Why do I need primer flipper tray?

[fguffey]

I do not find ‘it’ funny, I am not even allowed to ask “How do they do that?” like ‘bumping the shoulder back .001”. I can not bump the shoulder without running into the case neck, shoulder and case body.

"I can load x rounds in x time".. after I tumble, prime.. yadda yadda” I am not a member of the claims department, I make it very clear there is nothing about reloading that drives me to the curb, and, I do not get into mortal combat with reloading, no anxieties. I work with a very few very disciplined reloaders, some build their rifles, some build, blue and make stocks, etc.. Some make mistakes, some determine the mistake made by reloaders, some determine mistakes made by those that do not read instructions.

A very fine group, and on occasions one will ask for help, as with the one that builds bench rest type rifles, he was informed by a very savvy reloader the necks on his 308 type bench rest chambers were too large, and I ask “How accurate are the rifles?” and he said “One hole groups”. I loaded up a few pieces of equipment then proceeded to correct the perceived problem, I reduced the outside diameter of the necks of his fired cases by .006”, he was left with case neck expansion of .004”, then I offered to return with a box of reamers, just in case the tighter necks were reluctant to release the bullet.

F. Guffey

 

[JohnM]

I have a nice RCBS round green flipper tray I've had for years. Works fine - other than its diameter is about 2 primers smaller than the diagonal of a winchester or cci primer box. grr.

Yeah, I wish they'd get around to making a bigger tray. Everybody's primer boxes have gotten bigger.

 

[gacajun]

I've got a Dillon 650 and 5 small primer tubes. I used to be a "primer pecker." Then I invested in one of those "vibrators" and it sure makes filling a tube with 100 primers fast...takes about 8 seconds. I load 500 rounds at a time...that's about all I'd want to do at one time. Sure makes it easier.

I have a Dillon flipper tray and they work well, its just the pecking of the primers that was persnickity.

 

[howlnmad]

I do not find ‘it’ funny, I am not even allowed to ask “How do they do that?” like ‘bumping the shoulder back .001”. I can not bump the shoulder without running into the case neck, shoulder and case body.

"I can load x rounds in x time".. after I tumble, prime.. yadda yadda” I am not a member of the claims department, I make it very clear there is nothing about reloading that drives me to the curb, and, I do not get into mortal combat with reloading, no anxieties. I work with a very few very disciplined reloaders, some build their rifles, some build, blue and make stocks, etc.. Some make mistakes, some determine the mistake made by reloaders, some determine mistakes made by those that do not read instructions.

A very fine group, and on occasions one will ask for help, as with the one that builds bench rest type rifles, he was informed by a very savvy reloader the necks on his 308 type bench rest chambers were too large, and I ask “How accurate are the rifles?” and he said “One hole groups”. I loaded up a few pieces of equipment then proceeded to correct the perceived problem, I reduced the outside diameter of the necks of his fired cases by .006”, he was left with case neck expansion of .004”, then I offered to return with a box of reamers, just in case the tighter necks were reluctant to release the bullet.

F. Guffey

Could you please explain what this has to do with primer flipping trays?

 

[dickttx]

You don't really need a primer flipper.
I started without one. I would carefully dump ten out of the box onto the bench, then use a tweezers to pick each one up and place it in the seater.
Then I blew a dollar and found it was much easier.
All these gadgets we use were not born at RCBS, Pacific, Lyman, C-H, etc. Some individual came up with an easier way to do things.

 

[Jim Watson]

An early use of the flipper was to get all your primers anvil side up so you could inspect and be sure they all HAD an anvil. QC seems to have improved and the tray is now mostly used to fill primer feed tubes.

 

[hang fire]

Don't know how Wolf primers are packed since I won't use them; not USA made.
But, what's the sweat with a primer flipper?, it's just part of reloading.

If you won't use non US made reloading components, you choice of powders must be very small.

American companies may label the containers, but chances are the powder was made in Australia or other countries.

 

[Katitmail]

Hey, OP here

I broke down and ordered primer tray

 

[JohnM]

If you won't use non US made reloading components, you choice of powders must be very small.

I'm very choosy about what I buy. There's some non US, but not if there's a choice and Russian made components aren't on the list, along with Chinese.

 

[Walkalong]

I broke down and ordered primer tray

Excellent way to end this.