Perceived value?
The bigger brass weight on the dropped i can understand, should help keep the output spring from pulling up which is mostly imo an alignment issue not a product fault, and get the Dropper to "home" a little quicker
Taller tube section also give more weight of stack to seat the bullet into the flared case
Dropper body changed to steel? Seen the original alum dropper bodies destroyed by monkeys with channel locks cause they wouldn't loosen a lock ring And seen grooving from the steel ball bearings as well in high volume usage big enough issue MBF sells dropper bodies as a catolog item
Delrin balls prevents the grooving btw
those changes worth the price difference in droppers? Maybe
The adjustable stand ?
Ok that's a nice touch gets the weight off the case feeder
Not sure it's worth the coin but nice touch and maybe needed if going heavy on bullets
125 230gr 45s and you start out with 4lbs hanging there
The bigger collator ?
Commercial loader market and mine is bigger than yours snob appeal ?,
You need to refill primers every 100ish and top up the powder measure anyway
What's it take to dump a yogurt cup of two of bullets in at that time?
Rick developed a good concept
Saul had the funding to comercialize it
and factory produce it
Then tweak it and upsize it for the comercialized And conspicuous consumption crowd
he's charging what the market will bear
Basic econ101