Non Lee hand primer

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Re: Non Lee hand primer

#11 Post by GazMorris »

Mike357 wrote:The lever on my Lee Auto Prime has just snapped. It was less than a year old.
The transfer bar on my broke after a couple of thousand rounds of putting Rem 9 1/2 primers into RUAG cases. I've uniformed the pockets so they aren't undersize either! Got that replaced (at no cost, Futons of all places gave me another one that they had in an odds-'n'-sods tray) and then the handle broke a couple of hundred rounds later. The metal is cheap die-cast junk.

Fortunately my Pa had a spare RCBS hand priming tool which he gave me and I've had no problems since.

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Re: Non Lee hand primer

#12 Post by phaedra1106 »

I got the Lee Autoprime XR as part of a press kit, had a look at it and sold it :good:

Went and bought the RCBS Universal Hand Priming tool, superb bit of kit :clap:
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Re: Non Lee hand primer

#13 Post by Alpha1 »

Of course you could all ways use your press to prime your cases then you would not need the hand priming tool.
After all they are designed to do that. ;) :55:
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#14 Post by phaedra1106 »

Indeed, however priming system on my Lee Load Master progressive is absolute pants ****

I don't have one fitted to the Breech Lock Classic Cast single stage (used for .308) but I do/did use the Lee priming system on the 4 Hole Classic Turret Press for 9mm.
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#15 Post by ovenpaa »

Life is too short to faff around single loading primers to a press as far as I am concerned.
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Re: Non Lee hand primer

#16 Post by Alpha1 »

Life is too short to faff around single loading primers to a press as far as I am concerned.
You just prime on the down stroke whilst sizing the case two jobs in one pull of the handle.
I like to enjoy my re loading at a leasurly pace I dont need to krank primed cases out. I dont find it a faff on I find it to be a interesting part of the process. Any way I am of to the reloading room need fodder for the mas36 and the nagant oh yeah and the enfields,Hmm P14 as well guess this could be a long session.
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#17 Post by ovenpaa »

Do you clean the primer pockets out between the size and prime stages?
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#18 Post by phaedra1106 »

I used to de-prime then use a pocket cleaner tool, now I just de-prime and shove them in the stainless tumbler for 3 to 4 hours, it does a better job :clap:
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Re: Non Lee hand primer

#19 Post by Mike357 »

21st Century Shooting - that was who I was thinking of. Dunno where I got Shooting 360 from!

Anyway, Lee have no thumblevers left. They offered me a new XR half price plus shipping which will make it more expensive that buying in the UK. I'm not impressed. **** ****
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Re: Non Lee hand primer

#20 Post by saddler »

Mike357 wrote:21st Century Shooting - that was who I was thinking of. Dunno where I got Shooting 360 from!

Anyway, Lee have no thumblevers left. They offered me a new XR half price plus shipping which will make it more expensive that buying in the UK. I'm not impressed. **** ****
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EDIT: I also have a new-in-the-box RCBS Posi-Prime Hand Priming Tool going spare
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