UltimateReloader.com Tests RCBS Progressive with Bullet Feeder
Service Rifle shooters and varminters burn through a lot of ammunition. If you’re shooting more than 250 rounds of ammo a month, you may want to consider getting a progressive press — at least for your practice and varmint ammo. New technologies have made today’s progressives more efficient than ever. RCBS has developed a rifle-bullet feeding system that works with the RCBS Pro 2000 Progressive. The bullet-feeder can also be fitted to some Dillon units with modifications. There are four main components to the RCBS rifle-bullet feeder system: 1) base and two-piece adjustable column; 2) collator (bowl and motor); 3) drop tube and shutoff assembly; and 4) bullet feed die assembly.
Our friend Gavin Gear has tested the RCBS bulet feeder on an RCBS Pro 2000 for his UltimateReloader.com website. You can see his hands-on video review above. I’m pleased Gavin did this review because I have a Pro 2000 myself, and I can confirm that it is a very good machine. It is sturdy, the rotary-style powder measure is very precise, and the strip primer system works great. (I can change from small primer feeding to large primer feeding in a couple of minutes — honest.) I’ve also found the strip primer system virtually foolproof — so long as you insert the strips in the right direction! I haven’t used the Bullet Feeder yet, but you can see the Pro 2000 in action with the feeder in Gavin’s video above.
On UltimateReloader.com, Gavin puts the RCBS Bullet Feeder through its paces. Gavin writes: “As you can see from this picture (at left), the RCBS Rifle Bullet Feeder adds quite a bit of overall height to the progressive reloader.This is the case with all bullet feeders that use a collator (some add more than others). One of the reasons that these units are tall is to allow for a sufficient ‘buffer’ of dropped bullets so that the collator can keep up with fluctuations in loading speed and to allow enough ‘stack weight’ on the column of bullets so that they drop/feed correctly.” As fitted to the Pro 2000, Gavin says the bullet feeder system achieves “very efficient loading with excellent COL consistency and bullet concentricity.”
More Photos and Details on UltimateReloader.com
To learn more about the RCBS Pro 2000 Progressive and the rifle-bullet feeder system, watch the video above, and then log-in to UltimateReloader.com to read Gavin’s Bullet Feeder Overview and Bullet Feeder Overview Part II.
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That’s nice, but primer pocket swagers have been around for awhile to take the military crimp out.. When is the swage tool coming that will tighten up the primer pocket after the become loose? If anybody can do it I know RCBS can.
Excellent video, well worth watching. The two step bullet seating was interesting. I would like some follow up information as to how much the runout was for the finished rounds, also the base to ogive. I realize that for a typical AR application this may not be quite so critical, but who is to say that with different dies that this whole setup could no produce some very good ammo for a precision bolt rifle.
I’d dearly love to see Jeunke machine test figures for bullets that have been collated and dropped through an autofeeder into a progressive press seating die. There’s lots of potential there for damage but I have no idea what if anything actually happens
which press do own or use most
Why can’t someone come out with a Bullet Feeder that will feed bullets from 380ACP through 300 WinMag buy just changing top feed disks and or feed tubes and Dies??? Should only have to change disk for pistol cal, and both disks&Tubes and dies for rifle cal,,, Would be worth buying one then as long as the disks are under $20.00 and the tubes as well… Needs to have auto shut off when tube is full! It also needs to work with “BLUE” “RED” AND “GREEN” PRESSES!! Until then I will have to keep loading by hand… Can’t believe there is not one person out there that is smart enough to figure that out yet!!! Who would be dum enough to buy 9 different feeders at $500. Each??? (Unless you shoot 100000 rounds a month) Then you might recoup your money in a few years!!! I figured at the rate I shoot, it will take me about 8 to 9 Years just to break even with the Dillon xl650 set up…