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there is a spot that turns them around the right way, very neat little spot too.

now that the KISS bullet feeder is running at high volume, a problem that only bothered me occasionally on my 1050 is happening a lot more often. 9mm cases aren't dropping down the drop tube, instead they are somehow turning sideways and getting underneath the collator plate. at first one or two don't do anything, but then the third one jams the whole machine up. now I need to use long needle nosed pliers to get in there and get them out. anyone have a solution for this? I don't have that many cases in the hopper, but the collator plate does seem to rise up a bit from the pressure of the cases in the hopper. I am flummoxed!

I've made a change to mine. I was still having trouble with it keeping up. I found that bullets weren't falling into the collator slots if they were base done, they were hanging up on the edge of the slot. So I took my Dremel tool to the slots and beveled/chamfered them slightly. what a difference it makes, now I can't go fast enough to run out of bullets. I am actually going to do a little more and make it look nicer, probably use my buddies mill to do it. I've also had bullets spit out of the tube a couple times when the 1050 head is rising. Might be tip down bullets getting past the stop spring or something?

which are all Midway brands. not sure why they split them up, I remember being told once by the prez himself (when we were still on speaking terms).

just got a new one from Quinetics, with a new style collar. It's got the Oring peened in place, and then cut in one spot. You don't need to take the cap off anymore, just twist it slightly and the bullet, brass and powder fall out. as well it's not how hard you smack it necessarily, but if you pull back right afterward, that makes it work the best. If you are trying to drive the puller through the floor or the block of wood, you'll just damage the puller.

I am just kind of funny this way. I like to know each and every part of mechanical things I use. I rip apart pretty much everything I use and rebuild it. Hell I even did my VCR's when I need some parts put in. and I am not service tech for that kind of stuff at all. But if you follow the instructions, things work out fine usually. but simple mechanical things like bearings and levers and such I have no problem with. But these freakin rings were confusing me, so instead of bending them, I figured I should ask.

why not merge all these posts into one post?

thankyou!!!!!!!!!!!! I am not at my machine right now, but there are two rings aren't there? one on each side? do we take both out, or just one?

3 pages and no copy of the offending pic? I'm offended!

that would be great!

any help from Dillon on this?

pics would be great!

what kind of press? try slowing down your up stroke so that the indexing isn't too fast. I think there was a part switch on Super 1050's at one point, not positive though.

it catches the dust and media from the cases. stops it from spilling out all over ny bench. Not sure if the holes in the case feeder are normal, but they were there when I got the unit.

I was gonna paint my bright orange............................. no no I wasn't. I like it the way it is actually, but I would imagine a lot of them will get painted blue in the future.

So after a few weeks of waiting I received the following package from Roger at www.bulletfeeder.com The happy box with the bullet collator on top The next level has the rest of the collator stand, yes it's plumbing pipe. As Roger says, he could make it out of stainless steel and charge more money. But this works, and works well The 3 pieces and the power supply on my bench A useless picture of the top of my press, anxiously awaiting the feed die. I had in fact just finished adjusting the powder measure with the new expander funnel in it Adjusting the bullet feeding die, very easy to do The bullet feeding die installed and full of bullets. Notice the spring feed tube from the bullet collator to the top of the die. A very slick piece of work that is A picture from the front, I'll get some tomorrow showing the inside of the collator, it's different than the first vids that were on the website A picture of the back of the unit showing the power switch. Not sure why it's here, but I might move it around to the front at some point in the future. If it really bothers me that is this things works amazingly well, and is simple as hell to install. The hardest part for me was putting in the spring tube that guides the bullets to the feed die. once I figured that out it was off to the races. One thing I didn't take a picture of was the new expander that comes with the unit, it replaces the one that comes with the Dillon powder measure, and helps flare the case a little more than what you might normally do. this allows the bullet to seat easier in the feed station. That's right it seats it there, but only enough to keep the bullet from falling over and getting jammed or messing up your rhythm. I did manage to outpace it a few times, but I think that's because I had too many bullets in the bullet hopper, once it had fed 100 or so I had no real problems. Out of the 2000 rounds I loaded in just over an hour (yes 1 hour for 2000 rounds), I had no malfunctions at all, no upside down bullets, no problems at all. This makes loading so much faster and easier it's not even funny. Now some of you might be worried about no powder check die being installed. Well I've never used one so it's no issue to me anyhow, but if it is to you, I would suggest going to a combo seat/crimp die from RCBS or someone, and then move the bullet feeder over one station so you can still use your powder check. This unit will fit on any progressive press on the market today, so long as you have an empty space prior to the seating station. It's available in pretty much all of the major calibres, but there is about an 8 week lead time right now. Needless to say Roger is a very busy man, as this unit is proving to be very very popular. It's already over in Europe with Saul Kirsch being the salesman over there. I really cannot say enough good things about this unit. It's absolutely rocks, and is dead simple to setup and use. If you reload a lot of ammo, consider this as soon as you can afford it, it will make a huge difference to your reloading speed. I know most of you know all the stuff I typed above, I just copied this report from another forum I post on.

just picked my lamb up last week. mmm mmm tasty lamb goodness!

it's waiting for me at the border!!!!!

ahhh I see. I tried to do as you said and can't get it to work. Dillon any help maybe, please?????????

where did you find that on Dillons website?

so how does one take apart the crank assembly connector rod with the Irolox Retaining Ring setup.

KISS. the GSI setup looks way overdone. the KISS one is pretty much what I'd be looking at building with a buddy of mine for the last couple years. Difference is, Roger actually did it, and did it well. Not sure my design ability would have been able to do what he's done. I am quite excited to get this thing and get it up and running. I tore down my 1050 yesterday, completly, cleaned and regreased it and put it back together (and tested it, it works). actually one thing I couldn't get apart was the main cam. I couldn't figure out how to take it apart and get to the bearings inside it.

you guys suck. 3 more days and mine should be here. I'll document the whole thing with a camera and post the pics when I can.

yes PRK takes longer to heal and is more uncomfortable the first few days. But everything I've read says it's the best of the procedures, especially for shooters.

one thing I recently learned (and I hate football so I probably behind the pack on this), is that cheerleaders in the NFL and up here in the CFL, make very little money. Up here they don't even get paid for game day. They have to sell calendars to help with their travel expenses and everything. It's disgusting. Down in the USA the girls should be making in excess of $50,000 a year in my opinion. They are huge draws for the fans, and put on a phenomenal show for people. Strippers make more money than they do.