CASE FEEDERS

[tightgroup tiger]

You know, I have been working on machinery my entire life, maybe that's why I never minded the noise my case feeder makes. I appreciate the automatic function of it handling the cases for me so I can worry about everything else.

I suppose if you work in an office or quiet area you would probably mind the noise or consider it nerve racking. I hardly notice it when I'm loading and consider it to be normal after working on equipment for over 40 years.

 

[hotshot357]

Well "boys", I've been following this thread and I think I've made up my mind. I am going to pass on the case feeder.For the money I would be spending there is a very small advantage. I want to thank all of you on your input. You people do make this forum one of the "BEST"!!!!! Thanks very much!!!

 

[tightgroup tiger]

Well "boys", I've been following this thread and I think I've made up my mind. I am going to pass on the case feeder.For the money I would be spending there is a very small advantage. I want to thank all of you on your input. You people do make this forum one of the "BEST"!!!!! Thanks very much!!!

Just remember, a case feeder can always be added later on if you decide to buy a 650XL over the 550.
I wouldn't be without one on my progressive, but a lot of our members don't feel the same way and I respect that.
It depends on what you feel you need and how much money you want to spend getting to where you want to be down the road.

I'm a big fan of versatility so of the two presses your said you were considering, I would go with the 650XL without a collator to start with and go from there.
It keeps all options open for expansion later on.

 

[Nature Boy]

I’d venture a guess and say there are 2 types of Dillion 650 owners. Those that have a case feeder and those that will have a case feeder

 

[Texas10mm]

This mirrors everything I've ever heard about adding a case feeder to the 550. Plus...

► A case feeder would severely complicate caliber changes on a 550, and quick caliber changes are one of the 550's strongest attributes.

► A case feeder IS very noisy. I thought it might be OK because it would drop 15 cases, and then shut OFF for several minutes. This is NOT the way they operate. They turn ON and drop 1 case, then turn back OFF, so the noise is continuous throughout the loading session.
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If the noise of the case feeder bothers you then it's obvious you haven't done enough shooting. My tinnitus pretty much drowns out the noise of the case feeder.

 

[glc24]

Shut the feeder off until the tube is just about empty! But it's not really what I call noisy! My opinion.

 

[hotshot357]

To your reply tightgroup, I'm still thinking about a 650 with a case feeder. There is one for sale on another forum. I'm just not going to install one on my 550. My plan is to sell my SDB & buy the 650.

 

[Blue68f100]

Someone found that if you put a cover on the top it killed 50% of noise. I have not tried it. The noise does not bother me since I have tinnitus. I'm used to the constant ringing in my ears.

For me the case feeder doubled my speed and allowed me to concentrate more on the powder level before I set the bullet. I do a 500/hr on my LNL-AP with the brass feeder. And that includes me filling the primers tubes. I have extra primer tubes so I can load 600 before I have to stop. But my back will stop me to take a break before that. I load sitting and standing.

 

[Tilos]

Well "boys", I've been following this thread and I think I've made up my mind. I am going to pass on the case feeder.For the money I would be spending there is a very small advantage. I want to thank all of you on your input. You people do make this forum one of the "BEST"!!!!! Thanks very much!!!

I have different progressives with different setups, no Dillon though, adding case feeders to a press that doesn't come with one can be complex as well as expensive.
I just add a bullet feeding die with tubes (Hornady) to presses that don't have a case feeder, and this reduces what my left hand does to one operation, adding the case.
This speeds up the process considerably with way less cost than a case feeder...

 

[Texas10mm]

I have different progressives with different setups, no Dillon though, adding case feeders to a press that doesn't come with one can be complex as well as expensive.
I just add a bullet feeding die with tubes (Hornady) to presses that don't have a case feeder, and this reduces what my left hand does to one operation, adding the case.
This speeds up the process considerably with way less cost than a case feeder...

The Dillon 650 is a case feeding system that has a reloader wrapped around it.

 

[GW Staar]

I like case feeders, just not noisy ones, that distract and bug me. So I was a perfect fit for RCBS's hand tube-fed ones....fed with a my h.m. Lee style shaker. Yeah they are noisy too, but it only takes me a minute to load 4 - 3' tubes of anything, pistol or rifle....and I don't have to change collator parts around.

I hear ear plugs help....but I don't like them either, bad enough at the range. different strokes..... Yup I'm a weird as they come I guess.

Curious??? look at the videos at the link below:
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...er-how-to-build-included.679005/#post-8427171