RCBS Bullet feeder & Dillon 1050

[9x21]

Just spent a little time hooking up a New RCBS bullet feeder to a 1050.

My impressions are it will work with a bit of modification.

First impression of the overall machine are pretty good.

The bowl & feeder (while a very different design from my KISS feeders), seems to work fine, not very fast, holds about 200 bullets (per directions)

It does not have an on/off switch. (you have to unplug it) which is a pain, I will be adding one to it.

It does have a micro switch to stop the motor, but it is just inside the bowl, so the feeder spring gets filled up before it stops,

(different than a KISS which just fills the bullet tube above the die.)

The feeding Die has a pretty simple & straight forward design. The adjustment to make it work is easy.

It comes with conversions for .45,.40,.38/.357 & 9MM.

but,

The only real modification I had to make was to the feeder spring /bullet drop tube assembly that sits on the die.

This system is really designed for stationary toolheads and the bullet drop tube just sits in the die and the feeder spring just sits on top the the bullet tube with no real attachment. I used some plumbers teflon to hold the top together and a couple of orthodonic rubber bands to insert the bullet drop tube into the die. these mods allow it to stay together while the tool head goes up & down and still retains the ability to disassemble for conversions.

I did have to shorten the feeder spring about 2" to make it go on a 1050.

I ran a couple hundred dummie rounds, It seemed to work fine.

To sum it up it looks like it will work for the casual 1050 reloader, but the modifications are not strong enough for heavy duty reloading.

The KISS/Mr Bulletfeeder are the ultimate way to go for the 1050

The RCBS feeder looks like it is GREAT for 550 & 650's or any press with a stationary tool head.

I'll post more when I load some live ammo, waiting for dies set from Dillon........

So, now we know.......

Edited December 13, 2009 by 9x21

[RePete]

Thanks for the update.

The mods you describe would make me NOT want to purchase one for the 1050.

I purchased a KISS almost 3 years ago and never looked back.

[9x21]

Thanks for the update.

The mods you describe would make me NOT want to purchase one for the 1050.

I purchased a KISS almost 3 years ago and never looked back.

I have 2 KISS's myself on 2 1050's, but picked up a third 1050 and decided to give this RCBS a try.

The RCBS is $150 less, It is fine for 550 & 650 machines.

I could make the modifications more permanent by ordering some replacement parts from RCBS and expoxying the parts into one peice.

I won't know how they hold up till I do some volume loading.

I will keep the group updated

Edited December 13, 2009 by 9x21

[jmorris]

Photos, of the feeder and collator?