Redding Big Boss II Press Priming

[devils4ever]

I just "upgraded" from my Lee press to a Redding Big Boss II press. There was nothing wrong with my Lee press. I've reloaded 10,000s of rounds with it, but decided it was time to get a heavy-duty one.

So, I love the Redding press. Smooth, effortless and it captures 95%+ of the spent primers.

It comes with a swing arm for priming. You are supposed to load each primer individually onto the arm and lower the resized case onto it. Seriously? I have to place a primer on it each time? I use a Lee hand primer and I can prime very fast with it. This seems like a step backwards.

Am I missing something? Does anyone use this?

I know they sell another attachment to speed this up, but this standard one seems lacking.

 

[nettlle]

I have a Redding T7 that came with the same priming setup. I didn't like it either. I bought the optional Redding on the press priming set up and didn't care for it much either. I prime off the press now.

 

[TexasDon]

frogfurr

I have a Redding T7 that came with the same priming setup. I didn't like it either. I bought the optional Redding on the press priming set up and didn't care for it much either. I prime off the press now.

I did the same thing when I bought a T7 several years ago, the Redding add-on priming system is way better than the little manual arm, but the primer tube got in the way of my powder measure I have mounted on the turret with the case activated powder drop attached to it.

I had a hand primer, but my old hands aren't what they use to be and ended up buying the RCBS bench mount primer with tubes.
This combo works well for me...

But the Redding add-on primer system should work well for the Big Boss press..?? It just gets in the way of the turret add on's in some instances.

TxD

 

[cfullgraf]

I've always used a hand priming tool when loading with a single stage press, both an RCBS Reloader Special and a Redding Big Boss. The hand primer is much more efficient.

I have removed the priming arm from both of my single stage presses as they just get in the way.

 

[nettlle]

I have the RCBS bench mounted automatic priming tool also. Either the bench mounted priming tool or hand priming is much more efficient than priming on the press as cfullgraf says.