Lee bench prime tray

[Hugger-4641]

So, I'm really liking my Lee bench prime tool for my magnum rifle cases, its a lot easier on my hands than my RCBS hand primer and easier to position the cases properly. BUT...I don't like the folding tray. It's not nearly as user friendly as the RCBS. I checked Lee's site and didn't find an upgrade. Does anyone make a full sized tray that will work with the bench prime or maybe an adapter to use the RCBS tray?

 

[BigBoreBubba]

So, I'm really liking my Lee bench prime tool for my magnum rifle cases, its a lot easier on my hands than my RCBS hand primer and easier to position the cases properly. BUT...I don't like the folding tray. It's not nearly as user friendly as the RCBS. I checked Lee's site and didn't find an upgrade. Does anyone make a full sized tray that will work with the bench prime or maybe an adapter to use the RCBS tray?

I’m in the same boat. The RCBS tray will almost fit. I’ve thought about shaving the feed ramp down a little on it so it will fit. I might just do that this week…..

 

[Hugger-4641]

Thank you for the inspiration BigBoreBubba! I went ahead and filed a few thousands off the RCBS tray, only on the top and sides about 1/4" back and it goes into the Lee just fine and still works in the RCBS.

 

[gonoles_1980]

It's sad that Lee went away from their good trays and people are having to do things like file down RCBS trays so they can keep a decent tray. I think that uses the same tray as the hand primer, I went ahead and ordered the "new" tray upgrade (really a downgrade) to see how it works, I use a rubber band on my current tray where the corner broke off (that works).

 

[LiveLife]

I went ahead and filed a few thousands off the RCBS tray, only on the top and sides about 1/4" back and it goes into the Lee just fine

Nice!

Will keep this in mind for my Lee bench primer.

 

[Hugger-4641]

It's sad that Lee went away from their good trays and people are having to do things like file down RCBS trays so they can keep a decent tray. I think that uses the same tray as the hand primer, I went ahead and ordered the "new" tray upgrade (really a downgrade) to see how it works, I use a rubber band on my current tray where the corner broke off (that works).

Yeah, I looked at the "upgrade" on their website and it looked like the same folding tray to me. Maybe enough people will complain and Lee will improve this part.

 

[kmw1954]

Or go onto ebay and look for the old model Lee black round tray. I have 2 and will not give them up. They were also used on the old Auto disk powder measures.

 

[LiveLife]

Nice! Will keep this in mind for my Lee bench primer.

old model Lee black round tray.

I do have some round trays ...

 

[Hugger-4641]

Well, if you'd like to part with one of them I would definitely buy it. Otherwise I may just order another RCBS tray !

 

[BigBoreBubba]

Thank you for the inspiration BigBoreBubba! I went ahead and filed a few thousands off the RCBS tray, only on the top and sides about 1/4" back and it goes into the Lee just fine and still works in the RCBS.View attachment 1020673View attachment 1020674

Nice! Looks good, and I bet it feeds 100% better than the Lee!

 

[Hugger-4641]

Nice! Looks good, and I bet it feeds 100% better than the Lee!

It feeds great if you file the lips back far enough to insert it all the way. If not, the last couple primers can jam up inside the Lee mechanism.

 

[BigBoreBubba]

It feeds great if you file the lips back far enough to insert it all the way. If not, the last couple primers can jam up inside the Lee mechanism.

I went ahead and did mine too. Ill see how it goes after I finish trimming this bunch of 223 brass I’m working on.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

I'm just about convinced to get an RCBS primer tray to fit to my Lee Bench tool.

 

[Hugger-4641]

I went ahead and did mine too. Ill see how it goes after I finish trimming this bunch of 223 brass I’m working on. View attachment 1021012

Make sure and post how it goes. I haven't tried any small primers yet, but I can't see why they would act any different than the large. The tray is the same, so any problem would be in the Lee small primer module.

 

[BigBoreBubba]

Make sure and post how it goes. I haven't tried any small primers yet, but I can't see why they would act any different than the large. The tray is the same, so any problem would be in the Lee small primer module.

Just got done loading 35 test rounds of 223. The RCBS tray worked great! Way better than the Lee tray. That pretty much makes it a perfect unit now. Only had to tap the tray twice, versus every other primer with the Lee tray.

 

[GW Staar]

Desecration!!! But hey the colors look nice and Christmasy!

I'm curious whether a 3D printed part could make it work for both, or would it cause feed problems? If I had a Lee primer I'd check that out....but my bench primer is an RCBS APS bench primer. That's making me wonder if I could make a tray work with that and make it even more versatile.

 

[LiveLife]

colors look nice and Christmasy!

 

[BigBoreBubba]

I should probably mention that I didn’t take any off the top for fear of primers jamming. I just took a little off the bottom with an extremely sharp wood chisel. Maybe 0.015”. I also didn’t have to take any off the sides as it was a good fit already.