Question re Seating Primers

[DRNewcomb]

Is it better than hand feeding them one at a time? What's the problem with the tray?

Same thing's wrong with modern lawn mowers. All the safety features make them virtually unusable.

 

[msinc]

I use a Lee primer seating die in my press . It's somewhat slow since you have to feed the primers one at a time but seems to do a good job and is very inexpensive and I can easily feel the pressure needed when seating them. The depth is adjusted by the position of the die. (An old picture, I no longer have this press). And like Ron said, they should be slightly below the surface. One that is above is a recipe for disaster.

I use one of these and it works great, albeit slow. I think Lee calls it the "Ram Prime". I also have a Bonanza that is very similar to the newer Lee.

 

[chootem]

One of my old standby priming tools is this RCBS bench mount on which I can prime using one primer at a time. While hardly a high speed tool it works just fine and has a nice feel as I prime. Sympathetic detonation is not an issue. While I have a few old progressive presses lying around just about everything I load is done one at a time on an old RCBS Rockchucker or an old Lee O type press. Being retired does have a few merits like I am never in a hurry to get from A to B.

I should popint out the pictured tool is a file photo I found online which saved me taking a picture. If I ever see another one of these complete at a gun show I will buy it just for spare parts. They really work great.

Ron

I realize people want the auto prime/speed/volume these days, but if RCBS still made that.....ugh. I may be dead b/f I find one of those one came up on armslist last summer and I missed it by minutes. Jealous!

 

[mikecr]

Why a gigantic press for primer seating? There is very little force required.
This is all you need:

 

[kerjo]

Has anyone tried one of these?

CPS - Competition Primer Seater

 

[Ron Blain]

Has anyone tried one of these?

CPS - Competition Primer Seater

Somehow as I look at my collection of assorted tools for reloading I just can't convince myself I need a $600 priming tool. I can just see $600 better spent. The writeup does sound nice though.

Ron