DWFAN Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 There are 3 options for a powder through expander (I think). 1. Powderfunnels.com 2. Hornady 3. The one from Mr. Bullet feeder. Has anyone tried more than 1 of the above? Pro's vs Con's ? Which is the best? It'll be a few months before I can set up my 1050 with bullet feeder, so I'm going to set it up on the LnL for my winter marathon loading sessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWFAN Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 No one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CocoBolo Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I've only used the Hornady bullet feeder with the Hornady PTX dies. An original die and the one they shipped with the second bullet feeder die. Well I also used it on my xl650 with the standard 9 mm powder funnel die. They all worked well with the Montana gold bullets, when I switched to Zeros I had to crank it down more since those bullets are larger in diameter. My friend with the Mr Bullet feeder loading 38S uses the standard Dillon die instead of the Mr Bullet feeder die and says it works fine. He said that the biggest issue is getting the shell plate tamed, so it doesn't throw the bullet out moving to the next station. I already tamed mine since I load 9 major. I did discover one secret to keeping cases upright going into the LNL and that is adjusting the slider so the case does not touch the shell plate till its going in the groove if it touches too early the tipped case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWFAN Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 Tame the Hornady shell plate? Howd you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin SR Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 (edited) I too would like to know. Btw I have the hornady & the Powderfunnel. I have no issues with the Hornady option which is what I normally use but you can save yourself money by getting the Powderfunnel since it works on most calibers. Edited October 20, 2012 by Franklin SR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Religious Shooter Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I have to one that came with the bullet feeder die. The belling portion sticks out of the powder die. If the shellplate isn't correctly indexed it messes up the lips on the brass. Right now I don't bell at the powder charging die. I bell at station 3 after the powder charge on my LNL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CocoBolo Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Tame the Hornady shell plate? Howd you do that? Tighten the shell plate till it has a slight amount of drag. I told this to a shooter I am mentoring, he said his would not do it, he finally sent it back to Hornady and they fixed it. The nut protiion down in the tube was set wrong so you could not tighten it up. The xl650 is a lot harder, cutting coils off the detent spring, bearing kit, and ultimately tightenting the shell plate, but for that to happen I had to grind the advancing pawl down about .020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fellas Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 i just got the ptx from hornady yesterday for both 9mm and .40sw with the powder measure stop very easy to setup i, i don't have a bullet feeder yet but the case mouth expand good and consistent fellas from malta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimAustinTX Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 There are 3 options for a powder through expander (I think). 1. Powderfunnels.com 2. Hornady 3. The one from Mr. Bullet feeder. Has anyone tried more than 1 of the above? Pro's vs Con's ? Which is the best? It'll be a few months before I can set up my 1050 with bullet feeder, so I'm going to set it up on the LnL for my winter marathon loading sessions. I use the Powderfunnels.com and I also have the Hornady ones. I prefer the Powderfunnels.com as I can tune the expansion is a bit easier. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGH4445 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 + 1 more for powderfunnel.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmo412 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Please let me know how the Mr. Bulletfeeder works on the LNL. I was planning on purchasing one this winter. The downside is I will have to make some brackets to hang the bulletfeeder from some nearby cabinets since I don't have a casefeeder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer67 Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 (edited) The Mr. Bulletfeeder expander included with the feeder will not work with a Hornady powder measure, it drops straight through without stopping. It only appears to be intended for use with the Dillon powder meaure. Also, the Hornady measure is too large to clear the Mr. bullet feeder bullet dropper assembly / die when they're right next to one another. You'll need to seat/crimp in station 5 and put the bullet feeder in station 4 to make it work with the LNL powder measure, at least on the 650 toolhead. I can't say I've tried it with the Hornady toolhead yet. I used the powderfunnel.com expander and I didn't like the results as much as using the included expander with the Dillon powder measure. Unfortunately, I don't like the Dillon powder measure nearly as much as the Hornady. Edited December 16, 2012 by mizer67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueOvalBandit Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Can you try some kind of shim on it? Maybe wrap different diameters of wire around the step on the bulletfeed expander to create a larger false shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmo412 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 The powder measure that ships with the DAA bullet feeder is for Dillon Powder Measures. I contacted Rick from Mr Bulletfeeder, and he does make a powder funnel for the Hornady measures. He said he would exchange for the dillon funnel, or sell for $15. I haven't ordered yet, but the Hornady PTX die does work well enough. I am still waiting on the powderfunnels.com funnel to show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmo412 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Also, I have the powder measure and expander in station 2, bullet feeder in station 3, seat in 4, and crimp in 5. It is tight, but it does work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxer1 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I run the Hornady PTX no problems with it. I do have a complete powder measure for each caliber so I don't adjust or reset anything while switching calibers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxer1 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I also am stuck using the PTX b/c of the bullet feeder takes up spot #4 and the lock out die is in #3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonBullit Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Hornady ptx in my press but be sure to use the powder stop bar they added in more recent revisions, makes fine tuning much easier and takes some load off the drop linkage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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