am finally the proud owner of a gently used Dillon XL 650. Now, to be honest, I had to buy the house in which it was housed. Really! The wife and I bought a house on the OR Coast after moving to the area recently. In it was contained a pristine Dillon XL650. Wow! I have been drooling over this one for a while now even as I was buying other reloading press systems. The owner of the home we purchased was willing to let the Dillon go so we wrote it into the purchase agreement. Fun stuff to be sure. Now after we move in I will resume my reloading hobby with this blue beauty. The former owner of said machine was a big 9mm reloader. I myself reload 45acp so, I naturally had to buy a new set of Dillon dies in 45acp. Using WW231 I can reload both 45acp and 9mm on my new press. The former owner left all of his dies of different calibers, reloading goodies/toys and about 5000 pieces of 9mm/.223/357mag brass. Life is sweet! No pics yet. They will be coming along.

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[41mag]

now that IS 'good news'!!!

great gambit too!!! Does the wife shoot too?

 

[Member 5605]

Pics or it never happened.

 

[Kruel J]

"Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free" popped into my head!

Congrats @Pops1911 very cool!

 

[kmk1012]

What's the price per round on that press? After figuring the purchase price! LOL.

 

[Mistman]

And if you get a bunch of small primer 45 brass you don't have to change over the priming system between 9 and 45. I did, it's nice!

 

[DizzyJ]

That's a very cool story!

 

[GWS]

Win win!
You get a Dillon and I'll bet good money the guy you bought from has a new one being shipped to his new home.

 

[Pops1911]

now that IS 'good news'!!!

great gambit too!!! Does the wife shoot too?

Yep she is a great shooter. Totally supports our firearms hobby too.

 

[Pops1911]

What's the price per round on that press? After figuring the purchase price! LOL.

Uumm counting the house it is probably in excess of $10K each. LOL

 

[Pops1911]

Oh ye of little faith. LOL All the "stuff" comes with it too.

 

[Pops1911]

Pics or it never happened.

Pic just for you

 

[daved20319]

That's just WRONG! Everything is way too neat and clean and well organized ! Nice looking setup, congrats Pops, on both the press AND the new house.

 

[Pops1911]

Understood daved20319. That was the way the former owner kept his reloading room. Let's just say I am a bit more Bohemian in my own reloading room tidiness. LOL Yeah, gonna be kewel to be back in Newport.

 

[HighlandLofts]

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Oh ye of little faith. LOL All the "stuff" comes with it too.

I need to come down for a visit and help you clutter the reloading room up like the rest of us have. Way to neat & organized.
Can you make a table next to the window & shoot at targets out in the yard from inside?

That would be the ultimate set up. Every reloaders dream.

Congrats on the relocation & new home.

 

[Pops1911]

Thanks for the kind remarks. We are happy to be here. Now, honestly I am considering building a smallish pistol range on the back side of our property. Neighbors don't mind, I just need to check the legals about doing this in the County area. The former owners told me tales of regularly shooting their AKs off the back deck. Sounds like fun to me. You'd be welcome to visit my place any time. It would be nice to walk out the back slider onto the range.

 

[P7M13]

That's outstanding.
Sounds idyllic.

 

[Pete F]

My Dad had two, one for each hand. Actually he bought a used one that had been used hard from a gun show and sent it in to Dillon. They rebuilt it and sent it back - good as new. Lifetime warranties come in handy sometimes.

 

[Helocat]

Nice! That is a great story. (Including the wife being 2A) Look around you might discover the house also came with 10k round of 9mm buried in a backyard cache!