Brand new rock chucker. Buyers remorse?

burnaby said:
You were trying to be cute by saying buy a broom at only two dollars at the dollar store to sweep up the primer not caught by the RCBS poor design.
You are welcome on the English translation. Any other requests?
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cute? A broom is not a "cute" suggestion, it's practical. Maybe you need to take that chip off your shoulder, it doesn't work for you.

English translation required for this bit: you said the rockchucker is a piece of crap, and you said RCBS makes a solid product. That doesn't make sense, or were you being cute? LOL.
 
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"JK on garbage comment, RCBS mades solid product. <FlameSuitOff>"

See the confusion, the JK is abbreviation for JUST KIDDING, so my stmt is
"JUST KIDDING on garbage comment, RCBS mades solid product. <FlameSuitOff>"

The <FlameSuitOff> referring to Need to put on a flame suit cause I joke about RBCS quality and will for sure be flamed for it.
I have lots of RCBS dies, tools, chargemaster. I don't buy junk.
jethunter said:
cute? A broom is not a "cute" suggestion, it's practical. Maybe you need to take that chip off your shoulder, it doesn't work for you.

English translation required for this bit: you said the rockchucker is a piece of crap, and you said RCBS makes a solid product. That doesn't make sense, or were you being cute? LOL.
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Wonder what 20,000+ used primer is worth. I could always use another broom.
shhh said:
Because land filling them is stupid. They are perfectly good brass that can be sold to a scrap metal dealer, same as the brass cases.
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WeakKnee said:
Put an elastic around the primer catcher tray to hold it tight to the press, I have deprimed 1000's; the odd one lands on the floor, gives my wife something to curse about.
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What he said. I made an elastic out of an innertube back in 1977 for mine. Although the rubber has stiffened a bit it still works slick.
 
You'll be fine; Rockchucker for the win, that solid brute

All the bits and pieces you dont like to use, will end up in a box with a few other things you buy, try, and decide not to use.

Regards keeping used primers tidy; I put a empty beer flat positioned to catch them under the press, works fine costs little.

I should get a hand priming unit...
 
Mine when reloading 9mm is messy. I just jam a piece of cardboard in the slot at the front. Works well. I am gonna try the elastic thing to tip the plastic tray, should also be helpful.
 
burnaby said:
"JK on garbage comment, RCBS mades solid product. <FlameSuitOff>"

See the confusion, the JK is abbreviation for JUST KIDDING, so my stmt is
"JUST KIDDING on garbage comment, RCBS mades solid product. <FlameSuitOff>"

The <FlameSuitOff> referring to Need to put on a flame suit cause I joke about RBCS quality and will for sure be flamed for it.
I have lots of RCBS dies, tools, chargemaster. I don't buy junk.
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Ah. So the JK means you were being cute. :)
 
I've ran my rock chucker for years now and absolutely no regrets here at all, what a solid piece of equipment. Sure the odd spent primer flies out but I have no real problem with picking one up once and a while. As for priming I use the rcbs hand primer, its easy to use and you never actually have to handle the primer which is nice. I would recommend the rock chucker to anyone wanting to get into re-loading.
 
Never had problems with spent primers flying around. . Used the R/C press since mid 1970's and never gave the spent primer tray much thought until now. .

I have two of those plastic trays, a black one and a green one. . Still on the black one with the green one in back up. . It works good as far as catching the primers go but some primers lay alongside the ram on top and I push them in the tray with my finger as I put another cartridge in for resizing. .

For me the Rock Chucker does what I need done with no complaints after all these years. . :)
 
I have most of the primer problems when reloading pistol. 10 of 50 would be on the floor without the cardboard insert lol. I like the press though.
 
I find on my Dillon I put a 5 gallon bucket. Also chuck bad brass in there as I see it.
I am guessing this solution works for all presses. (FYI primers are mainly brass so when bucket is full go to a metal recycler for $$$) I have also used this set up under my single stage RCBS. Very rarely does a primer miss the bucket
 
Correct, I was following your lead on get a damn broom to sweep up the occasional dropped primer; we are reloading, not manicuring.

Cute cat for the WIN. Cause we need more cute in CGN, must be cabin fever cause lately folks are getting mighty grouchy.
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jethunter said:
Ah. So the JK means you were being cute. :)
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Scotty454 said:
Thoughts... Perhaps try it out, before you make the determination that there's something wrong with it?
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Perhaps.


I've got both a Lee classic, which I bought when it was just a Lee press and a Rockchucker. I much prefer to deprime on the RCBS. The plastic tray is fine for catching primers and doesn't spill unless you fill it right up. The Lee loses just as many primers when they bounce. The Lee is also a PIA cause the primers all drop inside the body of the press. I ended up drilling couple big holes in my bench but even then the primers build up and have to be picked at to get them to fall down the hole into a bucket below.
 
Deprime with LNL AP, don't need a broom. AP way faster than single press.
Full length Size with co-ax, the big boys 300WM and 338LM takes a lot of torque.
seat with wilson and mini arbor press
 
RCBS Rock Chuckers are great presses. You stand a much better chance of getting a press that all of the parts are properly aligned with the axis of the die bore with it than any other maker out there. This is very important and is very conducive to accuracy.

The issues the OP describes are minimal at best if the OP takes care.

As for primer installation, I used the press for years before using a hand held primer loader. The system on the press worked very well but it did take some getting used to. OP, you will need to develop a "feel" for the primers seating so you don't crush them. The tube and holder system function perfectly, every time. I have seen folks that are new to hand loading trying to double prime or because they are timid/careful not seat the primer to the bottom of the pocket. Again, practice makes perfect.

The RC is a brutally strong press. It will full length size cases that can be difficult with other presses. OP you made a good choice but like all presses there is a learning curve. It doesn't matter which press you use to de prime your cases, some of the primers will fall through the slot in the ram to the floor. This is easily stopped with a scrap grocery bag to catch the strays.

The press isn't difficult to master by any means. Most new users try to make it all more complicated than it really is.

As far as using hand priming tools and de cappers goes???? IMHO that defeats the purpose of having a GOOD press.
 
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