Priming tool
- Thread starter ARshuter
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I have 4 of the 21st Century seaters for various applications: 2 round tray versions, one square tray version & one of the SS BR seaters. They are all well made except for the Lee parts. The square tray cover is indeed a POS. One of the retention tabs broke on mine about the 3rd or 4th time I R&R'd it, and I am very careful with my equipment. I use 2 big rubber bands to hold it on now, and that has been a very satisfactory fix. I did a couple modifications on mine to keep the shell holder from turning & keep my fingers from getting banged up on the sorta sharp corners where you insert the shell holder, also recommended that the knurled knob on the seating depth eccentric shaft be changed to a hex or octagon to fit into a slot in place of the faced spot so it wouldn't turn once set. Don't know if he incorporated any of these in production. He probably hasn't had time to rethink that tool because he's been so busy coming out with several other really nice tools. As I said, I've got one of the SS BR seaters, too - what a bruiser! That is a nice chunk of SS & it works great. I put my K&M's away after using the 21st Century. I use the square tray seater for higher volume stuff like my varmint rifles or the 300 BLK and use the SS BR seater for the lower volume rounds. Hope my rambling helps some of you. Joe
bigwoodsman
Keystone Custom Game Calls
21st Century, the only priming tool for me
Jeff
Jeff
Lets make it clear, I'm supporting whole heartedly, the silver stainless, single primer precision instrument from 21st century.
Not the one that uses the lee tray.
For those concerned about handling primers, I take a cd case cover top, the clear plastic ones, and a box of primers , take the primers out of their cardboard cover ( leave them in their plastic tray) and put the clear cd case top on the primer tray. Turn them over together and lift off the plastic primer tray, all the primers are nice and neat and accessible on the cd tray. The cd tray cover has raised edges all the way around. I just wash my hands and start taking them one by one load in the 21st century and start priming. It's every bit as fast as my old round tray Lee, and way more precise.
Really fast and have loaded literally thousands of rounds this way. Zero issues.
if I don't use all the primers they sit upside down(anvil down) on the cd tray on my loading bench just fine till I use them.
Fast , easy, ACCURATE, no problems, ill never go backwards on this process again.
Not the one that uses the lee tray.
For those concerned about handling primers, I take a cd case cover top, the clear plastic ones, and a box of primers , take the primers out of their cardboard cover ( leave them in their plastic tray) and put the clear cd case top on the primer tray. Turn them over together and lift off the plastic primer tray, all the primers are nice and neat and accessible on the cd tray. The cd tray cover has raised edges all the way around. I just wash my hands and start taking them one by one load in the 21st century and start priming. It's every bit as fast as my old round tray Lee, and way more precise.
Really fast and have loaded literally thousands of rounds this way. Zero issues.
if I don't use all the primers they sit upside down(anvil down) on the cd tray on my loading bench just fine till I use them.
Fast , easy, ACCURATE, no problems, ill never go backwards on this process again.
Maybe I misunderstood. You use the CD tray to hold primers while you single feed them into your priming tool. I was thinking about flipping them over onto a CD tray to load a primer tube or primer tray for auto feeding tools, which will still work. However, federal primers are sideways in the original tray and when you flip them over onto something they are oriented in all different directions.
Sorry for the confusion. I would be using the case in a little different capacity.
Sorry for the confusion. I would be using the case in a little different capacity.
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