Favorite priming tool??

[skeetlee]

I just broke my Lee priming tool so now i need to purchase another tool. The Lee tool worked pretty well for over two years so i may just buy another, unless someone can talk me into a better product. I use the Lee tool for Small rifle primers only, as i like using my press for Large rifle primers. I dont have the tooling for small rifle primers for my press or i would use it as well for small primers. Anyway i kinda wondered what you fellas like to use to primer your cases with? Thanks Lee

 

[patriot]

The RCBS fits my hand well and gives good feedback.

Mark

 

[skeetlee]

Actually i have one of those but the guy that sold it to me didnt mention it needed the priming stem. I suppose i could order one. Thanks Lee

 

[alf]

Sinclair.

I use a Lee for prairie dog stuff. They will start to wear to the point they won't seat a primer all the way. Bad ju ju.

They still beat using your press though.....

 

[sunbuilder]

Check out the K&M priming tool, very nice.

I also have the Sinclair tool. Both very good, but I think the K&M is a better bang for buck.

 

[skeetlee]

I just looked at the K&M tool. Looks nice. Is seating the primer like this that important. I guess i never gave it that much though. Please explain. Thanks Lee

 

[LHSmith]

Important?
Check out Chuckhunters recent break-in session with a faulty priming tool.........see Reloading forum thread 'Something to keep an eye on'.

 

[btm_54]

I just looked at the K&M tool. Looks nice. Is seating the primer like this that important. I guess i never gave it that much though. Please explain. Thanks Lee

+2 for K&M.
you can use your old shell holders from your lee primer as well

 

[vmthtr]

I use K&M for my BR stuff and the Lee for my Prairie dog reloading.

Mike

 

[nhm16]

I used to use the priming arms on my Lee presses, but for rifle ammo, I just got a RCBS universal hand priming tool and quite like it. Compared to their other hand priming tool, it has a little open/close gate in the primer tray, and more importantly, no shellholders needed. I've never examined a Forster Co-Ax press,because I'd probably buy one) but the shellholder system seems similar. One less thing for me to keep track of. One thing the excluded the Lee from consideration for me was separate shellholders from the ones for my press.

 

[mikecr]

K&M has the only tool that actually measures and allows you to seat every primer to the same CRUSH.
Therefore, K&M is the best.

No Chevy-vs-Ford to it here..

 

[Gearheadpyro]

I use the Lee auto prime 2. It is a die, you prime above the press. I absolutely love it. All the primers are seated exactly the same depth,because the press stops at the same point) and it is fast. I can prime 50 rounds in around 5 minutes. It is not expensive either.

 

[mikecr]

Yes, they're seated same depth.. NOT WHAT YOU WANT

You want primers at the same CRUSH, which requires alittle different depth for each one. Few in a box measure the same, and no human can detect it by feel. It has to be measured and set with each and every one.

This is only possible with the K&M, and pretty easy with a little practice. A primer is set under the tool's indicator, and full stroke made into the case pocket to be primed. With this, you zero the indicator. The genius of this is that the tool is now zero'd to the height of the primer w/respect to the pocket depth. So when the primer is seated,next step), indicator zero = zero crush.
Pocket uniforming is not needed. It is accounted for as is.

I seat all Federals/Winchesters at 2thou crush, and all CCIs at 5thou crush,providing lowest ES). And if anything could be said about my ammo, it is very low in ES, and TIR.
You are only fooling yourself if you assume same seating equals same crush, or that it doesn't matter.

 

[lightman]

I have used lee,and they worked ok,but did'nt last very long.I really like the Sinclair.It's a quality tool and has a really good feel. Lightman

 

[Phil3]

As a budding reloader, I want to get the best priming tool for my kind of use. Do the hand primers take enough effort where my 56 year old hands will poop out after a couple of hundred rounds in one sitting? Or would something like the RCBS or Forster bench primer be better suited?

Thanks.

- Phil