[ravencon]

What's your most commonly used priming method (for non progressive reloading)

1. Press Priming

2. Bench Priming

3. Hand Priming

[Walkalong]

RCBS hand primer.

[Mal H]

ditto

[sublimaze41]

Lee, not the best but it works for me.

[RugerBob]

Lee, hand primer. I have never tried anything else. works ok for me. Plus I can watch tv or what not while I'm doing it.

[USSR]

RCBS hand primer.

+1.

Don

[K3]

The Lee hand primer works for me. My only beef is that the shellholders have a little too much slop in them.

[layusn1]

Lee hand primer as well..even with the Dillon 650.

[Win75]

Lee hand primer. Works great and has for years.

[Black_Talon]

Lee Hand Prime.

Been using it since the original version with the screw-on shell-holders back in the '70's. Yes, sometimes the levers break, but Midway sells spares for about $2.

[Starter52]

My old thumbs can't handle a Lee hand primer session anymore, so I've gone to a RCBS bench primer.

[herohog]

I have evry Lee priming tool made and use the hand primer the most.

[BigJakeJ1s]

Started with a Lee hand primer and switched to the new RCBS universal hand primer (square tray). Mucho better...

Andy

[jeepmor]

RCBS hand primer unless using the piggyback progressive. Then I wish it ran like the hand primer does.

[cpttango30]

I too have the RCBS hand priming tool. At times it can give you a headach and heartburn like last nights chile. But I would rather seat primers that way, for me it speeds the process of single stage loading a bit, and I get to clean the cases after sizing. Though with the smoothness of my new Dillon 550 I find it plesent to seat primers with it.

[ArchAngelCD]

Lee's press mounted Safety Prime System.

[rg1]

RCBS Automatic bench mounted priming tool. I wouldn't prime on or with anything else, that's how much I like it.

[kir_kenix]

rcbs or lee hand prime if using a single stage press. some ppl complain about the lee, but i dont really see a problem with it (not a fan of the sloppiness of the shell holders, but hey...it works).

[possum]

hand priming while i am watching tv.

[04JRB]

I also handprime while watching t.v. or listening to the radio. I use the lee handprimer.

[winchester243]

RCBS Automatic bench mounted priming tool. I wouldn't prime on or with anything else, that's how much I like it.

+1, at least on my single stage work. I'm also very happy with the aps setup on my pro 2000.

[callgood]

My first press was a Forster Coax. I really like it, but I didn't want to handle each primer, so I got the RCBS hand primer (not the strip type). I would estimate it has around 10k through it and it's still going strong.

Like many, I process and check my brass while watching the news or an old movie. I typically wait until I get a 50 cal can full of a caliber and then get to work. Once I get set up I like to work until I finish each stage on all the brass. Then I sort it by mfg and store each brand in ziplocks in the ammo can. This worked well, and when I got my Square Deal B it really upped the output since I don't have to fool with the primer tubes. Even tho I've added 10mm/.40S&W to the original 9mm setup, I've continued to use this scheme. I plan on adding .45ACP later this year and have a couple of cans full of pre-primed brass ready to load.

If there are problems with a crimped piece that gets thru QC, I address it before I'm operating the press, which is in my garage and may not be in as comfortable a setting as in the den.

ETA: once in a blue moon I'll find a primer that was seated upside down. I can then correct it before seating the bullet and there are more chances to catch my mistake.

[The Bushmaster]

I have a seperate single stage press set up with Lee's Auto Prime II. Easy to use. Easy to change from small to large primers and back.

[Hiaboo]

Lee hand primer.. AutoPrime I believe, even tho I've only had 103 primers through it so far haha.. I like it a lot, real good feedback about the primer holes.

[herr.baer]

Lee hand primer while I watch tv

[Pumpkinheaver]

Lee autoprime.

[bhawkeye]

Lee Autoprime II on my Redding Ultramag. I think the Autoprime II is fantastic!