Hand Primer Tool Marks Primers

[Offfhand]

The primer post is obviously off center. Do you have the plastic alignment bushings that came with the tool? Their purpose is to center the post in various makes of shell holders. Use the right bushing and it's an easy fix.

 

[moxie]

I'm not a big fan of a lot of Lee products, especially the FCD, but I will always plug their Autoprime. They got that one just right. It works. No bushings, adjustments, etc. It just works. Cheap too. The pot metal parts used to break a lot but they've long since fixed that. Now it just works.

 

[Elkins45]

You definitely have some sort of centering issue, or you have an undersized seating stem. Can you wobble the cases around in the shell holder and make the marks stop happening? That might be a way to tell if the problem is with centering or with the stem.

You may also be pressing harder than you need to, but that's a separate thing.

 

[Parks2055]

The stem is fairly tight in the plastic guide. Seems that the stem is undersized. As gently as I press the handle it still makes the mark.
I am going to return this unit and try another. Maybe same brand or maybe try a Lee or RCBS unit.

 

[moxie]

FWIW, as I said earlier, I love the Lee. I have the RCBS primer tool also, but have never had much luck with it.

 

[nevadabob]

Parks....I'm not sure if this is the real cause of your primer problem but go over to www.glocktalk.com and scroll down to their reload section. There's a fairly fresh post titled "40 S&W crimped is out there". If you're trying to force your primers into the crimped style receiver then you're going to indent the primer. I'm no expert, just my 2 cents.