Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Hornady Ammo Plant - oy!
unfy:
500 bullets at hornady's prices is quite decent aye. the free bullets tend to be on the lighter side, tho.
As far as upgrading it to an ammo plant ....
someone else here is fiddling with the thought of making a bullet feeder, and i'm drawing up a plan of attack for a case feeder :P
sparky0068:
--- Quote from: jonm on November 22, 2012, 10:59:54 PM ---It also doesnt crank out ammo like the Hornady does. Presses do the same thing, the more expensive ones do it faster with awesome manufacturer customer service.
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How fast do you you need to churn out pistol ammo? My LEE does 3-400 per hour.
jonm:
--- Quote from: sparky0068 on November 23, 2012, 06:46:29 AM ---How fast do you you need to churn out pistol ammo? My LEE does 3-400 per hour.
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I am sure guys that shoot upward of 20k/yr appreciate the speed. fwiw. I do faster than that on my LnL without the case or bullet feeder going at a steady pace.
NENick:
--- Quote from: unfy on November 23, 2012, 02:48:24 AM ---500 bullets at hornady's prices is quite decent aye. the free bullets tend to be on the lighter side, tho.
As far as upgrading it to an ammo plant ....
someone else here is fiddling with the thought of making a bullet feeder, and i'm drawing up a plan of attack for a case feeder :P
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I'm working on making the bullet feeder, but haven't made much progress due to work and what-not. Someone one mentioned that it is only for pistol rounds. Are they referring the the actual hopper, or the actual device that drops the bullet on the casing? The hopper part is easy enough to build. Might need a new plan if there isn't a dropper thingy for rifle rounds.
JTH:
--- Quote from: sparky0068 on November 23, 2012, 06:46:29 AM ---How fast do you you need to churn out pistol ammo? My LEE does 3-400 per hour.
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:) I need it faster than that.
My Dillon 550 got me about 400 per hour (or so) without a casefeeder or a bullet feeder. My wife got tired of seeing me down in the reloading room hour after hour, so one day I got home and found a Dillon Super 1050 on the floor.
Now I can crank out 300 rounds in 15 minutes on average. (Faster if I really need to.) It has a case feeder, but not a bullet feeder. (I might be upgrading to a bullet feeder in the near future, and later maybe adding the motor to it all...)
I don't have any experience with Lee presses, but it surprises me that one with a case feeder and a bullet feeder is so slow. And that rate would just take up too much of my time, I know for certain. Different people need different amounts of pistol ammo, no argument there----but just 300 an hour would not work for me.
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