Looking for some info

[HeXeD775]

I am getting a Lee kit either the Anniversary or Challenger. I want to prime off the press but any feedback about Safety prime vs Auto Prime II?

Any pros/cons of priming off press vs tool? or is it just based on what your comfortable with? i am guessing you get a better feel of the primer making it home if you just use a regular hand type priming tool vs off a press.

I am looking to prime for 30.06 & .40sw, and eventually 9mm for my brother.

P.S. My choice in kit is budget based, I can afford anything more expensive & I want to get everything to start loading now, rather than in pieces. I already have a digital scale so there is no immediate need to use the included scale.

 

[sniper7369]

I use the auto-prime. What I usually do is resize and knock out the primers on a couple hundred cases and then prime them all with the auto-prime. Then all I have to do is run them through the powder/expander and stuff them with bullets.
I think it's a LOT faster to do it that way if I'm going to load up several hundred rounds of the same caliber.

 

[RugerBob]

I like using the hand prime you get with the kit. Easy and fast. I usually prime watching tv with the wife. You can feel if they hit home and if they don't you likely will have a hard time removing it from the shell holder. Money wise I went with the anniversery kit to. Whatever you choose , good luck and be safe, Bob

 

[Marlin 45 carbine]

the Lee hand primer is tough to beat. you can 'feel' the primer seat into the cup. later on if you can find another used press (any brand) set them up in tandem and buy another set of shell holders. you'll be surprised at how much you can load once case prep is done.
use the powder thru expander and dippers IMO.
knock out 100-200 in no time with the seating/crimping die set up in the 2nd press, particularly if you have shooting buddy running that second press.
that's what I do.
a buddy shoots .357 (I have one but mostly shoot 9mm Makarov and .45acp or Super) - he gets his brass cleaned and ready to bring up. he runs the 2nd press seating/crimping and/or primes after I size/decap or expand/load.
can't beat teamwork.

 

[everallm]

One point with the hand primer, the instructions say lube the pivot points, definitely do it, it reduces the amount of pressure you have to apply.

I tend to prime separately, it works for me, but the important part is what feels right for you.

Much of the safety with reloading is about getting into a single, consistent, repetitive, safe pattern. If you do it the same safe way each time fewer chances of error.

 

[The Bushmaster]

Auto Prime II and a seperate inexpensive single stage press deticated to the Auto prime II.