Skywalker Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 (edited) I know, I know ... heresy you might say. But ... this is the item from my Pro-1000 I missed a lot, and wanted it so badly that I finally made the move. All in all, installation was really painless: I only had to drill and tap a 4mm hole in the turret, and the rest came by itself. The Lee bullet feeder now sits on my dillon 650, and I like it a lot, since I only have to fill 8 tubes of bullets to effortlessly load 200 rounds, without having to manually place every single bullet on station 4. A few pics to detail the installation. Edited May 13, 2007 by Skywalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliez Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 That looks great! but how do you collate the bullets? Feed it by hand 1 by 1? That takes a lot of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 Yes, I do collate them by hand, 1 by 1, but a handful will fill a single tube, and it takes me no longer than 30/40 seconds to fill one tube. Besides this, I can fill the tubes whenever I have spare time. This beats by far the hassle (for me) of having to manually place every bullet on the brass ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L9X25 Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 I purchased the Gaspari unit which basically duplicates the function of what you have. Unfortunately it did not save me any time and actually made reloading slower since I had to load the tubes in advance and had to limit my speed to keep projectiles from tipping over while indexing. I finally broke down and purchased the Kiss unit and the difference is incredible. Since the projectile is partially seated, you can cycle the press as fast as you want and the projectile will not fall over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 (edited) I didn't do it to load faster: the normal production rate of 600 rounds per hour is enough for me; in half an hour I can load rounds for a whole training session, and my sessions do not happen so often ... I did it for ease and confort of loading. I too would switch to the KISS bullet feeder, but it costs an arm and a leg over here across the pond (almost the price of the press ... ). Edited May 13, 2007 by Skywalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Med Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 I didn't do it to load faster: the normal production rate of 600 rounds per hour is enough for me; in half an hour I can load rounds for a whole training session, and my sessions do not happen so often ... I did it for ease and confort of loading. I too would switch to the KISS bullet feeder, but it costs an arm and a leg over here across the pond (almost the price of the press ... ). Hmmmm I'm very interested. Any chance you could make a little video to show the full cycle? Great work. Angel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 Need to work on this, because the one I made is 3MB, and it's already compressed with DivX codec: it exceeds the max allowed size for attachments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwmiket Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Need to work on this, because the one I made is 3MB, and it's already compressed with DivX codec: it exceeds the max allowed size for attachments. I'd be glad to host it for you..........send it to me via email: cnemikeman AT yahoo.com and I'll get it posted up. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted May 14, 2007 Author Share Posted May 14, 2007 Thanks Mike, I guess I will be shooting a better quality one this evening, edit it, and then I'll try and email it to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted May 15, 2007 Author Share Posted May 15, 2007 Well, thanks to Mike that hosts it, here is a small video (5MB, DivX encoded .avi) I made last night to document how does it work and what's the speed I can attain in relaoding. Bullet feeder video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwmiket Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Glad to help. I went ahead and unzipped and have the actual file avail for you, too-- Link: Bullet Feeder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 (edited) Need to work on this, because the one I made is 3MB, and it's already compressed with DivX codec: it exceeds the max allowed size for attachments. Luca... can put it on my server for you if you like.... JT I guess Mike beat me to it. Edited May 15, 2007 by JThompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L9X25 Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Luca, Initially I spoke with the folks at Kiss and they claimed that they would sell the dropper & collator seperately. At the time, I thought that my Gaspari system was the same as their dropper and thought I could save a few dollars by fitting their collator assembly to my dropper. Once I saw that the Kiss system was far superior to the Gaspari unit, I purchased the complete package. The biggest flaw in the Kiss, that I have noticed so far, is that the collator is fairly small and they recommend filling it with a maximum of 250 projectiles at a time. Since I load 115gr FMJ, I am able to fill it with nearly 500 and it still operates correctly. I am not sure how well the system would work with your lead projectiles. Does your unit partially seat the projectile or merely place it on top of the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted May 15, 2007 Author Share Posted May 15, 2007 (edited) Leo, I am fully aware that the KISS bullet feeder is far superior, and the setup I came up with is not even remotely comparable with. It just provides (me) more comfort of reloading, without slowing me down from the speed at which I can load without it. And, for me, this is a big achievement: here in Italy the KISS would sell for some 650 euros, while the price of the XL650 (without the motor-driven case feeder) is about 600. All in all, I just spent some 60 euros (for the complete Lee unit), and this is definitely acceptable to me for getting a bit more comfort in loading. No, the Lee Bullet feeder doesn't partially seat the bullet: the two small arms just bring the bullet in the way of the upcoming brass, slightly below the seater die; then, the brass intercepts the bullet and rams into the seater. Edited May 15, 2007 by Skywalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 To whoever is dealing with the pics in Luca's first post now ... If they were resized to approx. 700 pixels width (constrained proportions) they'd look a lot better in a browser window. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 (edited) BE, I didn't want them to loose details, so I didn't resize them. My assumption was that whoever might have been interested in them would've saved them locally, rather than directly opening in a browser window. If you feel it would be better to have them resized, I'll gladly (and promptly) do it. Edited May 16, 2007 by Skywalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Glad to help. I went ahead and unzipped and have the actual file avail for you, too-- Link: Bullet Feeder Opened the file and what I got was a Hi-Fi audio file of bullets dropping in the bin. No video, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Glad to help. I went ahead and unzipped and have the actual file avail for you, too-- Link: Bullet Feeder Opened the file and what I got was a Hi-Fi audio file of bullets dropping in the bin. No video, though. Interesting Nemo, same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Glad to help. I went ahead and unzipped and have the actual file avail for you, too-- Link: Bullet Feeder Opened the file and what I got was a Hi-Fi audio file of bullets dropping in the bin. No video, though. Interesting Nemo, same here. try saving it to your desktop and running it from there. lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted May 17, 2007 Author Share Posted May 17, 2007 One possible cause is that you don't have the DivX codec installed, thus the video doesn't play (even though the audio does, since it's differently coded). You might want to download the DivX codec from the DivX website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Barry Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 (edited) Well, thanks to Mike that hosts it, here is a small video (5MB, DivX encoded .avi) I made last night to document how does it work and what's the speed I can attain in relaoding.Bullet feeder video. Great video. I had to download the DivX codec, but it was well worth the effort. Edited May 22, 2007 by Buckshot Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgcchkn Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 that absolutely kicks butt! great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Thanks guys! I just wanted to show that this can be done, and it's real easy. If anyone is interested in details of this, I'll be glad to provide them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronson7 Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Thanks guys! I just wanted to show that this can be done, and it's real easy. If anyone is interested in details of this, I'll be glad to provide them. Nice job, Skywalker. Impressive. Bronson7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddy_fuentes Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 L 9x25, I was getting ready to order one of the $139.00 bullet feeders to see what it would do. Would it have been better with the case mouth flared a tad more? Buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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