$28 Bullet Feeder for Any Progressive

[Famousfamas]

From what I understand, you took too much metal out of collet A. The Hornady instructions are pretty clear about the adjustment necessary as the 2 collets need a bit of play, which you can hear when you shake the die so don't mess with that. Raising the whole die up or down will not help. You need to bring the collet A back to the point where once in position in the die it will barely hold the bullet. At this point if it was I who was in this position I would first try the aluminum foil around the collet, then if that doesn't work give it a gentle squeeze to the collet A with pliers. Leave a bullet inside while squeezing so you don't over do it and it will be easier to keep the inside round. At your own risk! If that doesn't work call Hornady and see if they can give/sell you a collet. Save the one you have if you ever need to use it for lead bullets as it might still be good for that.

 

[Famousfamas]

I just looked at my own feeder die and if you decide to squeeze the collet A back I think the the most even and precise way would be with a small hose clamp. A little bit at a time though. Be patient and try to tighten maybe a 1/4 turn then check if it will hold a bullet then go further if it doesn't. Little steps.

 

[Captaingyro]

I realize that this thread has been dormant for a while, but all of the links to Linens-N-Things for the tubes are dead. Searching on their website for "acrylic tubes", "aquarium tubes", "plastic tubes", and any variation yields zip. Does anyone know if LNT still sells these tubes, or if there's another source?

 

[RugerFanOH]

Look in Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OM9JPG?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01

This may be another source:

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=25313&catid=554

 

[Furncliff]

I bought mine from USPlastics (see the link above^^^)