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Great uncles Reloading estate questions

Mblackmon4

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So recently I inherited my great Uncle's reloading equipment from his estate. He didn't live near me and no one really knew what to do with his stuff so it's fallen on me to sort through and figure out. He and I chatted on the phone regularly but I never saw his set up but it sounded impressive to me. And based on what I got it must have been something to behold.

So to start with I got
2 Dillon 550
1 Dillon 1050
Dillon electric case trimmer
29 pounds of various gunpowders and 10,000 various primers
And well everything else you can see in the pictures
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Now I reload and can figure out a lot of the things like dies and what makes a set. A lot of the dies were just loose in a cardboard box.

BUT!! I've never messed with Dillon so I have zero idea as to what goes to what or if I have complete sets. As yall can probably tell, alot of the die holders looks still setup or partially set up. Any and all help would be appreciated with that

I'm probably looking to sell most of the Dillon stuff as I like my setup the way it is and is perfect for me and what I do. But idk how to go about making sure I don't screw someone by forgetting something major or how is best to package some of this.

I've asked around locally and no one really uses Dillon near me nor is interested in helping me sort through stuff (I'm also in a pretty remote spot in Texas). I can take more picture of anything really easily.
 

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You can probably put together the die sets by looking for markings on each die.

The square shaped die holders are for the 550 presses. You could take the dies out of them to complete each die set.

There is probably some cartridge/caliber conversion kits in the smaller blue boxes.

Those blue stands with a large stud are to hold one of those die holders with the dies mounted.

Otherwise, we could probably help you out if you separate things and label each with an 'A', 'B' , 'C', and so on.
 
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