rockchucker primers and primer debris every where when decapping
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Me, being a tight arse did following simple modification to my Rockchucker:-
First, I chamfered the base of the plastic that engages with the ram. I then found a small spring, glued it to a piece of small, thin wood and then inserted the spring into the groove on the plastic catcher and then compressed the spring so that the small thin wooden base is against the vertical part of the press.
This keeps the plastic catcher compressed against the ram and 99.99% of primers find their way into the base trays.
First, I chamfered the base of the plastic that engages with the ram. I then found a small spring, glued it to a piece of small, thin wood and then inserted the spring into the groove on the plastic catcher and then compressed the spring so that the small thin wooden base is against the vertical part of the press.
This keeps the plastic catcher compressed against the ram and 99.99% of primers find their way into the base trays.
I am sure you will like it - but if not, let me know!
Exactly I do all my de capping on my Lee with a universal de cap die then usually a quick tumble and annealing. I use my rockchucker for sizing and seating. This keeps all the spent primer garbage in the garbage and keeps my dies and rockchucker clean.
You don't know what you are missing out on ;-)
Of course you can use the factory catcher and a vacuum (or simply be very, very careful when removing it) and you can put a McThing straw into the front of the ram. If you are looking for a clean, neat and innovative solution though, you should check out the catcher - feel free to pm me your name/address and I will send you a free one to convert you
Of course you can use the factory catcher and a vacuum (or simply be very, very careful when removing it) and you can put a McThing straw into the front of the ram. If you are looking for a clean, neat and innovative solution though, you should check out the catcher - feel free to pm me your name/address and I will send you a free one to convert you
Good information on this thread. I have an old-style Rock Chucker that discharges primers (and debris) to the front of the ram. It's not too bad when I'm using the regular primer catcher dish but that doesn't work with the Case Kicker attachment. Then I just put a bucket under the press and hope for the best. The bucket only catches about 30% of the primers and I end up sweeping up the rest.
What I'd like to see is a spent-primer catcher that attaches where the priming ram goes. I use a separate priming tool 99% of the time and really only leave the priming ram in place because the (largely useless) spent-primer deflector for the Case Kicker is held in place by the spring on the priming ram.
(The longer I deal with this, the better that Forster Co-Ax press looks.)
What I'd like to see is a spent-primer catcher that attaches where the priming ram goes. I use a separate priming tool 99% of the time and really only leave the priming ram in place because the (largely useless) spent-primer deflector for the Case Kicker is held in place by the spring on the priming ram.
(The longer I deal with this, the better that Forster Co-Ax press looks.)
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
Im still trying to figure out how buying a primer catcher from an individual could be considered a monetary contribution to this website?
Well, that was just me being hard headed and cheap at the time. I was considering this and support the vendors up at top as sort of supporting this site. I really value the information on Accu-Shooters site and see the big picture now. I will donate shortly and to those others that feel like me, I hope they will do the same.
brokeasajoke
Silver $$ Contributor
+1 Mines not pink but it works great.
the co-ax has the best primer debris catcher of all
now what i do is i have a.cheap rcbs partner press with universial decapping die bolted to a picknick table in my back yard. before i even unload the truck i take that.fired brass to that table deprime all of it and dump it in the tumbler. no primer debris in the reloading room.
for my benchrest cases i usually deprime at the range with my harvey decapping tool. clean my cases then too with a clean rag dampened with ballistol
now what i do is i have a.cheap rcbs partner press with universial decapping die bolted to a picknick table in my back yard. before i even unload the truck i take that.fired brass to that table deprime all of it and dump it in the tumbler. no primer debris in the reloading room.
for my benchrest cases i usually deprime at the range with my harvey decapping tool. clean my cases then too with a clean rag dampened with ballistol
Some kind of vacuum system might prevent the black stuff (abrasive) from doing harm to anything.
Its because I'm special!!
Actually I believe it was part of his initial set up or something like that.
He had it up in pay it forward for quite a while. I jumped on it.
Dont get much of the crud from depriming either. It catches all primers and 98% of the crud. Spent primer tube hold a helluva lot too,
I've yet to empty it gonna weight till full.
brokeasajoke
Silver $$ Contributor
I ain't got a problem with pink. It'd spice my bench up and my 6 year old girl reloading buddy would like it .
Here's what you need right here!http://www.primercatcher.com/
I have this device. It's Golden! Well worth it.
Yesterday I received my Primer Catcher for my old RC press. I have done some limited testing and it looks like it will work nicely with the RCBS Case Kicker attachment. I'll be able to tell better after the hardware store opens on Monday and I can buy some 1/2" tubing. Without the tubing, the spent primers just roll into the hopper with the sized cases, which by itself is 100% better than dropping randomly onto the floor.
What I have done on my Rockchucker Supreme is found a short spring that fits into the slot on reverse of the centre piece of the 2 primer catching pans. I glued a small base onto one end of the spring and put said base against the upright of the press. I then chamfered the bottom of the plastic centre piece so the ram is permitted to move and there is minimal gap between ram and catcher unit.
Whilst I admit to it being not a perfect solution, on 50 a de-capping job, I only get a max of 3 primers jumping out. (Not quite figured out why yet!
)dcali
Bullet Maker
They’re probably coming out the front (through the slot made for the priming ram.)What I have done on my Rockchucker Supreme is found a short spring that fits into the slot on reverse of the centre piece of the 2 primer catching pans. I glued a small base onto one end of the spring and put said base against the upright of the press. I then chamfered the bottom of the plastic centre piece so the ram is permitted to move and there is minimal gap between ram and catcher unit.
Whilst I admit to it being not a perfect solution, on 50 a de-capping job, I only get a max of 3 primers jumping out. (Not quite figured out why yet!
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