Saturn Powder Funnels

[peels]

Lyman Brass Smith kit is ok, but it is top heavy and tend to tilt to one side sitting on top of a case. It works great with a little bit of help! Not "Extreme Hardcore" great...but they work much better standing up with the 3D printed adapter.

 

[Dudedog]

Don't know if it was typed incorrectly or if there are Satern(sort nice looking ones) and Saturn (possibly cheap knock offs??)

I would think the ridges on the inside of the ones Walkalong has would be a real pain.
Almost like they missed a machining step.

Those Extreme Hardcore funnels look great but $28 for a funnel is hard core

 

[Walkalong]

I have a couple of the Extreme Hardcore funnels, they are a little expensive but the tears wipe right off and then you are ready to go

Lol, I like it.

Walkalong your's looks too rough.

I agree, and it catches a kernel here and there. It's like it is stepped it is so bad.

 

[Walkalong]

Those Extreme Hardcore funnels look great but $28 for a funnel is hard core

Well, there is always this.

https://www.brownells.com/reloading...y&utm_campaign=itwine&utm_content=100-029-580

 

[Walkalong]

Here's another one that looks different. Same Area 419 label.

https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-dv1...ter-kit__45401.1509411791.jpg?c=2&imbypass=on

 

[GW Staar]

I'm too cheap, I guess.
That for $11.00 is inexpensive and takes up a fraction of the space.......I wouldn't like having to find a place for a half dozen of those fancy alumininuminnummmmm wonders. Admittedly you half to wipe em with a dryer sheet once.....but I guess I don't think that merits the inconvenience otherwise. But if you like em and have extra space.....and it makes you happy....nothing wrong with happy!

Oh, I forgot to mention.....this made to fit RCBS's new Rifle Tube Bullet Feeders that I love......used at the top of the feed tube.....so another use.

 

[GW Staar]

Those spensive ones you just posted, did give me an idea........bet I can find a little scrap of Walnut.....and drill me some holes. That ought to make the green plastic cheapos look pretty nifty! Thanks for the idea!

 

[Rule3]

Where is bds when he is needed? Perhaps he can put extreme Funnel testing/review on his list of retirement projects??

 

[Nature Boy]

I would get the Area 419 funnels for no other reason than to set them on the loading bench and admire their beauty

 

[Jim Watson]

My .22 Satern looks like Hardcore's .25; pretty smooth.
All the rough looking spinning marks on others would not be acceptable to me.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

OMG, $100 for a set of funnels? That would send me into convulsions! I couldn't pull the trigger on that. (pun intended lol)

 

[Rule3]

I would get the Area 419 funnels for no other reason than to set them on the loading bench and admire their beauty

Don't forget to get the BILLET Powder Cup as well for $70

https://www.area419.com/product/area-419-billet-powder-cup/

 

[Jim Watson]

My main scale to case powder funnel is one of the last aluminum funnels of Pacific design under Hornady label.

My PACT scale powder pan is red on the outside, black on the inside because I sprayed it with graphite based mold release. No static cling there, by gum. (I don't use dryer sheets and could not conveniently try that route.)

My transfer funnel is a plastic hardware store funnel that does not have static cling; it is some material other than the cheap acrylic the reloading equipment companies use.

 

[Nature Boy]

Don't forget to get the BILLET Powder Cup as well for $70

https://www.area419.com/product/area-419-billet-powder-cup/

Oh yes. Got to have that too

 

[marchboom]

how is the finish on yours? Is it as rough as the one Walkalong posted?

My funnel looks identical to Walkalong's. It works great.

 

[Offfhand]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but elegant funnels also demand an acceptable bench protocol. Specifically, in the selection and use of loading blocks. To wit: hand-carved locks made of exotic imported woods. Extra points are awarded if the wood has been declared endangered. Better yet is exotic wood loading block with matching cartridge box. Ideally, the block must have a monogrammed ivory inlay. And perhaps most exclusive of all are loading blocks made of aromatic red cedar, which not only serves the purpose, but makes your loading bench and shop smell much better. .

 

[GW Staar]

You guys are too rich for me.....

I did build this one once, out of a dropped ceiling eggcrate fluorescent lens and a wood mold around it. Besides the molding it only required a 1/4" melamine base and roo glue.

But then I thought.....use the eggcrate with a plastic base, forget the wood and make it BIG! Faster, easier, cheaper.....and I get few visitors in my loading room to brag with anyway.

Yeah....that's more like it....useful with a capital U.

 

[Walkalong]

dropped ceiling eggcrate fluorescent lens

Hmm, I know where to get some of that, matter of fact, I have a 24" square of it somewhere. It is used for open returns in some drop ceiling areas.

 

[GW Staar]

Yes, that's what I used. Before you cry foul and get mad at me, I need to explain one more thing......

If you look close at the pictures you will see that there are 2 plies. I cut 2 identical pieces out with diagonal cutters, stacked them together and used a small artist paint brush to apply liquid model airplane cement between them while held together. Capillary action sucks the cement into the joints and glues them together......same with the styrene plastic bottom.....probably took 5 minutes to glue and for the glue to set....then and hour to dry to hold weight. Hint.....if you have a plastic supply close buy, get Weld-on 3 for the capillary gluing.....used for Acrylic (glues instantly) .....can use Acrylic for the bottom too, but styrene was cheaper and came from Ace Hardware.

Hmmmm, wonder what aluminum picture framing from Hobby Lobby would look like around them.

 

[Walkalong]

Before you cry foul

What for? I love the ingenuity, and your borders on them look great. I love repurposed free items.

 

[Nature Boy]

What for? I love the ingenuity, and your borders on them look great. I love repurposed free items.

Agreed. I think it’s fantastic

I’m using this for my funnel because it works for everything

https://www.brownells.com/reloading...y&utm_campaign=itwine&utm_content=749-000-801

I blew my wad on the A&D FX 120 scale and auto trickler

 

[Walkalong]

on the A&D FX 120 scale and auto trickler

Sweet!

I am doing it the old fashioned way. The two Lee dippers get it to just under 31.00, then I trickle up to 31.0 (All of my charges have been 30.98, 31.00, or 31.02, the Gem Pro 250 rounds to the nearest .02) It is not sensitive enough to react to a couple of kernels of powder, so I also have to lift it and set it down to get final weights.

The Satern funnel works fine, although sometimes a kernel or two will stick on one of the ledges formed by the ridges and I have to shake it or bump it a little. I am gpoing to chuck it up and smooth it out a little on the inside. It rattles back and forth on the cases a little bit, but not much, and it doesn't let any kernels escape where it flows through to the case, which is good. So, it works, but I got one of the worse ones. I'm not too impressed with quality control.

 

[GW Staar]

Sweet, indeed, Natureboy .... always wanted to try one of those.....maybe this year!

BTW, I stuck some how I made up the egg crate thingy pictures, up in resources, a while back. Take a peek if you're curious. https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?media/albums/h-d-bullet-tray.28/

Walkalong .... though I love my Gempro, it's the old dog/new tricks story, I still mostly use my 10-10. I don't know why I find new stuff harder to get use to....maybe its because its harder to think than to use muscle memory.



RCBS recently added a little $7.59 powder die funnel adaptor (pictured above) for the funnel pictured in my first post.....it's mounted on the powder die instead of the powder measure on the PC7....you drop the funnel over the top...............yup, then it's ready to trickle charges ..... progressively!??! ......that is when I buy one. What I'm stuck on is.......do I want or need one? And no, I don't compete the long range or even the long range Tannerite matches.....I know, old age is making me boring on the range.

 

[Walkalong]

BTW, I stuck some how I made up the egg crate thingy pictures, up in resources, a while back.

I remember that. I enjoy your threads on things you have done.

 

[Big Wes]

I have 4 extreme hard core funnels , very nice, smooth surface, worth the money to me. I'm a firm believer in "you get what you pay for" besides that I always like nice top quality tools.