Bullet Feed Dies

[DCB]

Hooky set up. die is pretty ard to get adjusted.

[jetinteriorguy]

What I’d like to see is a bullet feeder die that would seat as well, that would eliminate the need for an extra station on a press. Even something similar to the Lee setup with the feeding fingers from the Loadmaster would be nice if it could be made to work right.

[DCB]

I picked up this seater a while back. It is for VLD type bullets. I made a couple inserts to fit the ogive of more round nose bullets. So far it works good. But its one at a time and I don't get my fingers pinched.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fran...client=gws-wiz

[GWS]

What I’d like to see is a bullet feeder die that would seat as well, that would eliminate the need for an extra station on a press. Even something similar to the Lee setup with the feeding fingers from the Loadmaster would be nice if it could be made to work right.

Jmorris posted about such a thing a few posts back, but that company's product was so expensive that sales were not enough to keep it going. I too thought that combining the two functions was the holy grail, so I made it happen for my Lee Pro 6000, at least for rifle....RCBS tube bullet feeder or a 3D printed one, and a RCBS Gold Medal Seater, hooked together over one progressive station. Below the 3D printed parts....then a video to demonstrate.....



Sorry for the case wobble...did not change shell plates for the test.....it was just a feed and seat test....



Unfortunately.....no one makes a windowed seater for pistols yet or it would work for them too.

Notice I had to push one case back a little.....a real .223 shell holder holds em in place without having to watch....I get in a hurry sometimes with these videos. Character flaw!

[Johnch]

I have looked at both the Dillon and Hornady bullet feeder set ups
Both are great
Boy do I wish I loaded a lot of rifle ammo
As then IMO it would be worth it
I tried a friends Dillon 1050 with the case and bullet feeders to load 9mm with cast bullets
WOW was it fast and great
But the Dillon bullet feeder would every once in a while would feed a 145 gr flat nose TC bullet upside down

Bad part , I have more time than cash right now
So I think I am going to order the LEE 9 mm feed die
I just have to wait a week or 2
As I pay off the credit card every month
And I have spent this months Mad money already

John

[Kenstone]

I have looked at both the Dillon and Hornady bullet feeder set ups
Both are great
Boy do I wish I loaded a lot of rifle ammo
As then IMO it would be worth it
I tried a friends Dillon 1050 with the case and bullet feeders to load 9mm with cast bullets
WOW was it fast and great
But the Dillon bullet feeder would every once in a while would feed a 145 gr flat nose TC bullet upside down

Bad part , I have more time than cash right now
So I think I am going to order the LEE 9 mm feed die
I just have to wait a week or 2
As I pay off the credit card every month
And I have spent this months Mad money already

John

Good choice
Here's some vid reviews:
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...bullet+feeder+
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[dverna]

Jmorris has such a thing, but that company's product was so expensive that sales were not enough to keep it going. I too thought that combining the two functions was the holy grail, so I made it happen for my Lee Pro 6000, at least for rifle....RCBS tube bullet feeder or a 3D printed one, and a RCBS Gold Medal Seater, hooked together over one progressive station. Below the 3D printed parts....then a video to demonstrate.....



Sorry for the case wobble...did not change shell plates for the test.....it was just a feed and seat test....



Unfortunately.....no one makes a windowed seater for pistols yet or it would work for them too.

That is slick!!

[hermans]

I used to use the Hornady bullet feeder die. It now sits in a drawer since I made this bullet collator.

https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...ullet-Collator


The bullet feeder dies found in the downloads work flawlessly. TylerR & GWS are the best tech support anywhere.

I totally agree with this!!

[GWS]

I totally agree with this!!

I totally agree with the TylerR part.....GWS is a mere disciple just trying to help where I can. TylerR is very busy with a wife and kids at home.....been there....mine have their own families now....so I have more time and try to ease the load as long as questions are on the easy side.....

[jetinteriorguy]

Jmorris posted about such a thing a few posts back, but that company's product was so expensive that sales were not enough to keep it going. I too thought that combining the two functions was the holy grail, so I made it happen for my Lee Pro 6000, at least for rifle....RCBS tube bullet feeder or a 3D printed one, and a RCBS Gold Medal Seater, hooked together over one progressive station. Below the 3D printed parts....then a video to demonstrate.....



Sorry for the case wobble...did not change shell plates for the test.....it was just a feed and seat test....



Unfortunately.....no one makes a windowed seater for pistols yet or it would work for them too.

Notice I had to push one case back a little.....a real .223 shell holder holds em in place without having to watch....I get in a hurry sometimes with these videos. Character flaw!

Ah, I missed that. My main interest would be for pistol loading since that’s all I load progressively. By the way, that’s a great design.

[jmorris]

What I’d like to see is a bullet feeder die that would seat as well, that would eliminate the need for an extra station on a press. Even something similar to the Lee setup with the feeding fingers from the Loadmaster would be nice if it could be made to work right.

MA Systems used to have one that went with their collators. It is pneumatic and the fingers are not plastic and adjustable for tension, it works. See attached photo.

As do those GSI feeders. Even on 5 station presses you can retain the PC die and still seat and crimp in two steps.

[jetinteriorguy]

MA Systems used to have one that went with their collators. It is pneumatic and the fingers are not plastic and adjustable for tension, it works. See attached photo.

As do those GSI feeders. Even on 5 station presses you can retain the PC die and still seat and crimp in two steps.

Pretty cool stuff, a little more involved than I have in mind.

[jetinteriorguy]

I got the notion to try adapt the bullet feeder from my retired Loadmaster to work on my Dillon 550. I thought I had it pretty much figured out but discovered the finger feeder bar won’t clear the advancing star wheel without modifying the feeder to the point it would probably be too weak to hold the bullets. I may still give it a try when I have time to fool with it since I have several spare feeders and can afford to sacrifice one.

[ohio73]

Several vids of guys adapting Lee bullet feeders to 550's on youtube. Here's one.
https://youtu.be/6qwcoLd2NPc

[jetinteriorguy]

Several vids of guys adapting Lee bullet feeders to 550's on youtube. Here's one.
https://youtu.be/6qwcoLd2NPc

Thanks for this, it figures I missed the obvious YouTube search.

[jetinteriorguy]

Well I got the Lee bullet feeder mounted and working on my 550 then thanks to some tips from YouTube and a little Dremel work. Thanks for the suggestions, it’ll be nice not to have to fumble with my stiff old hands setting bullets manually in the case anymore.

[Johnch]

I ordered a LEE 35 cal bullet feeder set up
It should be to me in a few days

I have several YouTube videos book marked where they use the LEE bullet feeder on a Dillon 550 press
I will be watching them before I set up the feeder die on my Dillon 550

Thanks again
John