Clip, let's get you going.
- First, go through your brass and sort out military crimped cases and remove the crimp. I use the
Lee chamfer tool and it takes out the crimp with a few twists. You should see a clean 45 degree cut at the mouth of the primer pocket where the crimp was. If you don't have a chamfer tool, just put the crimped cases into another container until you get the tool.
- Some cases like S&B (Sellier & Bellot) have very tight primer pockets and while you are sorting out military crimped cases, you may want to sort these out also for now until you get your primer attachment issue addressed.
- As to Lee recommending CCI primers, some primer cups have more rounded primer cup lips and feed better, especially the small pistol primers (I do not have feed issues with large pistol primers). CCI/Magtech SP primers feed the best and I am about 95%+ with Winchester, Wolf(same as TulAmmo) and PMC SP primers. I keep a paper clip/small precision screwdriver handy to help push the next primer into station #2 and turn any flipped primers.
- Lee Pro 1000 priming system is gravity based and sensitive to the weight of primers pushing the next primer into station #2 and the proper timing of the shell plate. Make sure the feed ramp tube is dry and clear of debri (usually powder flakes), pin on the feed ramp tube is contacting the frame rod on the right with notches as the shell plate carrier moves up and down (this "shakes" the primer tray and keeps the feed ramp tube full of primers), and the shell plate timing is set so the shell plate clicks into station before the shell plate carrier reaches the bottom.
- While you are reloading and notice the primers aren't filling the feed ramp tube from the tray, tap on the tray until the feed ramp tube is full of primers. As the shell plate is clicking into station #2, if you notice the primer didn't drop into station, use a paper clip/small precision screwdriver to push a primer into position.
- If you are new to Pro 1000, this 9 part video covers detailed press disassembly, cleaning and reassembly (including primer feed attachment issue) -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzaPXj4g8D0
- This Pro 1000 dedicated thread has tips/mods to help you with the press including some tips to help with the primer feed issue -
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=507454
- If all of the above don't help you with your small pistol primer feed issue, you can consider hand priming separately using a
hand priming tool.
I hope this helps and keep us posted on your progress. Pro 1000 is a bit finiky but many of us resolved these issues and enjoy reloading with it.