I'm glad my wife needed me to hang curtains

[Big Nugget]

Because I just picked up another set of dies and I have a few thousand cases I need to prep.....

I took about 2 minutes of my time to toss a spent primer catcher together. It's made from the packaging from the curtain rods. I get kinda annoyed with how fast old primers fill up the RCBS tray and I have to stop to dump it out. It's not pretty, but it works. I might refine it later on, but for now it'll do.

I've seen what a few of you all have made and this pales in comparison and yes, thats masking tape holding it on.... Just thought that some of you might get a small chuckle at my expense.

A quick vid of it in action, just because I had nothing better to do.

just click the pic below

 

[PCCUSNRET]

Patent it! That is a great idea. How do you get the primers to all flip backwards, mine go all over the place.

 

[Curt Blunt]

Man, you need to get a Hornady LnL AP if yer doin handgun stuff. BTW, the spent primers exit via a tube into an empty water bottle. No fuss, no muss.

 

[Well Now]

Good idea, but it would have been a better story if you had said while hanging the curtains you saw a smoking hot new neighbor. Maybe next time.

 

[armoredman]

No, never ever say you saw the smoking hot next door neighbor, especially on a gun forum your wife might read, BAD juju!
I like it, nifty little idea. Before I got the RCBS tray for my RS, I had a whipped topping container with a cut out done by knife to hold in place. Still missed a bunch. Heck, my tray misses some, too.

 

[Well Now]

Duly noted and filed away for reference.

 

[Big Nugget]

How do you get the primers to all flip backwards, mine go all over the place.

Every now and then I would have one pop out the front so I cut a piece of soda straw just long enough to by pass the slot on the front side of the shaft. I then flared the top end just enough to keep it in place from falling down once I passed it through the top of the shell holder.

Man, you need to get a Hornady LnL AP if yer doin handgun stuff. BTW, the spent primers exit via a tube into an empty water bottle. No fuss, no muss.

I'm sure I'll end up with a progressive in the future. I just started reloading in Sept and even though I'm very confident in myself to start on one I also appreciate the simplicity of starting with a single stage. I know I'll end up loading rifle as well, so that was another reason to start with the single stage.


Sorry, no hot neighbors

 

[blarby]

Looks like RCBS has another reason to "improve" the primer tray by adding the "Red Press" tube !

Good show in any event !

 

[flashhole]

Your efforts qualify you for mebmership in one of the most elite clubs on the planet ... the Society of Redneck Engineering. Congratulations and keep up the good work.

 

[Big Nugget]

Your efforts qualify you for mebmership in one of the most elite clubs on the planet ... the Society of Redneck Engineering. Congratulations and keep up the good work.

I can't deny it. Yes, it does! Although, I doubt just how elite of a club it really is....

 

[Martowski]

That's awesome.