Mr. Bullet feeder VS hornady bullet feeder

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Basille

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Hi,

For those who are planning purchasing a bullet feeder, here's my review for both that I actually own.

Do you a favor, spend more money and get the Mr. Bullet feeder!

1- Hornady bullet feeder makes a lot, A LOT of noise. Almost had to put ear plugs when it's on. Mr. Bullet feeder is very quite.
2- Mr. Bullet feeder is faster to get bullet in position so you don't have to wait VS Hornady. Even properly set up, the Hornady is tumbling a lot to get bullets in the tube with Trunk cated bullet, ex : .40 180gr. I noticed that 9mm round nose are faster to get in the tube.
3- Mr. Bullet feeder is easier to adjust. No need of custom work if using a Dillon press with strong mount.
 
Buy once, cry once. For the extra money go Mr. Bulletfeeder.

I had the Hornady.... I found it's performance was severely lacking. Poor collating = long cycles = loud. Its bullet feed dies did not function reliably enough for the cost of it. It was a very fine balance between not dropping a bullet to dropping all the projectiles in the tube all over the floor and press. It was a true PITA.
I now have a Mr. Bulletfeeder in 9mm and .223. Huge increase in performance. Only issue that I had was that the motor died after about 5 hours of use. I called them, they mailed me a new one as there was a batch with bad brushes in the motor.
 
I have been looking to purchase a mr bulletfeeder but was wondering has anyone tried it and found it to be reliable with cast bullets? Also is ordering through Double-Alpha the only option or is there a Canadian dealer?
 
Thank's Basille, just placed my order. I will try it out on cast bullets and see what happens.

Also, how hard it is to swap out and setup the drop tube between 9mm and 357 and how important is there expander for the powder funnel if I just have the die when changing calibers. I would like to use separate tool heads I have already setup with separate powder measures. I will be short a drop tube as well as a powder funnel expander to convert between the two calibers. They had no stock on a second conversion kit or drop tube assembly so I could only order an extra die.
 
I did order through the Mr Bulletfeeder in 45, as well as conversion kits for 9/38 and 40 through Super Comp Sports they certainly do ship fast, ordered Monday and was on my counter at work the next day by noon shipped ups. Pricing was good considering US exchange right now and communication via e-mail received quick responses.
I had a chance this evening to assemble the unit and to do a dry run through the collator on some different 45 cast bullets. I did run into some issues, all of which I can resolve with some fine tuning.
1: With the unit hanging off the case feeder the height is too high to be able to see what is going on. This could become an issue if the unit has a jam as you may mistake it for a shut down due to a full dropper. I don't know if the unit uses any circuit protection and if not I would hate to burn out a motor. I may add a breaker on the dc line at the motor a few amps higher than the draw measured with a fully loaded hopper. Also I might add a mirror above the unit so I can see what is going on at a glance.
2: Running some 230 gr round nose through I had issue with one out of ten or so jamming sideways in the mouth of the output tube. I believe I can machine an adapter with a different size and taper to be installed in between the output tube and the collator.
3: With 245 gr flat nose randomly the bullet would jam up sideways between the collator disc and the rim of the bucket just past the opening in the drop tube. I think extending the ramp to meet the rim of the bucket which will help flip the bullet or eject it over the top of the disc.

I did also find the speed with which the unit would pick up bullets in the hopper seems a bit on the slow side with the 45's, but that should increase once the hopper is filled more. I did also try some rifle bullets to see what would happen ( I don't plan to use these ) and found with the extra length the disc had a hard time picking the up. Overall the unit is quite solid but will require tinkering and a good set of cheat sheets to be able to convert calibers and run different types of bullets. Hopefully the droppers aren't to fussy to work with.
 
I actually just installed my Mr Bullet Feeder from Supercomp sports today... great service by the way and super prompt on answering emails! Would highly recommend them! Much better experience than I've had as of late ordering (cough Stag 3G cough)

The feeder seems to work really well. Only ran 100 rounds so far. Someone above had said it's a lot quieter than the hornady which is good to hear since it's still a bit loud. It has a spring which kicks back the miss fed bullets from the collator which makes a bit of noise as the bullet hits the metal backing. Would be better if it was rubber coated if possible I think.

All in all really easy and quick to setup. The setup videos on the website are way more helpful than the directions as well.

I also ordered the PAL Filler at the same time. Works pretty well for the first 100. Will have to wait and see if it's worth it in the end.
 
rjmercier said:
Thank's Basille, just placed my order. I will try it out on cast bullets and see what happens.

Also, how hard it is to swap out and setup the drop tube between 9mm and 357 and how important is there expander for the powder funnel if I just have the die when changing calibers. I would like to use separate tool heads I have already setup with separate powder measures. I will be short a drop tube as well as a powder funnel expander to convert between the two calibers. They had no stock on a second conversion kit or drop tube assembly so I could only order an extra die.
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Hey R... funny you just bought one of these as I will be placing an order for one shortly as well. Going to get mine in 9mm and see how it goes. You got yours on a 650?
 
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