GW Staar
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I decided I'd try to make a couple.....one for .223 and one for .308.
Actually I figured I'd have a better chance at success if I made it collate in two steps.....the shaker to do most of the work, and a collating intermeditate step to maybe catch what the shaker didn't.......more work, but it works a lot better.
First a picture of the .223 setup:
itty bitty ,223 shaker above, and the second stage collator below.
Video shows the .223shaker, and the the bigger more refined .308 shaker, below: Wish I could say that you can pour a box of 100 .223 in and collate with a few shakes, but the limit is more like 20 at a time or the shaker becomes really slow. This is where a motor turning the mass would be way superior. The .308's heavier bullets worked faster.
Update: I did away with the smaller shaker. The bigger shaker I made for the .308 with some different internal plumbing is faster and better.....finally! See the third post.
Video of how the lower second collator works is below (this one for .223 is the experimental first attempt....tomorrow I'll post .308 version, which is a little more refined.....but both work pretty darn efficient:
Another video below, demonstrates how the lower collator works, using two vertical pins to allow bullets dropped point-first to go past the drop hole and drop backwards base first. When bullets go down the in tube base-first they stop at the pins and drop base first too.
Next, I'm going to try opening up the shaker holes to drop a box of bullets quickly....who cares whether they drop base first....the collator below will take care of that.......I think! we will soon see....
Actually I figured I'd have a better chance at success if I made it collate in two steps.....the shaker to do most of the work, and a collating intermeditate step to maybe catch what the shaker didn't.......more work, but it works a lot better.
First a picture of the .223 setup:
itty bitty ,223 shaker above, and the second stage collator below.
Video shows the .223shaker, and the the bigger more refined .308 shaker, below: Wish I could say that you can pour a box of 100 .223 in and collate with a few shakes, but the limit is more like 20 at a time or the shaker becomes really slow. This is where a motor turning the mass would be way superior. The .308's heavier bullets worked faster.
Update: I did away with the smaller shaker. The bigger shaker I made for the .308 with some different internal plumbing is faster and better.....finally! See the third post.
Video of how the lower second collator works is below (this one for .223 is the experimental first attempt....tomorrow I'll post .308 version, which is a little more refined.....but both work pretty darn efficient:
Another video below, demonstrates how the lower collator works, using two vertical pins to allow bullets dropped point-first to go past the drop hole and drop backwards base first. When bullets go down the in tube base-first they stop at the pins and drop base first too.
Next, I'm going to try opening up the shaker holes to drop a box of bullets quickly....who cares whether they drop base first....the collator below will take care of that.......I think! we will soon see....
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