I HATE the rcbs strip prime system!
I have to say I do not like the rcbs strip primer system on the Pro 2000… If you look at my other post on this thread you can see I have Dillon, LEE, Hornady, MEC and RCBS…
Tonight a friend of mine called and asked if he could come over and try out the Pro 2000 to around 400 44mags. (He is interested in buying one of these or the Dillon) I had no problem with it but I told him we will have to set it up since I only had 40s&w shell plate for it. So we ran over Cabela’s (I live 20 minutes away) and I picked up the 44spl/mag number 18 shell plate. He was bringing his dies to use.
I have had this press now since last summer and never used it. I put it together but since I already have a Dillon RL550B set up for 40s&w I just never used it. So I put the new plate on and he put his dies in, we set the dies go the powder drop working and set right. I loaded the strips with the primers and he started loading. NOTHING but trouble with the primer system… It destroyed two of the strips, it would catch and chew up the strip then we would get it out and start a new one and it would run 10 or 15 then stick and not feed again… Now there is one stuck in there and can’t get it out. I will have to take the whole feeder system apart to get this out…
SO… I can say I HATE the rcbs strip primer system…
Why would they not use a system like on the Hornady or Dillon, why try to make this with plastic strips?
Anybody had this problem and able to fix it???? At this point I am ready to just prime by hands and use the rest of the press to do everything else….
Thanks in advance for any info or a solution to this problem…!
Ronno