I 100% agree. I love my RCBS bench primer.Not much. Word is the lawyer designed tray is problematic with feeding issues. I would spend the extra and go with the RCBS or Forster units.
I've primed more than 5000 cases on mine. Here's what I see, my .223 shell holder is a little sloppy and you need to move the case a little and the primer will seat easily enough. If you don't do this it will start to tilt the primer upon entry into the pocket and then becomes a pain. I've gotten pretty used to this and I probably ruin 1 primer out of 100 or so, simply buy getting in a hurry. I prime my 6br cases on there, no problem and can prime faster. LRP brass is no problem what so ever. I do have a brand new in the box RCBS benchtop priming tool that eventually will be used. I know already that without even using it yet that it is definitely a bit of a step above the Lee benchtop priming tool. I did my research, that is how I can be so confident.What do you guys think of the Lee bench type priming tool the one you bolt down.
. Ok thanks guys have to check on the ones you guys mentionedI've primed more than 5000 cases on mine. Here's what I see, my .223 shell holder is a little sloppy and you need to move the case a little and the primer will seat easily enough. If you don't do this it will start to tilt the primer upon entry into the pocket and then becomes a pain. I've gotten pretty used to this and I probably ruin 1 primer out of 100 or so, simply buy getting in a hurry. I prime my 6br cases on there, no problem and can prime faster. LRP brass is no problem what so ever. I do have a brand new in the box RCBS benchtop priming tool that eventually will be used. I know already that without even using it yet that it is definitely a bit of a step above the Lee benchtop priming tool. I did my research, that is how I can be so confident.
Don Dunlap
I'd agree fully with those comments.The tray is difficult to deal with at times, getting the primers "flipped" correctly and then getting the tray folded and locked can be troubling, inserting the closed tray into the feed mechanism is not smooth, primers can get "flipped" again when traveling down the tray, jams are frequent, the plunger mechanism is mostly plastic and can break or crack. Other than that, works decent if you don't mind piddling with it. I use it for volume loading at times but you have to pay attention to everything going on to avoid issues.
Ya I get it know what you meanI'd agree fully with those comments.
When mine goes TU I'll be replacing it with something a bit better designed and constructed, just not quite got to that time yet.
Ok thanksI've used one for the last 18 months and find it works better than others when seating Ginex primers.
The Ginex primers don't seat as well when using a K & M or F/A and are much more difficult to seat, although those 2 are better when seating Federal's.
I threw the primer tray away and use the F/A tray with no issues.
Yes the Lee bench mount is cheap and isn't the best quality but has proven to be very useful when seating the Ginex primers.
Basically, the same results I have with it and just simple attention to the feeding is all it takes to avoid any mishaps. Feels much better on the old wore out hands.I bought one for a specific use. I had bought a couple hundred new cases which used LRP's and I thought I was going to break my hand held tool because the seating force was so great. For the price of the Lee bench mount tool I figured it was worth a try. A friend has one and he gave it a good review when I asked him, so I got one.
It seated those primers just fine and I have since used it for almost all of my priming. I have little trouble with it, the only issues being as some have described above, sometimes you need to tap the tray to get the primers to feed down the ramp. This is really no problem at all if you just keep an eye on it, otherwise you'll come to a point where you are trying to prime a case and there's no primer. It is easy to tell when this happens just by feel. The other issue is it will flip primer sideways once in a while. Again, it is easy to tell when this happens by feel. I avoid this problem by partially depressing the lever, raising the primer up and I just look at it to be sure it's not flipped before I insert the case. If you look at each one, it'll never flip one but if you don't look eventually you'll have a sideways primer.
To me it's no trouble to simply watch what I'm doing (be right here, right now) but if somebody wants to just crank through priming a batch of cases while they watch videos or whatever, maybe the more expensive tools are more auto-pilot friendly. Or for someone who just doesn't want these annoyances the extra $ might be well spent.