How many rounds from this press?

[IPSC_DRL]

I finally cracked my Square Deal B press and need to send it out for repair. As I was packing up the components, I noticed the wear on the loaded round chute and the caked on grime on the right side of the handle. Right hand grabs brass out of tub and places it in station 1, then grabs handle.

So, how many rounds would you estimate I've run though this old work horse?
I'll hold off on saying when I got the press, and other clues for now.
Any guesses based solely on the pictures?

 

[DW357]

200k

 

[UJay]

That is significant wear.

628k

 

[NHCraigT]

 

[bottle-cap]

500,000

 

[Rob Boudrie]

78,342.

 

[Fixxah]

21k

 

[Klal]

 

[Noreaster]

65,000

 

[EddieA]

Bazillion

 

[TrashcanDan]

7
Maybe 8

 

[Fixxah]

A buddy gave me a square deal b. I ended up selling it. Zero rounds ever loaded on it.

 

[BTSDOG]

675,000

 

[PL-52]

The only one that counts is the last load before you broke it!!

 

[HorizontalHunter]

They just don’t make-um like they used to./s

Bob

 

[IPSC_DRL]

The only one that counts is the last load before you broke it!!

Oh its been broken (cracked but still useable) for a couple of months now. I just finally had some time to take it apart and box it up for return/free repair. The wear on the cartridge chute is what really got me.

 

[mac1911]

I finally cracked my Square Deal B press and need to send it out for repair. As I was packing up the components, I noticed the wear on the loaded round chute and the caked on grime on the right side of the handle. Right hand grabs brass out of tub and places it in station 1, then grabs handle.

So, how many rounds would you estimate I've run though this old work horse?
I'll hold off on saying when I got the press, and other clues for now.
Any guesses based solely on the pictures?View attachment 449718View attachment 449719View attachment 449720View attachment 449722

Cast pot metal POS, look at that ding on the chute ABUSE! Dirty hand bastard! That tape on the shoot....hack! Good job !
The OCD crowd must be going bat shit crazy.
So is that mold growing on your nasty hand skin oils! Lol i hope its got some good years on it.

 

[Rob Boudrie]

Cast pot metal POS, look at that ding on the chute ABUSE! Dirty hand bastard! That tape on the shoot....hack! Good job !
The OCD crowd must be going bat shit crazy.
So is that mold growing on your nasty hand skin oils! Lol i hope its got some good years on it.

Dillon has always tried to go cheap on mfg rather than raise prices or lower margins. It's always been "good enough" - pot metal instead of cast iron; cast iron instead of a machined part; etc.

One interesting this was the evolution of the 1050. They cheapened the linkage getting rid of the round roller bearing linkage and replacing it with a cheaper J shaped link to do the same thing. Then, when the introduced the 1100 brought the nicer linkage back as a feature. I don't know if the photo of the Super 1050 is front on not showing the cheaper linkage is coincidence or marketing.

And no less than Brian Enos told me the old 1050 was better than the Super 1050 except for the longer length to load 7.62/.308.

Is that wear on the cartridge shoot of the Square Deal or lead scuz from unjacketed bullets?

 

[mac1911]

Dillon has always tried to go cheap on mfg rather than raise prices or lower margins. It's always been "good enough" - pot metal instead of cast iron; cast iron instead of a machined part; etc.

One interesting this was the evolution of the 1050. They cheapened the linkage getting rid of the round roller bearing linkage and replacing it with a cheaper J shaped link to do the same thing. Then, when the introduced the 1100 brought the nicer linkage back as a feature. I don't know if the photo of the Super 1050 is front on not showing the cheaper linkage is coincidence or marketing.

And no less than Brian Enos told me the old 1050 was better than the Super 1050 except for the longer length to load 7.62/.308.

Is that wear on the cartridge shoot of the Square Deal or lead scuz from unjacketed bullets?

Im just joking around, love seeing equipment get used and worn out. Just hope the op does not turn around and say 3000 rounds!

 

[Mtn_Guy]

One too many...

 

[moojpg2]

I'm gonna say 100k rds

 

[nutsym16]

Too many

 

[DW357]

 

[Mudflap621]

I’ll say 250k ....

So is this price or right rules?

What did I win?

 

[IPSC_DRL]

Im just joking around, love seeing equipment get used and worn out. Just hope the op does not turn around and say 3000 rounds!

O gosh no! I would do much more than that per year when I was shooting/practicing IPSC/USPSA every week.

I got this first Dillon SD-B shortly after buying my first home in 1989.

Than a few years later, I met Boudrie and the mass consumption of ammunition began in earnest.

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[drgrant]

It’s at least 250k rounds. And I’m probably low.

 

[Editor]

Half-millionish.

 

[IPSC_DRL]

I honestly have no true count myself. I can (and will) guesstimate based on my past activity soon.

 

[drgrant]

I honestly have no true count myself. I can (and will) guesstimate based on my past activity soon.

Boooo! it would have been cooler if you actually kept track.

 

[not new guy]

It’s like one of those “guess how many jellybeans are in the jar” contests except the guy who filled it wasn’t counting and someone has since eaten them all.