Brand new rock chucker. Buyers remorse?

Several people / companies have made new improved primer catches for the rcbs press
google it

and primers are easy to clean up when they fall to the floor
 
I bought the Redding Boss press a few years ago. It's a beefier version of the Rock Chucker with a 3 bolt mount.
Mine came with a little rectangular primer cup catcher with a magnet to hold it against the ram.
It works but the odd primer misses the cup and ends up on the floor.
Annoyingly, the newer version that came a little later features a hollow ram and a plastic tube to hold spent primers.
The Lee Classic Cast wisely uses this as well.
Like you say, the hand squeeze priming tools are much faster and easier to use than the priming arm, and some feature a primer flipper tray to make loading them fast and easy.
 
I have used the stock primer catcher on the Rock Chucker Supreme for over a decade. I don't lose many primers and anyone with 2 good hands and half a brain is able to empty the cup with no problems.
 
I have had my Rockchucker press since 1973 and see no reason to buy another press. Just cut up a plastic milk jug, and make a back board for your missed primer jump shots. ;)

Cut two slots in its base and put the two outside ends inside the plastic primer catcher to hold it in place.

Bottom line very few primers jump out of the primer tray and use a hand held priming tool that has more feel.

Think positive if you don't like bouncing primers sell the Rockchucker and get a Lee loader. :evil:
 
I got the RC press and noticed that gap when I bought it too, so I cut a chunk off the lil tray (with all the holes) that hold 17hmr ammo in the case and taped it to the back of the primer catcher. It seems to work good now that the ram slides right by in now. I still get the odd one that falls on the floor though.
 
The Rockchucker is a fine press. Sturdy and will probably outlast most reloaders, time-wise.
However, the primer catch system is a bit on the hokey side.
My CO-AX units eliminate that issue entirely. Dave.
 
Use a vacuum cleaner to pick up the 1 in a thousand primers that makes the esacpe.
Just ensure there is no powder on the floor and no spilled live primers either when you go to vacuum the floor.
Small price to pay for a very good (RCBS RC) press for a couple escaped spent primers.
If one is worried about an escapee when handling the waste how does one account for the replacements .
The same shaky hands still run the risk of fuddling a few while trying to load the hand press, No?

If non of this seems reasonable then its time to take it back and get something less spendy.

Rob
 
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The RCBS rock chucker press is a very good piece of equipment. My first one I bought in the early 70's. And yes the odd time a decapped primer hits the floor. Big deal. Use your good old Canadian ingenuity to rig something up that suits you and increase your obsessive compulsive disorder meds and your good to go.
 
trevj said:
I never saw the point of using the press to prime. Always seemed fiddly and a lot more work than using a hand primer tool.

Cheers
Trev
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Which is one of the big advantages of a good Turret press. Priming on a single stage press can be a pain. Priming on a turret is just as easy as hand priming except you don't need to rehandle the brass.
 
I use a Lee Classic cast turret press. Sometimes a spent primer can bounce off the priming arm and lands on the floor. No biggie, I just shop vac my work area.

I have only been reloading for about 1.5 years and been using the press to prime.

You may have to just be creative with your press. For example, the primer catch tube on the Lee press that I have is long and can easily be hit by my leg and spent primers can spill.

I recently lost the tube and I called Lee and the tube is cheap but they'll charge me for shipping and handling which is more expensive than the part. I just went to HD and hit a 1/2 tube and made my own catch tube with a home made plug. I also made it shorter so that I won't hit with my leg by accident.
 
roadcarver said:
I use a Lee Classic cast turret press. Sometimes a spent primer can bounce off the priming arm and lands on the floor. No biggie, I just shop vac my work area.

I have only been reloading for about 1.5 years and been using the press to prime.

You may have to just be creative with your press. For example, the primer catch tube on the Lee press that I have is long and can easily be hit by my leg and spent primers can spill.

I recently lost the tube and I called Lee and the tube is cheap but they'll charge me for shipping and handling which is more expensive than the part. I just went to HD and hit a 1/2 tube and made my own catch tube with a home made plug. I also made it shorter so that I won't hit with my leg by accident.
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Instead of capping mine I aim it at a coffee can
 
Hey buds, you're going to have to control that temper if you expect to last on this forum.
This is an aftermarket primer catcher for an RCBS press. Works quite well.

make sure it is from LoaderTools.com. Watch out for crappy knockoffs.

 
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Re-loading requires some skill, concentration, commonsense,and a willingness to deal with lots of little issues as they come up.
Perhaps it would be better for you if you sell the Rock Chucker and just buy ammo.
 
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