Favorite Priming Method
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ditto
sublimaze41
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Lee, not the best but it works for me.
RugerBob
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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
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+1.
Don
K3
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The Lee hand primer works for me. My only beef is that the shellholders have a little too much slop in them.
Win75
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Lee hand primer. Works great and has for years.
Black_Talon
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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.
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
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My old thumbs can't handle a Lee hand primer session anymore, so I've gone to a RCBS bench primer.
herohog
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I have evry Lee priming tool made and use the hand primer the most.
BigJakeJ1s
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Started with a Lee hand primer and switched to the new RCBS universal hand primer (square tray). Mucho better...
Andy
Andy
cpttango30
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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
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Lee's press mounted Safety Prime System.
kir_kenix
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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
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hand priming while i am watching tv.
04JRB
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I also handprime while watching t.v. or listening to the radio. I use the lee handprimer.
winchester243
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+1, at least on my single stage work. I'm also very happy with the aps setup on my pro 2000.
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.
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.
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The Bushmaster
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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
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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.
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