Bullet tipping press

[BenPerfected]

Plan to use a dedicated single stage press for Bullet tipping. What would you buy?....Lee?
Ben

 

[savagedasher]

Plan to use a dedicated single stage press for Bullet tipping. What would you buy?....Lee?
Ben

No need to Forster press and rings . When set up properly I use the position of the handle for bullet leingth Larry

 

[Keith Glasscock]

Plan to use a dedicated single stage press for Bullet tipping. What would you buy?....Lee?
Ben

I use an RCBS mounted inverted so I don't have to try to catch the bullet coming out. It also lessens the muscle strain when doing large lots.

My Whidden die only needed a little stronger spring to make it work.

 

[BenPerfected]

I use an RCBS mounted inverted so I don't have to try to catch the bullet coming out. It also lessens the muscle strain when doing large lots.

My Whidden die only needed a little stronger spring to make it work.

Keith,
Which model RCBS press are you using? Using my Forestor Coax is an option but was thinking another style another press might be easier...maybe not?
Ben

 

[Keith Glasscock]

It is a Rockchucker supreme that I got for less than $100 back when Bullets.com had them on sale a year or two ago.

 

[Mozella]

I thought about a dedicated single stage until I discovered this fix which works great on my Hornady Lock N Load progressive press. The problem, of course, is that on each full stroke of the handle, the shell plate indexes one position so that the bullet holder is no longer under the die for the next stroke. You then must remove the bullet holder and move it into the position just prior to the station where you have the (Non Whidden in my instance) die located, a real PITA.

I put a 6mm BR case gauge below the shell plate so that on the down stroke, the press doesn't go all the way down. Any shim of the proper height would work. The ram doesn't travel far enough down to index so it it stays on the same station because the shell plate doesn't do it's normal rotation.

This "half down position" gives me room to remove the pointed bullet, put the new one in, and actuate the handle without indexing the press. Works great.

 

[rardoin]

I have the Lock n load bushing system on all my current dies so a change to a pointer, or sizer, or collet puller is a few second switch.

 

[Jim Hardy]

Plan to use a dedicated single stage press for Bullet tipping. What would you buy?....Lee?
Ben

Ben:

The Lee Classic Press has the best alignment of all the commercial presses until you get into some of the Hood and Harrels Precision presses. Many bullet makers, including myself use the Lee for that reason.

Having said that, Take a look at the Redding T7 with the Inline Precision set up. You can take the same set up that ejects a case and use it to eject your pointed up bullets. Very quick and you an have as many as 7 stations for various meplat closing dies for other calibers.

The Inline Precision setup also supplies a total of 7 dies holders on the press base plate. Take you die and a Lee lock ring that has the build in rubber O-ring. Set the die with that, and then lock it down good with a Hornady lock ring. Also, take a large sticky protector that goes on the back of picture frames to protect the wall. Cut that idem to stick on the top of the ejection fixture to protect a bullet from falling out of the die on a metal surface. Cut another piece to stick on the portion of the ejection fixture that kicks the bullet down the ramp into the bins. You can have it set up for two bins: one for the bullets to be pointed and one for the ejected finished product. I also use their fixtures that fit onto the front of the bins to give them about twice the real world capacity. This system is quick, exact, fun and just a sweet set up. You can run close to 500 in 30 minutes when you get the hang of it.

Finally, you could have 100 presses and interchange all of them on the Inline Precision set up. Look them up on line -- you will be amazed at what they have to offer. Very easy to deal with, and great quality in their products.

Jim Hardy