Patent ID: 7549364

Claim:
Bullet feeder apparatus for presenting a bullet in the open end of a shell, comprising: a housing; a fixture carried by the housing and bounding a bullet-conducting passage therethrough; a gate mounted between the housing and the fixture for movement between a closed position closing the bullet-conducting passage preventing the bullet from passing therethrough, and an open position opening the bullet-conducting passage allowing the bullet to pass therethrough into the open end of the shell; a bias applied to the gate biasing the gate into the closed position; a deflector mounted between the housing and the fixture for movement between a first position comprising the deflector disposed away from the gate against a seat formed in the housing and the bias applied to the gate biases the gate in the closed position thereof closing the bullet-conducting passage, and a second position comprising the deflector disposed away from the seat against the gate overcoming the bias applied thereto deflecting the gate from the closed position thereof to the open position thereof opening the bullet-conducting passage; and an annular body disposed between the housing and the fixture encircling the fixture adjacent to the gate.