doublej Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) Just received the Mark 7 650 and figured out a way to size bullets with it :). It's a little slower than doing it by hand but requires no effort. Has worked flawless with slightly lubed bullets and a clutch setting of 5. Occasionally I get an upside down feed from the Mr. bullet feeder but thats an adjustment error on my part. In order to make it work I filled 5 cases with soft lead making sure not to fill the primer pockets. Because the brass gets slightly "sized" by feeding into the lee bullet sizer it's not wide enough to activate the bullet drop alone. To fix this I added the yellow string in the video to assist the lift of the bullet feeder which drops the bullet. That portion has worked flawless only dropping the required 1 bullet at a time. I've learned a lot from this forums so I thought I would share a little something back. Edited May 21, 2017 by doublej Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublej Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 I'll also add that the Mark 7 is an amazing machine!!! and customer service is second to none. When the unit initially shipped it had a faulty motor due to a damaged USB cable. That same day they sent a replacement 2 day priority with instructions on how to replace it. I can't say enough about how smooth everything is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvincent Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 That's pretty cool. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmantoo Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 How are you pushing up through the sizing die? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansedgli Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 That is awesome. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 That looks like it will do the job just fine. I went with the upside down single stage. And before that a completely homemade contraption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublej Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 Yeah I was using the bullet feeder with the star but it wasn't 100% reliable and had to still do manual labor . Nice work on yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.flitcraft Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 How are you pushing up through the sizing die? The cases are filled with lead to a point, creating 5 pillars to push the cases through. Ejection wire removed and case feed removed as well from what I can tell to allow the lead-filled cases to stay on the shell plateSent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 On May 22, 2017 at 11:13 AM, doublej said: Yeah I was using the bullet feeder with the star but it wasn't 100% reliable Did your collator mod allow base down bullets sometimes or was the problem elsewhere? From your video it looks like the base down bullet is culled by how fast it passes the chute and if the tube was full and the motor stopped with a base down bullet at that point it would fall out instead of riding over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmantoo Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 On 5/27/2017 at 6:20 AM, michael.flitcraft said: The cases are filled with lead to a point, creating 5 pillars to push the cases through. Ejection wire removed and case feed removed as well from what I can tell to allow the lead-filled cases to stay on the shell plate Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk DOH! Awesome. That is simplicity/genius. I am definitely going to be stealing your invention when it comes time to do my next sizing run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkS_A18138 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Ok I use my mr bullet feeder and fill pvc pipe just like filling a primer tube. flip it and pull the pin! Works awesome and I do almost 100 at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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