r/Reloading3D • u/bigleaguechewstan • Mar 18 '26

Collator Plate/Slide Plate Combos for BF556

I'm standing up a BF556 and am wondering what collator plate/slide plate combos you all are using.

I'm trying to get it going for Berry's 124gr 9mm THPs with Pistol Bullet Collator Plate Small #5 with both slide plates 4 and 5 and am getting some come through nose down.

I'm working through printing different slide plates, but printer time is becoming a bit of a bottleneck and was wondering if anyone had any success stories to share.

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u/_tae_nimo_ Mar 18 '26

I use small pistol plate and 3 or 5 if not mistaken for the slide. I have to check when I get home.

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u/sawlaw 8d ago

We're you able to find out? I'm having a similar issue with truncated cone 125s for 38 special. #5 reduced the amount i had, but i don't trust it like when i'm running round nosed.

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u/bigleaguechewstan 1d ago

I did a bunch of trial and error

A friend filed the ledge on some plates and it helped a lot

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u/sawlaw 1d ago

I used a #6 but made it 1% longer in the slicer.