Lee hand primer
- Thread starter Rogue_wave
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vagrantviking
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- High River, Alberta
Higginsonpowders or rustywood.ca should be able to supply parts.
Or go directly to Lee
https://www.leeprecision.com/a-prime-xr-lever-new
If it's the older style with round trays you may be out of luck but I'll check my parts bin.
Or go directly to Lee
https://www.leeprecision.com/a-prime-xr-lever-new
If it's the older style with round trays you may be out of luck but I'll check my parts bin.
Email a picture to Lee. They have replaced anything I ever needed.
Lee no longer makes that tool or that part. I was in the same boat a few years back, bought a couple of used ones for parts. Someone should 3d print these. - dan
- Location
- Calgary, AB
Save yourself some aggravation and buy RCBS. Same thing happened to me multiple times with Lee. Cheap pot metal garbage.
This model has been out of production for a few years now so I'm guessing they will no longer have parts but it's still worth asking. Looking at your picture there seems to be minimal to no lube on the pivot points and that is the key to the longevity of this model. Use a grease, not oil and lube every moving part/contact point. While these are made of pot metal they will last for decades if properly lubed. In over 40 years of reloading and hand priming 10's of thousands of cases using the Lee tool I broke exactly ONE priming arm and that was before I kept the contacts points faithfully lubed. They will last indefinitely if properly maintained.
If Lee can't help you keep an eye open at gun shows or post a WTB. These still show up regularly as there were probably hundreds of thousands if not more of them made over the years.
If Lee can't help you keep an eye open at gun shows or post a WTB. These still show up regularly as there were probably hundreds of thousands if not more of them made over the years.
The RCBS unit isn't perfect either and gives issues for people with small hands or arthritis.
Lee and maybe some others offer a bench mounted primer press that works very well and is much easier for people with smaller hands or arthritis.
I like the Lee hand primers and have worn out a couple of them over the decades. I still have a couple of them that function properly and a couple of donors for parts.
If your reloading press has the primer feed option, there isn't a lot wrong with this system and with some experience, it becomes quite easy to ''get a feel'' for seating.
The only drawback with this system is that you don't get to clean out the primer pockets unless you do it as a separate operation.
I went from the LEE priming tool to the RCBS Universal Priming Tool , I like the RCBS enough to keep one set up for small primers, and one for large primers.
