Reloading Presses

I have been reloading for many years..... so..... I am not trying to brag on what I have. Just answering Captain's question.....

NOTE: Not all on the bench at the same time........... No room.

RCBS Junior Press (started with this one)
RCBS Rockchucker Press
RCBS Pro 2000 Press (New to me - not used yet)
Dillon Square Deal
Dillon 550
Dillon 1050
Jet ProLoader (inline progressive press)

and for shotshells...

LEE LoadAll
MEC Grabber
Hornady APEX
Dillon 900 (got a great deal on it - not used yet)

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The dillons are holding there own.

Wow SGF you'd need a big bench to have all that up and going.

SGF i have a bench big enough to take care of all those, lemme know when you want me to come by and pick them up..

Beladran wrote:hey anyone remember the old progressive rcbs put out the green machine? lol that was a interesting unit

Oh yes.... I would like to have one (for my collection... ), but availbility is very low and prices are too HIGH.....

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DBChaffin wrote:Dillon Super 1050 w/ KISS Bullet Feeder ............

A bullet feeder on a 1050..... That could get boring.......

Please post a picture of the KISS bullet feeder.

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I was going to buy a rock chucker until I looked at the Lee cast iron Classic.

We're going to see Dan on the show hoarders.

SubGunFan wrote:

DBChaffin wrote:Dillon Super 1050 w/ KISS Bullet Feeder ............

A bullet feeder on a 1050..... That could get boring.......

Please post a picture of the KISS bullet feeder.

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I am going to take some pictures of my bench when I get it cleaned up a little bit and take the time to do so. Until then...

Apparently KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) is now known as the Mr. Bulletfeeder and can be found here: http://www.mrbulletfeeder.com/. It has also gone up about $50 since I bought mine. Yes, it is expensive and it is made with some PVC parts and a big spring, but mine has been awesome. I didn't think I was interested in one until I tried one at the vendors area at the Nationals one year. It is a very clever design and is, well, simple. If you change bullets, there is sometimes a small adjustment necessary, but it is not hard to do. I would say it is more reliable than the Dillon case feeder or 1050 primer system, and that is saying something on both accounts. It does take up a station on your press though, as it replaces the powder check die. This bothered me at first, but I have a good light shining down into the cases, and I really have nothing to do now but pull the handle with my right hand and look into the cases as the bullets are seated.

The way it works is you dump a bunch of bullets into the hopper which is tilted on an angle. A rotating plate catches bullets and drags them around similar to Dillon's casefeeder. There is a small curved grove near the top of the circle. If the bullet is base down, it glides right over it. If it is nose down, the nose falls in and the bullet gets flipped out and back down into the hopper to be picked up again. The base down bullets fall down a spring and into a tube with a microswitch that starts and stops the rotating plate as necessary. The bullets are held in the tube by a small piece of metal. The case pushes it out of the way on the downstroke of the press and the bullet falls into the case under its own weight. Hope that makes sense.

There are a good many videos of them in action on youtube if you search for KISS or Mr. Bulletfeeder. Here's a decent one:

WOW -- that is impressive ... need one and need to find someone to pull that handle down about 10K times!!

That's no fun! Who wants to make ammo that fast? Do you really want to take the work and tedious, repetitive nature out of reloading???????????

What kind of prep on the brass before it goes on the hopper?

captain-03 wrote:WOW -- that is impressive ... need one and need to find someone to pull that handle down about 10K times!!

Did you see the videos I posted on page 1 of this thread? With an autodrive you wouldn't even need someone pull the handle! I'd love to have an autodrive but have no plans for one at the moment.

jbpmidas wrote:That's no fun! Who wants to make ammo that fast? Do you really want to take the work and tedious, repetitive nature out of reloading???????????

What kind of prep on the brass before it goes on the hopper?

Ha ha ha. Different strokes for different folks, but I have a smile on my face every time I load my ammo for a local match in about 10 minutes (150-200 rounds). It takes longer to case gauge the rounds than it does to load them, and with the current die setup, the culled rounds are usually about 1%. Let's see, to answer your questions: "Me", and I can point you to a few others. And "yes". LOL

Brass is just tumbled in corn cob or walnut with polish and then separated from the media. Nothing special.

WOW SGF I'm impressed and you should be bragging.I'll have to stick with my rcbs partner and a lee classic turret press

Edited because I answered my own question.

DB if you have the money i have the knowledge.. i can prolly reverse engineer one lol I think a linear actuator attached to the handle would be the cheaper easier route

I'm going to upgrade to the 650 relatively soon. I may be getting in touch with you about rigging one up, Beladran.

The Ponsness/Warren autodrive is available for the 1050 or 650 for $850 (in 900 or 1200 rpm versions):
http://reloaders.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

It is not approved by Dillon though and will void the warranty:
http://www.dillonprecision.com/Warning_Regarding_the_use_of_th-98-12-824.htm

I'm not sure about the hydraulic design. The electric system is reasonably well proven and has a clutch that disconnects if the machines binds or the force becomes too great. This keeps it from breaking or tearing something up. I'd want something like that with the hydraulic setup just in case, and it seems to me it would be easier just to buy the setup than trying to engineer your own.

Where's the fun in that though?




Just kidding, you're probably right.

Good point!

If you are going to go through the trouble though, you might as well make it better in some way than the one you can buy.

I'm thinking 2000 rpm and a primer feeder.

And an espresso machine.

Will_M wrote:I'm thinking 2000 rpm and a primer feeder.

And an espresso machine.

dont forget the keg-erator