ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,109, issued on June 24.
"Bullet feeder device" was invented by Christopher Paul Merryman (Bowling Green, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved bullet feeder and seating die device for progressively inserting bullets into mouths of cartridge casings is disclosed. The bullet feeder device includes a seating die having a main die body having a threaded portion and a clearance cut and a passageway extending through the threaded portion to a bore of the main die body. A die lock having a threaded inner surface is provided to receive the threaded portion of the main die body. The die lock has a clearance slot alignable with the cl...