Dillon 650 plus mini Mr. Bullet Feeder? Yay or Nay?

[MarikinaMan]

[bhilliker@comcast.net]

screwed up primers---yup its all buggered up ----you need to sell it to me asap!!

[mjmagee67]

Go over to the Enos Forum, most say the mini is maxi-crap..

[RandyD]

I have the same problem on my Dillon 650, occasionally, it will seat a primer sideways or upside down. Let us know if you find the cause and what you have done to correct it.

[Divernhunter]

Especially as a new reloader I would not get one at all. I have a 650 and have not seen a need for one. I do have a brass feeder.

[CAL.BAR]

The cause of upside down or sideways primers (especially on LPP's such as .45ACP) is the shell plate alignment. It can be adjusted by moving the metal strike plate on the lower left side of the shell plate between the shellplate and the bullet tray. you will need to remove the bullet tray to get at the two adjustment screws.

[LeadPilot]

Nay! Save up for the real Mr.bulletfeeder. It’s worth it.

[Rwnielsen]

Especially as a new reloader I would not get one at all. I have a 650 and have not seen a need for one. I do have a brass feeder.

I fully agree with this. I can get a good rhythm going with just a bullet tray. I also have a habit of hooking my little finger on the advancing shell on the up stroke to minimize the abrupt stop when indexing

[tanks]

I agree. It will be one less thing to worry about once it is set up and dialed in. I have it both on my 650 (9mm) and 1050 (.40 S&W).

[Mac Attack]

CAL.BAR is absolutely correct in the fact that your primer issue is due to shell plate alignment.

I would love to have a bullet feeder but they are so costly and to be honest I don't have a problem putting the bullet on top of the charged case. Even though I have the powder charger alarm on station 3 I still visually check to make sure there is powder. A lot of things can go wrong in a progressive press that distract you and can cause one to miss a step so I cherish the visual check before seating the bullet.

[waveslayer]

Plus 1! Get the real one.

As for the op, I have never had issues with primers flipping around

My wife thinks I only have 3 guns

[XDJYo]

The cause of upside down or sideways primers (especially on LPP's such as .45ACP) is the shell plate alignment. It can be adjusted by moving the metal strike plate on the lower left side of the shell plate between the shellplate and the bullet tray. you will need to remove the bullet tray to get at the two adjustment screws.

CAL.BAR is absolutely correct in the fact that your primer issue is due to shell plate alignment.

I would love to have a bullet feeder but they are so costly and to be honest I don't have a problem putting the bullet on top of the charged case. Even though I have the powder charger alarm on station 3 I still visually check to make sure there is powder. A lot of things can go wrong in a progressive press that distract you and can cause one to miss a step so I cherish the visual check before seating the bullet.

Thanks for these posts. I don't have a bad problem with flipped primers, but I get them once every several hundred rounds. I'll have to go back to the press and check out the shell plate alignment.

And, I also was looking at the Mini. My left hand isn't very steady, so it makes placing the bullet a little challenging and slowing things down. I will anchor my hand with my pinky finger and that seems to help.

[TAS]

Especially as a new reloader I would not get one at all. I have a 650 and have not seen a need for one. I do have a brass feeder.

I would agree. While I think the case feeder is a 'must', I don't think a bullet feeder is necessary (for me, anyway). I can get a decent rhythm going without it and feel that I'm better able to monitor everything that's happening. I'm only in production for myself and it's more than efficient/quick enough.

[Chief-7700]

After having my Dillon XL-650 for 10 years, bought a Mr.Bulletfeeder for .45ACP and 9MM three months ago. Still wondering why I waited so long!

[MrElectric03]

Your primer issue is likely due to he she'll plate not being aligned. Dillon will send you an alignment tool that you use with a powder die in #2 station on a toolhead. Once aligned you tighten the two shellplate holder bolts and are good to go. Also occasionally when you switch the primer disc you may have put the tension washer on upside down and it's not putting enough tension on the disc.

As for the bullet feeder, if you are spending that much save up and get the real one. Although on a 650 I don't think I would spend it. I have a mr bulletfeeder on my 1050 and is great, I had the intent of using on my 650 as well but decided it takes too long to setup between calibers to make it worth while. Unless you are doing batches of a thousand or more it's a waste in my opinion. I do batches of 2-5k on my 1050 in .223 and 9mm but 1050 runs without issues. On a 650 I usually have to stop here and there anyway to correct something.