KentM
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I'm a new reloader and my Lee turret press came with the Safety Prime device for on-press priming. Having a lot of trouble, my last batch of 100 had about 30 primers end up in the plastic bucket I had to put under the press.
Loading .223 and 9mm with SR and SP primers in the S primer lever. I raise the ram all the way to resize and decap, then while the ram is up I swing the safety prime to drop a primer into the cup. 1/3 of the time the primers either fall out into the bucket below, or are upside down or canted sideways. I finally gave up and loaded the cup manually with my greasy lanolin covered fingers.
On top of that, the safety primer is located exactly where the handle goes when I raise it, so unless I hold it aside, the handle knocks the safety primer and sometimes dispenses another primer into the bucket
Am I doing something wrong, or is there a secret to using this tool? Or is it just poorly designed? I know people are going to suggest getting a hand primer, and that's probably the thing to do. But that eliminates half the utility of having a turret press over a single stage if I have to remove the casings to prime then put them back on the press. Advice?.
Loading .223 and 9mm with SR and SP primers in the S primer lever. I raise the ram all the way to resize and decap, then while the ram is up I swing the safety prime to drop a primer into the cup. 1/3 of the time the primers either fall out into the bucket below, or are upside down or canted sideways. I finally gave up and loaded the cup manually with my greasy lanolin covered fingers.
On top of that, the safety primer is located exactly where the handle goes when I raise it, so unless I hold it aside, the handle knocks the safety primer and sometimes dispenses another primer into the bucket
Am I doing something wrong, or is there a secret to using this tool? Or is it just poorly designed? I know people are going to suggest getting a hand primer, and that's probably the thing to do. But that eliminates half the utility of having a turret press over a single stage if I have to remove the casings to prime then put them back on the press. Advice?.