Same here, I'm a big fan of the APS hand unit. I have one for each small/large primers.gunamonth said:I have at least one of almost all of them.
The only one,s) that have been used in several years are the RCBS APS hand tool. I have one set up for large primers and one for small. There's no shell holder on the hand unit so anything from 22 Hornet to the Weatherby mags fits in one or the other. I've run probably a hundred thousand primers through the small one over the past several years with no major problems and very few minor ones.
CCI primers can be purchased pre-loaded in the strips for slightly more than in the regular box. Loading other brands into the strips only takes a couple minutes with the strip loader RCBS sells.
I had major problems with the bench mounted RCBS APS system which came out a couple years before the hand unit. Every once in a long while it would manage to get a primer inserted upside down. The plastic guide wears out or cracks. RCBS's solution is to send you a whole bunch of them if you ask.
In my opinion the RCBS APS hand unit is head and shoulders above the Lee and others. It's fast, works every time, no shell holder to change, and the handle is big and comfortable which helps with seating the Russian primers.