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Old March 30, 2011, 01:21 PM   #1
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Homemade Case Feeder for the LnL - Complete System

I know there are many videos and pictures of homemade case feeders out there but I have yet to see a complete system for a LnL so I thought I would share mine that I just finished.

Total material cost = $93 that includes the shell plates

Check out the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSzft3_0ZMs
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Old March 30, 2011, 02:13 PM   #2
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That is really impressive work.
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Old March 30, 2011, 02:51 PM   #3
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Awesome!
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Old March 30, 2011, 03:05 PM   #4
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Nice piece of work!! Great how it is adaptable for different case lengths.
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Old March 30, 2011, 03:30 PM   #5
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Thanks, guys So far, I've been able to try 9mm, 40S&W, 10mm Auto, 45ACP, and 223Rem and they all seem to feed equally well. I personally don't have any purpose to make it feed rifle cases beyond 223/5.56, but it could be easily adapted to feed 308 or 30-06 if one was so inclined.

Not knocking Hornady but it makes you wonder why they are charging almost $400 for their system (feeder plates included).... I guess the answer to that is "because they can". Obviously people are willing to pay for it.

Thanks again.
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Old March 30, 2011, 03:51 PM   #6
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Not knocking Hornady but it makes you wonder why they are charging almost $400 for their system (feeder plates included)....
How much did you pay yourself per hour to design and build this? Did you include employer's taxes? Facility overhead? Income tax? Patent fees? Legal?
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Old March 30, 2011, 04:30 PM   #7
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Very true... it is just hard for me to swallow paying $400 for the feeder when it isn't half the machine of what it is attached to (LnL press itself) and the LnL is approximately the same price. I love Hornady's press, and products for that matter, but $400 seems high to me even with all the other expenses taken into account.

Point made, however
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Old March 30, 2011, 07:54 PM   #8
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There was another good home made feeder that was shown here over a yea ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH-7d9IuVqY
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Old March 31, 2011, 11:29 AM   #9
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Yeah... that was a great feeder and CHEAP! But for us Hornady LnL guys, just the collator doesn't do us much good.
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