EDA Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Anyone use the Hornady LNL Bullet feeder tubes with the bullet feeding die? I don't need the full-automated bullet feeder, but thought one of these would speed up things a bit without much cost. http://www.hornady.com/store/Lock-N-Load-9mm-Bullet-Tube/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAP Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I use them. For me they work very well even with my coated bullets. I load them up before I start loading just as I do with primers. They do increase my load rate some where between 30 & 40%. I use them on a RCBS Pro 2000 so I don't have a case feeder and allows me to focus on powder drop and putting my brass into the shell plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garmil Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I just started using them. Having trouble getting the die to work properly so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrayfk05 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I use PVC tubing in the correct diameter, cheaper and you can cut them to the length you want. It makes the loading process a lot smoother and filing the tubes is pretty quick, you can do it while watching TV or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louu Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I bought the Lee 4 tube thing thinking I could make an adapter but I quickly gave up and ordered this thing http://www.bullyadapter.com. It should be here in a couple days. For now I just use one of the Lee plastic tubes. . 45 Xtremes works perfect in the Hornady die but the Hornady 9mm die doesn't always work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I don't need the full-automated bullet feeder, but thought one of these would speed up things a bit without much cost. Depends. You still have to pick up each bullet and orientate nose up over a hole. One would be over a case the other would be over a tube. So if you counted the time it took you to load the tubes, it's not going to speed things up as much as you think. The speed advantage with case and bullet feeders comes from the collators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eern Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I use it for 40 cal and they work well enough. It is nice to keep your hand out of the way, but I upgraded to the Hornady bullet feeder and would never go back. That said you will like the tubes a lot. It takes a bit to get the feeder die going but once you do you can rock it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garmil Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 For those of you that have it working well. How much movement are you allowing between the 2 collets on the upper setting. And how far turned down after hitting the case? Mine grabs a few in a row at times and others it will not drop one when it grabs so the next time it drops but doesn't grab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAP Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I checked all of my bullet feed dies and all of them have between 1/32 and a 1/16 of an inch from the bottom lip and collet. These bullet feed dies can be finicky and none of them acted the same. What I did to set mine was load the die with bullets (no tubes) turned the adjustment of the die until the collet was just tight and backed off a half turn and see if it would drop a bullet. I would keep loosening the adjustments a quarter turn until it would drop bullets and tweak with minor adjustments until I was satisfied with the reliability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDA Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 I don't need the full-automated bullet feeder, but thought one of these would speed up things a bit without much cost. Depends. You still have to pick up each bullet and orientate nose up over a hole. One would be over a case the other would be over a tube. So if you counted the time it took you to load the tubes, it's not going to speed things up as much as you think. The speed advantage with case and bullet feeders comes from the collators. Hmm, that is a good point. Either put the bullets down the tube or put the bullets onto the case... I guess it is not an overall decrease in time, it is a perceived decrease in time since the bullet tubes can be loaded when you are not reloading the cartridges, just like pre-loading primer tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I guess it is not an overall decrease in time, it is a perceived decrease in time since the bullet tubes can be loaded when you are not reloading the cartridges, just like pre-loading primer tubes. That's it. Kind of like saving money by reloading while you just sink more money into shooting. For those of you that have it working well. How much movement are you allowing between the 2 collets on the upper setting. And how far turned down after hitting the case? I have only used one Hornady bullet feeder but I just ran the ram all the way up and screwed the die down into the case until it dropped the bullet into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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