In this video you'll see the process of loading 9mm Luger on the Dillon XL-650 with the new RCBS bullet feeder attachment. This attachment greatly increases the speed of loading on the Dillon XL-650, and is fun to use.
RCBS Bullet Feeder on Dillon XL-650 9mm (HD)
In this video you'll see the process of loading 9mm Luger on the Dillon XL-650 with the new RCBS bullet feeder attachment. This attachment greatly increases the speed of loading on the Dillon XL-650, and is fun to use.
Nice video. I have only seen the RCBS bullet feeder working on a video from last years SHOT Show. Your video was much more thorough and showed the drum collating and dropping the bullets. While I was watching the video I couldn’t help but compare the RCBS to my Mr Bulletfeeder (formerly the KISS Bulletfeeder). It looks like the RCBS does not collate nearly as well as the Mr Bulletfeeder. They are certainly very similar and I’m sure RCBS had to change some things to work around the patents. Again, great video you are doing a good service to those who are new to reloading.
I’d like to know what is the price of this feeder to use on Hornardy press and the ship through USPS to Toronto Canada.
Thanks
Hi- Right now the Hornady lock-n-load case feeder runs about $300. on the web. Try http://www.midwayusa.com to see what you come up with.
Regarding shipping/sale in Canada, I’m not sure. I don’t sell these units
You do not mention the reason why you set up the Dillon 650 press with dies from Hornady (for sizing /decapping) and Lee (crimping) when you were producing 9mm with the RCBS bullet feeder – could you elaborate more on why you selected this setup of dies? Was there some performance benefit or other reasons?
One other question – not reloading related – did you use a video editor for creating your movies and can you share what your video setup was /is? You’ve done a lot of nice work here and created some well produced videos.
Thanks!
Luis: I don’t have a Dillon die set for 45 ACP, so I pulled dies off of other presses to get setup to load 45ACP on the Dillon. The Dillon seems to do well with a variety of dies, but if I had a Dillon set, I’d have used them.
I just sent you mail regarding video editing.
Thanks!
Nice Video. I work at RCBS and you do a great job of explaining how to use the feed system. I’d like to shoot the breeze with you. Email me sometime and we’ll touch base.
Thanks Bill! Glad you like the video. This RCBS bullet feeder is a great piece of equipment, brings a smile to my face
I’ll drop you a line.
Awesome video. I appreciate you walking through your process of adding this to your setup, makes for a very impressive setup and great for pistol and large cap rifle reloading. I’ve been looking at getting an XL650 to do just this: reload 9mm, .45ACP, and .223 in large quantities. I enjoy single stage loading for smaller reload amounts such as the 7.65×53 Arg Mauser and the .45-70, but your video here just solidified my decision to purchase the XL650 in the near future. Thanks for such an informative video!
Recetnly bought a RCBS feeder to go with my 650. Great video to help me make the decision. I am keeping my powder check and looking to find the Lee seat and crimp dies for both 9 mm and 45 acp. Cannot find any dies called seat and crimp combo – it looks like what lee is calling the factory crimp? is that correct? Thanks again and great video.
Gavin, the 650 has 5 stations. Tying up stations 2,3,4 for powder charge, powder validation, bullet feed leaves you with station one to perform: sizing, depriming, priming, and expanding, then station five for seat and crimp… Am I reading this correctly…?
How are you performing these w/ just the two? Seems like most units do this w/ 3 dies. Or is there something I’m missing?
Tim- here’s how it’s setup for this video:
Station 1: Size and Deprime
Station 2: Prime (bottom of stroke), expand and charge (top of stroke)
Station 3: Open for powder check
Station 4: RCBS bullet feeder die
Station 5: Combo seat/crimp
Please let me know if you have additional questions.
Thanks,
Gavin
RCBS web site claims that the bullet feeder will work on the 550B. Their customer service referred me to your videos as showing it used on a 550B. I havn’t found any. As the 550B has only four die stations it appears to be improbable that the bullet feeder would work on a 550B so RCBS should stop claiming that it will.
Gerald- I think the RCBS bullet feeder would work on the Dillon 550B.
Here’s how you could set it up (550B):
Station 1: Size and Deprime
Station 2: Charge and expand case mouth
Station 3: Bullet feed
Station 4: Combo Seat/Crimp
Note that you have to have a good visual on the powder level because you don’t have an extra station for a powder check die.
This is basically the setup that I used in the loadmaster RCBS bullet feeder video:
http://ultimatereloader.com/?p=849
Hope that helps!
I would like to see a test with the Lee bullet feeder. From what I’ve seen, it can feed lead SWC bullets where the RCBS can only load plated or jacketed round nose bullets.
OK, it’s time to take the plunge from single stage (RCBS Rock Chucker Supreme) to a progressive. I re-load four calibers; 9mm, .38 Special, .223 Remmington and .30-06 Springfield, I don’t really want to buy new dies and I’d like to be able to add case and bullet feeders. Like everyone else on a limited budget, but willing to save long enough for a really good press. Which one(s) would you suggest. From the videos I reall want an auto-index progressive, so I’ve come to this site looking for answers. Thanks in advance and love the video’s I’ve seen so far.
OK, After viewing even more videos and reading more blogs and compairing prices…. It looks like the Lee Loadmaster. Although the Horand LNL AP looks like it could be fun to use as well.
Be warned that if you buy the Lee, you will end up replacing it within a few weeks. It is not the quality one needs if you can legitimately justify the cost of a true progressive press and bullet feeder. In short, you get what you pay for. I have the Dillon 650, and I got exactly what I wanted. Unfortunately, that meant I had to pay for it. You can usually find Dillon 650 machines for sale on Ebay and GunBroker, at reduced prices; Dillon honors their lifetime NO BS warranty on ANY of their machines, regardless of who is the original owner. Once you buy the Dillon, you will wonder why you didn’t buy it sooner. If you buy the Lee, you will wonder why you did, after everyone told you NOT to!
hi,great video.I noticed the projectiles you used were round nose.I load for several different people & used different projectiles :IE 122gn semi wad cutters,135gn round nose,125gn conical & 150gn round nose.Will the collator work properly with these projectiles?…also wondering how hard it is to remove the collets if you happen to break the fingers…cheers Steve