doublej

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

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.

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.

I'm using a 650 with swagger purchased from ebay (I know this is not recommended but i'm using an aftermarket shell plate) I then clean the primer pockets with a Laymen Case prep express. I like the idea I can have a bucket of 9mm brass already sized so when I want to load I throw it in the feeder and go to work without any lubing. This military brass is very dirty and a lot of it is old. I really only plan on cleaning the pockets this first go around and maybe after a few uses. Thanks for the reply's!!!!

I have about 5000 military crimped 9mm that I need to process. I've used the two toolhead approach for 223 So my questions is this. Can I use this approach to do 9mm? I understand that cleaning primer pockets is a useless step but I like to do it. Here is what I was thinking Tumble Lube toolhead one: size, decap swage and clean primer pockets tumble Toolhead two Universal decaper (make sure no media) primer, powder, expand mouth, bullet, crimp. Doing it this way will assure non of the brass with have any lube on it (although one shot is suppose to help this) I tumble in SS wet media so tumbling after is not applicable. Lube isn't necessary for the belling of the mouth and the crimping correct? Thanks for the help this is a great forum! I did search for this topic but was unsuccessful.