Questions on 9mm and 30cal bullet feed adaptors (Bully and Mag-R)

[taymag]

I guess I will explain even though if you don't have them already you probably wouldn't have an answer... Looking for LnL feeder options for coated cast bullets

The Bully Adapter uses the Lee multi tube feeder to work with the Hornady bullet feeder for 9mm. To my understanding you just have to polish out the Hornady die to make it work with cast bullets (powder coated, no lube just a bigger diameter).

The Mag-R uses the Mr Bullet Feeder die with the multi tube design just like the Lee multi tube feeder. I am told this doesn't need any polishing to work with cast and should be good to go with 30cal cast (even heavy 300blk loads)

My question is.. Am I missing a simpler feeder option? And can I in fact get these to work with larger diameter cast bullets?

http://www.bullyadapter.com/bully-.html
http://www.bullyadapter.com/preorder.html

Or should I just spend the extra $50 and get the Mini MBF for both pistol and rifle?

 

[Unclenick]

Since I don't have your press, I don't know specifically, but it sounds like you are talking about honing rather than simple polishing if you are going to make the diameter bigger. Polishing makes differences that are generally too small to measure even with micrometers; millionths of an inch.

Since the difference is just a thousandth or two between jacketed and cast bullets, you can probably just use the technique of splitting a dowel and wrapping enough 320 grit wet/dry on it, abrasive side out, to fill the hole, and then turning it with a drill while moving it in and out, stopping and trying to drop a bullet through every ten or twenty seconds until one goes through. Then you can flush the grit out with mineral spirits and step down through brief passes with 600 and 800 and 1200 grit to smooth the surface, finishing with a metal polish on a piece of cloth in place of the abrasive paper.

 

[qrz]

Unless I am missing the point, you are looking to place the bullet from your bullet feed system in the case. Check out the Lyman "M" die. They work good w/ bullet feeders. The bullet is sitting better than by hand and is easier on the brass before it hits the seater.