case feeder or bullet feeder

[sonny74]

If you could only have one, which one would you chose? A case feeder or a bullet feeder? I'm leaning toward the bullet feeder. My observation is that the bullet feeder is smaller, a little quieter and a little cheaper than the case feeder. And it is a little easier to load a case into the shell plate by hand than to put a bullet onto a case mouth by hand. What yal think?

 

[drmitchgibson]

Bullet feeder.

 

[csiedmond1]

I have a case feeder and have to hand load the bullet by hand, but I would want both!!!

 

[backer]

I'll fight someone if they try and take my case feeder.

 

[Scott Hearn]

Hands down winner is case feeder. Because running the feed tube empty is such a pain and loading it up every 20 rounds is an even bigger pain.
Seating a bullet isn't difficult and I kind of prefer feeling if there is enough bell on the case. (I load a lot of lead bullets)

 

[mike cyrwus]

with which hand are you loading cases?

with which one are you loading bullets?

which hand are you operating the press?

There is no way ANYONE should get a bullet feeder unless you already have a case feeder.
Unless you dont care about efficiency; and in that case, dont get either. use a single stage press.

 

[csiedmond1]

with which hand are you loading cases?

with which one are you loading bullets?

which hand are you operating the press?

There is no way ANYONE should get a bullet feeder unless you already have a case feeder.
Unless you dont care about efficiency; and in that case, dont get either. use a single stage press.

1+ this

 

[sonny74]

I don't want to turn this into a Dillon vs. Hornady thing. I'm just asking for opinions. Okay, I have the Hornady LNL, I operate it with my right hand, feeding the cases and bullets both with my left hand on the left side of the press. That's why I though both the case or bullet feeder will be equally efficient. Maybe it is different with the Dillon presses. Also, how is a progressive without case/bullet feeder the same as a single stage press?

 

[drmitchgibson]

It is different with the Dillon presses, you load cases on the right, bullets on the left. And Mike is right, as usual. I just hate seating bullets, but that's me. I don't think anyone is insinuating that the progressive w/o case/bullet feeder is the same as a single stage. It's not.

 

[mike cyrwus]

Sonny's right.
If you use the bullet seater on the 5th station on a LnL, you will have to use your right hand for both cases and bullets.
In that case I would still get the case feeder; for three reasons, one- so you can control the bullet as it enters the seating die, two- so you can use the LnL specific case feeder, without trying to retrofit a non-hornady bullet feeder to feed bullets, and three, so you can get used to how a dillon operates, when you decide to get the best.

haha!

 

[technetium-99m]

I'd skip the bullet feeder, just based on web reading the only bullet feeder I'd consider is a KISS on a 1050.

 

[sonny74]

Thanks Mike for your explanations. I learned something new. Now I'm leaning toward the case feeder. Or maybe wait until I get the Dillon 650 then get case/bullet feeder

 

[dennishoddy]

I have the L&L, and use the left hand for case, and bullet loading. I kind of have a system, and once getting into the rhythm, the rounds start falling like rain.
My wish would be to have a primer feeder that would handle more than 100. I have several tubes, but filling them takes longer than it takes to load the 100.

 

[OUshooter]

I went with the case feeder for my L-N-L, mainly b/c I like to visually inspect the powder charge. So placing the bullet as I inspect works pretty well.

 

[dennishoddy]

I went with the case feeder for my L-N-L, mainly b/c I like to visually inspect the powder charge. So placing the bullet as I inspect works pretty well.

I use the cop die right after the powder dispenser. Its pretty easy to monitor the powder charge that way.

 

[okie-carbine]

get both.

that is what im going for. a dillon 650 with case loader and will probably add on a rcbs bullet loader.