The lever on my Lee Auto Prime has just snapped. It was less than a year old.
What is the name of the tool that uses Lee primer trays and has a brass handle. Shooter360 or something similar?
Non Lee hand primer
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Non Lee hand primer
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John25
Re: Non Lee hand primer
What were you reloading, 4.5 inch? my Lee has lasted best part of twenty years.
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Meaty
Re: Non Lee hand primer
Afraid I cant help you with the alternative maker but I had the same thing happen twice with mine. I would suggest you contact Lee or the uk stockists (Midway) and they will send you a free replacement part. I contacted both and got two freebies within a week. Must admit that they kept breaking when I was using PPU primers as they were really tight in the pockets but since changing to Federal 210m's I haven't had a problem. I also made a new arm from stainless steel.
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Re: Non Lee hand primer
You might want to have a look at Lee's Ergo Prime, it seems a bit more robust.
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saddler
Re: Non Lee hand primer
...or get the broken part replaced by Lee -send them an email
Dropping some Lee parts off at Hannams tomorrow on the way to Bisley - inc. one of the hand primer linkages - but from a very very old primer unit
Dropping some Lee parts off at Hannams tomorrow on the way to Bisley - inc. one of the hand primer linkages - but from a very very old primer unit
Re: Non Lee hand primer
I have managed to break a couple. But they are cheap enough so its not a problem really.
Re: Non Lee hand primer
Ditto.....!!John25 wrote:What were you reloading, 4.5 inch? my Lee has lasted best part of twenty years.
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Watcher
Re: Non Lee hand primer
Mine has survived some tens of thousands of CCI primers; used to do all my pistol stuff with it. Maybe just a stress fracture.
Re: Non Lee hand primer
Mine is also still going strong, it is only used for .303 these days and has primed countless thousands of cases.
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artiglio
Re: Non Lee hand primer
Good morning,
take a look at 21stcenturyshooting, that may be the company making the priming tool you are thinking of, i bought one for the newer lee trays and was not impressed,works okish but not worth the outlay, apparently they work best with the older style tray. Much prefer RCBS.
Regards phil
take a look at 21stcenturyshooting, that may be the company making the priming tool you are thinking of, i bought one for the newer lee trays and was not impressed,works okish but not worth the outlay, apparently they work best with the older style tray. Much prefer RCBS.
Regards phil
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