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I order a Lyman E-ZEE Prime tool which arrived yesterday just in time for me to prime 250 .357 cases. I have used a variety of priming tools over the years to prime countless different cases in both small primer and large primer so I would like to think I am reasonably experienced however things did not go as well as I had hoped for.
You can read my full review below or simply skip to the last paragraph for the summary.
First impression of the Lyman E-ZEE tool is it is quite chunky and appears well made and noticeably heavy, the sort of tool that would probably bounce if dropped and then carry on as before.
Assembly of the Lyman E-ZEE tool is easy enough, it comes with small and large primer trays and to fit one you simply slide the metal cover off the back of the handle, slide the tray with integral pusher pin into place, push the shell holder on top and slide the metal cover back in place.
Easy enough, so I dropped 100 small pistol primers onto the tray, gave them a rattle to turn them to the correct orientation, popped the lid back in place and assembled the tool as explained. Hmm... a couple had turned over, not sure how that happened, maybe the lid pinging back in place bounced them however this was not a problem, I simply removed the tray cover turned the errant primers over and replaced the lid carefully, all was good so I started the priming process.
First thoughts were crikey, you need big hands for this tool, I have quite a large finger span and I still noticed the length of grip required to get your fingers around the lever whilst holding the tool. I mention this because if you have smallish hands you are definitely going to struggle.
Prime, prime, prime, WTF this one is tight, so tight in fact that the case will not come out, so I dismantled the tool to remove the shell holder and case and peered into the bottom of the shell holder to see a primer jammed in on it's side. Safety glasses on I used a flat bladed screwdriver to deform the primer enough to remove the case from the holder and started the process again. After more jams and primers flipping I took to using the tool permanently dipped down with the primer tray tilted up so the primers are effectively gravity fed. Downside is it is not possible to see how the primer is orientated plus there is a risk of flash over if one primer should ignite however as I have never popped a primer in my life I decided to take the risk for the sake of operation continuity.
By this time the Viking had taken to inspecting the primed cases to speed things up and she soon returned one with an inverted primer, something I can safely say I cannot recall ever happening with any other priming tool. So I made sure the primers were all correctly aligned and gave the tool a light rattle, some of the primers turned over....
Worse still primers seem to have a knack of turning sideways in the gate necessitating the opening of the tray to re-orientate the primers before carefully replacing the lid. I carried on and managed to prime some 250 odd .357 Magnum cases for the Viking's Marlin however it was a faff....
Summary: In simple terms, the Hornady E-ZEE primer tools is well made however it is let down by excessive hand span requirement and a tendency for small primers to flip in the small primer tray during use. No doubt I will continue to use it however I really hope we find our missing RCBS Primer tools very soon...
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Du lytter aldrig til de ord jeg siger. Du ser mig kun for det tøj jeg har paa ...
