Rock chucker deprime mess

[JCSC]

Has anyone come up with a good alternative to the plastic catch pan the RCBS provides with the rock chucker supreme? I don’t know why it bothering me, because it’s always a mess, but it is.

some shoot forward and some make it to the pan and always primers laying on the floor.

any DIY solutions?

 

[gifbohane]

Google search it. There is a guy "The primercatcher" that prints them in plastic for about $25. He also stands by his work since I had trouble (my fault) with it and he replaced it immediately a few years later.

It works a ton better than the RCBS tray which I threw out. BTW I like RCBS.

 

[Bacon buster]

I’m sure something could be done but here is what I do if I deprime on the press. I set my decamping pin as shallow as I can and still get the primers out. A little too deep and it exasperates the problem. Shallow setting helps a lot kinda like tuning an ejector. I also anneal first and run a brush inside the casings with a drill to knock out any thing that needs to come out. That helps keep some of the grit down. Anymore I deprime by hand anneal brush scrub tumble then size prime and load. Much cleaner that way and you don’t have to clean your sizing die near as often

 

[hanno]

I've got the RC II and every once in a while one pops out. No biggee, I just keep a vacuum close to my reloading area.

I have to admit though, when I had a Lee and they all went down the tube into a can, that was pretty neat.

 

[sacnho]

I have a old rock chucker mounted high enough as I stand when using it. Since it is mounted high enough I position a large trash can directly under the press. It does a pretty good job catching spent primers this way. I dont bother with the plastic tray that attaches to the press.

 

[Charlie98]

I was spoiled with my RCBS RS3... which discharges popped primers out the rear of the ram, right into a nice, little cup. The RockChucker vomits primers... everywhere. I feel your pain, OP... I just sized about 4000 5.56 cases on mine... what a mess.

 

[MEHavey]

After I learned how to put it in/take it out....
No muss, No fuss. 99 of 100 in the catcher

 

[kmw1954]

I'm with sacnho. Removed the tray and replace with a large tall waste can. Whatever ends up on the floor easily is swept up.

 

[Whiterook808]

I don't have much trouble with my old RC. I leave the priming arm in, even though I don't use it. I notice a number of primers hitting that and bouncing back into the pan. I wonder if leaving the primer arm in is the secret?

 

[presspuller]

I use the drinking straw trick, the ones from McDonalds are the right size. I also taped a small piece (about the size of yer thumbnail) of primer box cardboard to stop the occasional one that wants to go into orbit.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I just let them fly and suck them up with a shop vac later.

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

I have an older RC II.

Rubber band made from an old motorcycle inner tube to hold the tray in place and a plastic card to bounce the spent primers into the lame tray.

 

[Charlie98]

There is a guy "The primercatcher" that prints them in plastic for about $25.

Just FYI... I just checked. He is temporarily shut down for health reasons... I'm not sure what that means... but he says he hopes to be back at it in February or so.

 

[FROGO207]

I just did the same as 1976 B.L.Johns. even use my NRA card LOL. I have the older aluminum tray and use a regular rubber band to hold the tray on. I just move it a bit to the right to account for my fumble fingers. Works super.

 

[Hugger-4641]

I bought this thing below on E-bay and it works great! It has a magnetic piece that is concave which gets inserted into the ram slot and forces the primers to shoot into that orange box and tube. My press is inset into the bench, so I can just keep a ceramic ash tray under the orange plastic tube instead of using the clear hose. Then I just dump the ash tray when full.

If you are attached to that RCBS tray, it will also fit under this rig without using the clear tube. Or you can put a piece of folded cardboard inserted into the slot in the ram, about an inch below the shell holder, will pop the primers into the trey instead of bouncing back into the slot and then the floor. Either way, you just have to remember remove whatever is in the ram slot before trying to seat primers!

 

[BCR#1]

I de-prime everything before cleaning/loading and look at the flying primer issue as a cost of doing business on a single stage press. I got tired of the priming systems on my two 550B's getting filthy with the crud from spent primers. I'll let my forty Y.O. green machine get dirty if it means my two blue boys stay clean now except for the errant speck of powder now and then.

Bill

 

[Bat Rastard]

I got one on eBay too. It is wonderful.

 

[stillquietvoice]

I have to admit though, when I had a Lee and they all went down the tube into a can, that was pretty neat.

My rcbs auto 4x4 has a drop tube too. Never loose a primer.

 

[Bigdog357]

I use the drinking straw trick, the ones from McDonalds are the right size. I also taped a small piece (about the size of yer thumbnail) of primer box cardboard to stop the occasional one that wants to go into orbit.

Ditto, straw works great

 

[WeekendReloader]

I switched to a Frankford Arsenal hand deprimer. I got tired of cleaning all that dirt and grit off the press and out of the ram.
Now, all that mess is contained and deprimed brass gets cleaned before touching the press. cleaning and maintenance is so much easier now.

 

[JCSC]

Thank you for the replies. I will investigate that eBay gadget. I have also contemplated the hand deprime.

 

[George P]

My Jr is mounted on an Inline Fabrication riser which sits in a steam table tray; any mess is contained

 

[flightsimmer]

Ditto, straw works great

 

[Charlie98]

Dumb question... has anyone ever turned the ram around on the RC to spit the primers out the rear, al la RS3? I don't use the primer arm on the RC, so it wouldn't matter to me....

 

[hdbiker]

I taped a piece of cardboard in mine, works pretty good but still a few escape. hdbiker