Comments before I buy a lee bullet feeder? - Page 2

jmorris · April 29, 2010, 04:34 PM

If we are going to kick the dead...Lee makes some good products but the bullet feeder is one of them that you should save your money on. I had one many moons ago and it worked, sort of, sometimes. If you want one that will do what you think it should the GSI or KISS are far better options. Here are some of my bullet feeders all of them use homemade collators to feed the bullets to the feeders.

UrbanTarzan · January 29, 2021, 08:54 AM

My 2 cents on this,
(Inserts 1st penny) - The Lee pro 1000 admittedly takes a little futzing to fine tune and the bullet feeder is no different, but once its set correctly it runs like a top. Not everyone here is all about setting a stopwatch, pulling the handle and trying to set a new ammo count record every time we sit at the press. Every press requires setup prior to use , primers/cases/bullets/powder dont magically appear in there respective tubes and they dont magically refill themselves either. Putting 25 bullets in the tube (even one at a time) before you start as opposed to reaching into the box, grabbing a bullet with your size XXXXL fingers , reaching around the support stantion and holding it as the plate goes up until you can barely pull your fingers out in time with every pull of the handle ... DOES save time and aggravation!!
(Inserts second penny) -- The fingers on the bullet feeder do indeed grab and hold the bullet sufficiently for reliable feeding (except for 230gr and above) , some of your shorter bullets have a short flat side before the ogive starts and may require a shim (washer , penny, etc) so the fingers dont grab too close to the ogive allowing the bullet to slip out .
An adjustable foot on the die would solve this problem .. but its easily corrected with a little ingenuity.

If you like holding each bullet.. awesome!!
If you dont , use the bullet feeder . It works great!! And if you encounter glitches with it ask here, someone has figured out how to correct it.
Out of pennies...

April 29, 2010, 04:34 PM	#26
jmorris Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 2006 Posts: 3,077	If we are going to kick the dead...Lee makes some good products but the bullet feeder is one of them that you should save your money on. I had one many moons ago and it worked, sort of, sometimes. If you want one that will do what you think it should the GSI or KISS are far better options. Here are some of my bullet feeders all of them use homemade collators to feed the bullets to the feeders.

January 29, 2021, 08:54 AM	#27
UrbanTarzan Junior Member Join Date: January 24, 2018 Posts: 1	My 2 cents on this, (Inserts 1st penny) - The Lee pro 1000 admittedly takes a little futzing to fine tune and the bullet feeder is no different, but once its set correctly it runs like a top. Not everyone here is all about setting a stopwatch, pulling the handle and trying to set a new ammo count record every time we sit at the press. Every press requires setup prior to use , primers/cases/bullets/powder dont magically appear in there respective tubes and they dont magically refill themselves either. Putting 25 bullets in the tube (even one at a time) before you start as opposed to reaching into the box, grabbing a bullet with your size XXXXL fingers , reaching around the support stantion and holding it as the plate goes up until you can barely pull your fingers out in time with every pull of the handle ... DOES save time and aggravation!! (Inserts second penny) -- The fingers on the bullet feeder do indeed grab and hold the bullet sufficiently for reliable feeding (except for 230gr and above) , some of your shorter bullets have a short flat side before the ogive starts and may require a shim (washer , penny, etc) so the fingers dont grab too close to the ogive allowing the bullet to slip out . An adjustable foot on the die would solve this problem .. but its easily corrected with a little ingenuity. If you like holding each bullet.. awesome!! If you dont , use the bullet feeder . It works great!! And if you encounter glitches with it ask here, someone has figured out how to correct it. Out of pennies...