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#1 Post by **rox** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:04 pm

On the other hand, this could be the start of a primer tube filler project...

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#2 Post by **Christel** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:13 pm

You broke it sign01

saddler · #3 Post by **saddler** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:25 pm

You CAN buy spare parts you know!

Contact Tim Hannam in the UK (PM me & I'll get one for you from them)
OR
Contact LEE in the USA

#4 Post by **kennyc** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:28 pm

how hard do you seat your primers?

Watcher · #5 Post by **Watcher** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:05 pm

I broke a part of mine not so long ago (the cam); Kranks do the spare parts for a few quid.

#6 Post by **rox** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:42 pm

christel wrote:You broke it sign01

Reminds me of the day I met my wife. The car door handle broke off in my hand, leaving that same cast-metal crystaline surface.

saddler wrote:You CAN buy spare parts you know!

I still think I'd rather make it into a 'vibra-prime'.

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saddler · #7 Post by **saddler** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 2:35 pm

rox wrote:
christel wrote:You broke it sign01
Reminds me of the day I met my wife. The car door handle broke off in my hand, leaving that same cast-metal crystaline surface.

saddler wrote:You CAN buy spare parts you know!
I still think I'd rather make it into a 'vibra-prime'.

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AH - you too have seen that YouTube clip!!!

Hope your lass doesn't object to you adding to your hobby to the detriment of hers!! :lol:

#8 Post by **shotgun sam** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:46 pm

e mail lee they will send you out a new one make sure you attach the photo

#9 Post by **rox** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:32 pm

shotgun sam wrote:e mail lee they will send you out a new one make sure you attach the photo

Apparently they don't have any parts left, and the 'new style' spare handles don't fit properly. Here are some quotes from others who have had the same problem:

"Yesterday evening I broke the lever on my Lee Auto prime tool. I thought, No problem, I'll just get a replacement part. HA! I learned that Lee no longer supports the Auto Prime. Like Microsoft, they have come up with a new and improved version and no longer support the old model."

"Been there done that, good friend of mine sent me like, 3 new handles for the old model... "

"I had read so many horror stories of Lee's AutoPrime tool handles breaking "

"According to Lee the new lever doesn't fit. according to the people who ordered it, it does. Got the "new" replacement handle from Midway today and sad to report that IT DOESN'T FIT regardless of what the reviews on Midway's site say."

I'm really not fussed, and would definitely prefer to turn it into a tube filler.

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#10 Post by **Sim G** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:06 pm

I'm often surprised when people talk about breakages such as this. Especially when some on t'interweb have stated they have broken their AutoPrime handle several times. Mine is over 20 years old. It's primed ten's of thousands of cases, from .25ACP to .300 Win Mag......

What are these people doing?!!

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