Installing Mr. Bulletfeeder on a Dillon SUper 1050

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Hi there;

Anybody has links to the online videos or instructions on how to install Mr. Bulletfeeder on the Super 1050? Instructions that came with the Mr. Bulletfeeder are not entirely clear, in fact, there are no schematics of the actual installation on the press at all.:confused:

Your help will be greatly appreciated.
 
How the devil did you find one of those? I've been hunting for a MrBulletFeeder for months but there is a new model coming out and things are delayed until June/July and even then the .223 version may take longer.

I can't recall the site but I found tons of info via google on the 1050 and making sure the spring tube only bends so far etc.

I'll post a link when I stumble upon it again.

In the meantime, the best info is usually on Brian Eno's forum:

h ttp://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showforum=78

Cheers
Tim

P.s. You should actually make a YouTube video of installing it, for some reason no one has yet lol!
 
From memory...
1) Have a bunch of flaired cases at the ready. It you are not using the swager back-up rod, start. It helps, trust me.
2) Take off the powder measure. You'll need the room to putz around.
3) Start screwing the bullet feeder column down. Fill it with bullets by hand to the switch.
4) Place a sized and flaired case under the bullet feeder station and lower the handle. With your third hand, hold it in the down position.
5) Slowly continue to screw the bullet feeder down until a bullet drops into the case.
6) Screw the lock ring down but don't tighten it yet.

You will need to putz around to get this part right. You will need to adjust the bullet feeder column until it's low enough to drop a bullet into a sized and flaired case 100% of the time. Once you've found the right spot, lock the ring in position.

You may find that you have to adjust your flair. You need enough to allow the bullet to start, but too much flair is a problem. If you use the swager back up die properly, it will have opened up the case mouth properly and the powder funnel will add just the slight bevel the case needs.

The reason for using the swage die is the way the bullet feeder tamps the bullet into the case. It doesn't "seat" the bullet. However, adjusted properly, it should stuff that bullet in the case with enough authority to stick it in hard enough that it won't tip out while moving to the next station.

Once that's taken care of, you'll need to mount the collator. Attach it to the casefeeder with the supplied bracket loosely. Attach the spring chute to the top of the bullet feeder and tighten the set screw. Play with the height of the collator so that the spring chute is not pulled too tight on the downstroke. (However, if the collator is too low, the bullets will collect in the spring and not drop into the bullet tower.)

Once you are satisfied everything is positioned right, you can attach the electrical leads from the collator to the microswitch on the bullet tower, and reattach the powder measure.
 
Mr. Bulletfeeder

How the devil did you find one of those? I've been hunting for a MrBulletFeeder for months but there is a new model coming out and things are delayed until June/July and even then the .223 version may take longer.

I can't recall the site but I found tons of info via google on the 1050 and making sure the spring tube only bends so far etc.

I'll post a link when I stumble upon it again.

In the meantime, the best nfo is usually on Brian Eno's forum:

h ttp://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showforum=78

Cheers
Tim

P.s. You should actually make a YouTube video of installing it, for some reason no one has yet lol!

Thanks, Tim. Ordered it from Double Alpha Academy in Netherlands. It came to me much faster then if I would have ordered from somewhere in North America. Total cost is way high (euro, custom fees, shipping, etc.), but I couldn't get it from anywhere in North America.

I think they forgot to include one part, though, will email them back.

Alex
 
Mr. Bulletfeeder

From memory...
1) Have a bunch of flaired cases at the ready. It you are not using the swager back-up rod, start. It helps, trust me.
2) Take off the powder measure. You'll need the room to putz around.
3) Start screwing the bullet feeder column down. Fill it with bullets by hand to the switch.
4) Place a sized and flaired case under the bullet feeder station and lower the handle. With your third hand, hold it in the down position.
5) Slowly continue to screw the bullet feeder down until a bullet drops into the case.
6) Screw the lock ring down but don't tighten it yet.

You will need to putz around to get this part right. You will need to adjust the bullet feeder column until it's low enough to drop a bullet into a sized and flaired case 100% of the time. Once you've found the right spot, lock the ring in position.

You may find that you have to adjust your flair. You need enough to allow the bullet to start, but too much flair is a problem. If you use the swager back up die properly, it will have opened up the case mouth properly and the powder funnel will add just the slight bevel the case needs.

The reason for using the swage die is the way the bullet feeder tamps the bullet into the case. It doesn't "seat" the bullet. However, adjusted properly, it should stuff that bullet in the case with enough authority to stick it in hard enough that it won't tip out while moving to the next station.

Once that's taken care of, you'll need to mount the collator. Attach it to the casefeeder with the supplied bracket loosely. Attach the spring chute to the top of the bullet feeder and tighten the set screw. Play with the height of the collator so that the spring chute is not pulled too tight on the downstroke. (However, if the collator is too low, the bullets will collect in the spring and not drop into the bullet tower.)

Once you are satisfied everything is positioned right, you can attach the electrical leads from the collator to the microswitch on the bullet tower, and reattach the powder measure.

Thanks a million, Dave.

The kit came from Double-Alpha Academy in Netherlands and it looks like they didn't include a plastic PVC link pipe connecting two sections of PVC pipes forming the stand. There's a photograph on Double-Alpha Academy site showing the bulletfeeder resting on the bench next to the 1050 on that plastic stand consisting of the two sectiions of PVC pipe connected by a larger diameter link section in the middle (which is missing). How do you hang it on the casefeeder? By the L-bracket provided in the kit?
 
There is a new kit coming in June/July that allows it to hang from the case feeder. No idea if it is backwards compatible but I expect it will be.

Otherwise you use the l-bracket and short pipe I see in all the photos.

Cheers
Tim
 
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Thanks a million, Dave.

How do you hang it on the casefeeder? By the L-bracket provided in the kit?

Yep, the base of the casefeeder is bolted to the L bracket, and the L bracket is bolted to the casefeeder stand with the supplier U bolts.
 
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