Wolf LP primers hard to seat

Does the subplate wobble on ram?
Are the primers seating flush or 5 thousandths below?
Have you tried a hand priming tool?

I tried loading Wolf LP primers on my LnL and had the exact same problem with the LP. Like you, no problems with the SP. I gave up and sold them and went back to Winchester. I sure did like the price though.

Walkalong, I'll see your RCBS priming tool and raise you a RCBS Automatic Bench Priming Tool : http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=457599.

I have this one and I won't use anything else. Great device. Fast. Slick.

Primer seating

Primers from different manufacturers will sometimes vary slightly in diameter just as different brands of brass will sometimes vary in their primer pocket diameter. I don't know what tool you are using to prime, but if it doesn't take more than approx. twice the force used to seat your regular primers, it shouldn't be a problem.

In fact, it's the loose fitting primers that would be of more concern to me.

F. Prefect

My Wolf SR Magnums seat tough too, but they do seat. I'm very happy with Wolf.

An interesting poll would be how many of the progressive reloader people prime with separate units outside there progressive machines.

I do.

Just finished seating 300 Wolf SP primers in S&W .40 cases. I read up on them and the only rap I could find is that they a little oversized. I used an RCBS Universal hand priming tool and had no difficulty at all. True, on a few I had to squeeze harder than usual but they all seated to correct depth. Now, will the go off?

Historian

Well, I have a block of 5K of these suckers I'll shortly be into, and nothing to use but a Lee hand priming tool. But, in 4 months they were the ONLY LP's I was able to find for sale. I still can't find any SP's.

I did 10 45 Colts last night with the Lee hand loader and the Wolf primers, and they are harder to seat. My hand strength isn't what is use to be, but I was able to get them seated. Probably wear gloves to make it a little easier on my hands.

I'll use them until I can find something else ...then hold them in "ready reserve" I guess.

I have only been buying Wolf large pistol primers for the last couple of years(mainly because of price) and I use the Lee hand primer tool. They are a little tighter than their small pistol primers but not to the point that I cannot seat them. Never broke a handle yet. Although I do have a few spares just in case.

Iron Sight said:

An interesting poll would be how many of the progressive reloader people prime with separate units outside there progressive machines.

I do.

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I do.

They suck, just like CCI primers do in LP. Hard to push home but manageable. Good thing is that they go bang everytime and they are hard as hell to seat too depp.

I think I mentioned this issue first about a year ago... They are a smidge larger but that's better especially on well-used brass. I have no problem on my Pro-1000 with Wolf primers. You just have to push a little harder.

(Yes. I know this is a old thread but as best I can see no true solution has been found.)

I give up on Wolf LP primers as of today. I did not so much have a force required to install problem as much as a cycle problem. My major complaint was the (392218 PRIMER SLIDE LARGE) hangs in the fully extended position causing all kinds of problems. I spent my whole loading time last night trying to find a solution to this situation with the Wolf problematic primers. I went so far as to lap-in the slide and adjacent components on the L-n -L. It seams to me being forced to hand or single stage load primers in the de-primed case is an unexceptionable solution. When you get in a rhythm and finished product is adding up fast the last thing I want to be forced to do is remove an crucial integrated procedure in the process. Then go in reverse to an antiquated procedure. I have hand primer tools but the fix I will use is not to buy Wolf products. IMHO way buy a new loading system only to go back to the way you did it before.
maxx

OK, to continue the old thread.

I had no problems seating Wolf SP primers in my Loadmaster.

FWIW, I deprime/resize separately and I hand prime Wolf LP using Lee Auto Prime with just a bit more pressure (2 thumbs instead of 1) than Winchester.

Since then, I have never had to contend with primer issues and I now waste "zero" primers due to upside down, sideways crushed, crescent mooned, etc.

No more wasted time and final 2 stations on progressive (flare case/powder charge and bullet seat/taper crimp) really makes it easy to reload (2-3 fingers pressure is all it's needed).

YMMV