Mr Bullet Feeder Stand on 650

[gerritm]

So I got tired of upside down bullets and the bullet feeder going out of adjustment. Took it off the case feeder. So I kind of Texas engineered this stand together out of Home Depot parts. Works like a champ. Now it is stable and not affected by vibrations when pulling the handle. Took less than an hour. 

 

4' piece of 1" black gas pipe

1" IP threaded galvanized floor flange

3-- 2" SS hose clamps

1" -- 2-hole strap

piece of PVC block between Bullet feeder & pipe to level

 

gerritm

[m700]

I kind of want to do this. I readjust my feeder every 200 rounds as it slowly walks backwards and start sticking the bullet drop die

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[OptimiStick]

Rick makes a bracket for it with u-bolts so that you can bolt it to a pipe mount.  Works great. only downside is you can see the bracket has a channel that it fits in flush, so it fixes the angle of your MBF. 

 

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Edited December 20, 2019 by OptimiStick

[Sarge]

1 minute ago, OptimiStick said:

Rick makes a bracket for it with u-bolts so that you can bolt it to a pipe mount.  Works great. only downside is you can see the bracket has a channel that it fits in flush, so it fixes the angle of your MBF. 

 

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Mine works perfect with the bracket.

[OptimiStick]

Yeah, same here. Never had an issue. 

[gerritm]

Being a plumber by trade I had everything laying around our warehouse and the cost was next to nothing. Spur of the moment. Kind of got aggravated when the unit moved for the umpteenth time and started giving me problems. Hose clamps were sort of temporary to see how it all works. Going to leave it as I don't want to mess with success.

 

gerritm

[OptimiStick]

I don’t blame you.   Mine was shaking badly on the side of the case-feeder. And contributed to stripping out the helicoil on case feeder  where the set screw goes.  So I wanted it off.  
 

[Jsjac]

I have been using the bullet feeder for a month or so and haven't had any problems. 

 My press is mounted very solid and has no movement when I am loading ammo. 

 The more the press moved the more the bullet feeder swings around. 

 

I have the bullet feeder mounted on the right of the case feeder. 

Edited December 23, 2019 by Jsjac
Added picture

[Jsjac]

Here is the picture of the bullet feeder  mounted on my case feeder. 

 

[gerritm]

My 650 is mounted super solid to the bench. Bench is mounted to the wall. So no movement other than when you work the handle. Using the hanger mounted to the left side of the plastic case feeder never seemed like a great idea no matter how tight I got those 2 little 10mm bolts digging into the plastic. The case feeder vibrates and moves.

 

Worked fine for the first year or so with 15K/20K thru it. Then started loosening slightly & moving, Would re-tighten, last for awhile and vibration would cause it to move. Angle of the bullet feeder would change & and adjustments would move slightly and increase upside down feeds.

 

Not any more.

 

gerritm

[Jsjac]

If I have trouble I will move it to a hanger. 

 I have mine mounted on the right side of the case feeder on the metal part. 

 

I guess I don't have enough posts to be able to put pictures up yet. 

[ltdmstr]

I did something similar with black pipe fittings, then a couple weeks ago replaced those with some stainless parts and an adapter I welded up.  Now I can adjust (or remove) the feeder with a single screw.

 

 

[Hockeycor22]

On 12/24/2019 at 12:40 PM, ltdmstr said:

I did something similar with black pipe fittings, then a couple weeks ago replaced those with some stainless parts and an adapter I welded up.  Now I can adjust (or remove) the feeder with a single screw.

 

 

That looks great. Did this take away all vibration and movement from the casefeeder? And are you running this setup on a 650 or 1050 on the right hand side?

[ltdmstr]

Yes, it did.  I also built a new bench that's bolted to the wall and floor.  So everything is solid, and running great.  I'm using the bullet feeders with old-style RL1050s and the feeders are mounted directly behind the posts for the case feeders.  I think they're about 14 or 15 inches back (center to center).  The height and location of the bullet feeder is important because if you don't have enough slack in the spring tube, you end up with some resistance at the dropper, and that results in multiple bullets with each pull.  The spring tube has to be pretty slack for the dropper to work properly.