I'm glad my wife needed me to hang curtains

Because I just picked up another set of dies and I have a few thousand cases I need to prep.....

I took about 2 minutes of my time to toss a spent primer catcher together. It's made from the packaging from the curtain rods. I get kinda annoyed with how fast old primers fill up the RCBS tray and I have to stop to dump it out. It's not pretty, but it works. I might refine it later on, but for now it'll do.

I've seen what a few of you all have made and this pales in comparison and yes, thats masking tape holding it on.... Just thought that some of you might get a small chuckle at my expense. :p

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b173/goodie_/IMG_5621.jpg

A quick vid of it in action, just because I had nothing better to do. :neener:

just click the pic below
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b173/goodie_/th_MVI_5618.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b173/goodie_/?action=view&current=MVI_5618.mp4)

Patent it! That is a great idea. How do you get the primers to all flip backwards, mine go all over the place.

Man, you need to get a Hornady LnL AP if yer doin handgun stuff. BTW, the spent primers exit via a tube into an empty water bottle. No fuss, no muss.

Good idea, but it would have been a better story if you had said while hanging the curtains you saw a smoking hot new neighbor. Maybe next time.

No, never ever say you saw the smoking hot next door neighbor, especially on a gun forum your wife might read, BAD juju!
I like it, nifty little idea. Before I got the RCBS tray for my RS, I had a whipped topping container with a cut out done by knife to hold in place. Still missed a bunch. Heck, my tray misses some, too.

Duly noted and filed away for reference.

How do you get the primers to all flip backwards, mine go all over the place.

Every now and then I would have one pop out the front so I cut a piece of soda straw just long enough to by pass the slot on the front side of the shaft. I then flared the top end just enough to keep it in place from falling down once I passed it through the top of the shell holder.

Man, you need to get a Hornady LnL AP if yer doin handgun stuff. BTW, the spent primers exit via a tube into an empty water bottle. No fuss, no muss.

I'm sure I'll end up with a progressive in the future. I just started reloading in Sept and even though I'm very confident in myself to start on one I also appreciate the simplicity of starting with a single stage. I know I'll end up loading rifle as well, so that was another reason to start with the single stage.


Sorry, no hot neighbors
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b173/goodie_/gifs%20vids/1_6_83.gif

Looks like RCBS has another reason to "improve" the primer tray by adding the "Red Press" tube !

Good show in any event !

Your efforts qualify you for mebmership in one of the most elite clubs on the planet ... the Society of Redneck Engineering. Congratulations and keep up the good work.

Your efforts qualify you for mebmership in one of the most elite clubs on the planet ... the Society of Redneck Engineering. Congratulations and keep up the good work.
I can't deny it. Yes, it does! Although, I doubt just how elite of a club it really is....

That's awesome.