RCBS Bench Prime & Vibrating Auto Fill Tools

I use the Hornady with Hornady tubes for the LNL. It works great. I would think the tubes would all be the same size so I don't think that would matter.

I also use the hornady tube filler for the rcbs & dillon tubes and it works great. Got the unit on sale a few years ago at midsoutn for 20 bucks. Also use tbe RCBS bench primer, havent primed on the press in years!

I use the Frankford Arsenal® Vibra-Prime It works well and I just use the primer tubes that came with the Vibra-Prime. I have used some others I got from Dillion, their loading tips are easier and faster to press load the tubes.

I use the the frankford to fill the primer tubes and then the RCBS bench prime. In my humble opinion there is nothing better to prime on than the RCBS bench prime.

I generally am using a Dillon unit, so I dump in primers, hit the button and get back to loading while it fills the tube.

That said, the VP unit goes on sale from time to time and can be had for $25 a copy and they beat pecking up each one by quite a bit. There is a little technique involved like the angles you hold it, if they bridge at the outlet I flick it back like I am fishing with a popper.

Like this.

I've used both tools. In my experience they are only slightly faster than picking up the primers by hand.

Texas10mm said:

I've used both tools. In my experience they are only slightly faster than picking up the primers by hand.

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Hmmmmm... that is interesting as my experience is just the opposite. I think it speeds up the process significantly.

I use the Vibra-Prime, dispensing into the Vibra-Prime tubes, then use the little plastic tube piece to transfer into my Dillon tubes.

I can fill 10 primer tubes (1,000 primers) in about 12-14 minutes, and it is easy and not tedious as it is with the hunt and peck method.

I can HIGHLY RECOMMEND this tool and its advantages over doing it by hand. It is not even close for me. If mine broke, I would buy one the same day to replace it.

Not about filling tubes, more about buying tubes...
For "RCBS" type tubes I have found buying long lengths of the appropriate size/wall thickness tubes and cutting them up to be cheaper than buying "factory tubes"
RCBS tubes require no plastic ends to function in the old presses I have so filling a bunch (with a Frankford) before a load session is very efficient.
one source of tubing:
https://www.onlinemetals.com//merchant.cfm?sortby=OD&step=2&id=71&showunits=inches
They sell random shorts too, 10-12" lgths.