Mark C Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I would like to see a Dillon bullet feeder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastly Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 For 223 brass processing: A first stage 223 decapping/neck expanding die with the current long decapping pin and anti-fail device along the lines of the Lee universal decapping die or the Dillon Pistol sizing/decappingg dies. Dillon size/trim die to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Since case feeders ARE allowed, by that logic Dillon should be able to sell a press with a bullet feeder, but NOT include a case feeder and therefore not be subject to ITAR registration. My question was why Hornady and Lee are selling presses with both bullet and case feed and seem to have no problems doing so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thermobollocks Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Hornady already sells ammo. Dillon does not. Lee, I have no idea. Maybe they're owned by someone who does? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 While the Lee Pro has it's faults, the case feeder is a model of simple design. I have often sat and stared at my 550 and wondered if there was a way to adapt one to it. It doesn't even have to be automatic - just a manual push feed would be fine by me. Not sure how it would work since the shell platform moves up and down but they have an (expensive) automatic case feeder for it so something should be possible. Of course, why would they want to build a less expensive alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrispies Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 While the Lee Pro has it's faults, the case feeder is a model of simple design. I have often sat and stared at my 550 and wondered if there was a way to adapt one to it. It doesn't even have to be automatic - just a manual push feed would be fine by me. Not sure how it would work since the shell platform moves up and down but they have an (expensive) automatic case feeder for it so something should be possible. Of course, why would they want to build a less expensive alternative? While I hate to say anything good about the Lee Pro, I gotta agree with this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I have often sat and stared at my 550 and wondered if there was a way to adapt one to it. You can buy a 550 case feed direct fro Dillon. https://www.dillonprecision.com/content/p/9/catid/3/pid/23573/RL_550B_Casefeeder_110_Volt_Small_Pistol Did have a few beers thinking about one for the SD though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUdzxJenkX0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrispies Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I have often sat and stared at my 550 and wondered if there was a way to adapt one to it. You can buy a 550 case feed direct fro Dillon. https://www.dillonprecision.com/content/p/9/catid/3/pid/23573/RL_550B_Casefeeder_110_Volt_Small_Pistol Price difference is huge, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDA Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Realtime bullet seater die that seats to preset COAL regardless of individual case size. Sure if I trimmed all my brass it would be a non-issue, but I don't trim pistol brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerBaron Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 They do seat to same coal regardless of case length with current seat dies. What changes with case length variance is the seat depth. But coal should be constant regardless of case length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S. Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 They do seat to same coal regardless of case length with current seat dies. What changes with case length variance is the seat depth. But coal should be constant regardless of case length. Case length also effects the crimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) Price difference is huge, though. Look at the price of a 650 collator $249. Then the price of a 550 case feed and collator $264. Makes all of the actual case feed parts look like $15, hell of a deal. Edited December 22, 2015 by jmorris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaldor Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 A dust-repellent and durable media separator A flip tray for loaded ammo A Dillon 550 shellplate cranker thingy with flappy paddles on the side so I don't bust my thumb during a 300 round session (That last thing might be called a 650) Durable media separator? Buy a Dillon. Dust is something you gotta live with if you dry clean brass. Or get a down draft table like woodworking companies use for sanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjames32 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Jmorris-I want to know more about the SDB case feeder, please! PJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 You can buy a 550 case feed direct fro Dillon. Yes, but as I said it's expensive. It's also quite large and complicated. The Lee is very simple, much like what looks to be a homemade version for a Square Deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Jmorris-I want to know more about the SDB case feeder, please! PJ It came about from another thread that concluded it couldn't be done. http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=114052&hl=%2Bsd+%2Bcase+%2Bfeed#entry1294516 The reason you don't see some things is because of costs, limited market or both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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