Dead Primers on the Floor

[Ganderite]

My wife raises hell when she finds dead primers tracked through the house. A dead primer wedges in a shoe tread can punch marks in hardwood flooring.

One never knows what little tit bit of info might be unknown or useful to someone else.

I installed primer catcher under my Lee press. This is a press dedicated to high volume decapping jobs. I like it because the handle is a short throw. Does not generate a lot of power, but for most decapping-resizing, I don’t need much power.

All that is required is a hole drilled though the bench and a can to catch the primers.

 

[Cammy7s]

Nice work, yeah those pesky primers can be a pain in the butt all over the place. The new Lee press I bought has a tube that catches all(well, most) of the spent primers and then I can empty them as needed.

The old press I have I just put a garbage can under it but even that only catches about 75% of them.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Nathan231]

Neat idea!

 

[Canuck223]

I stole RePete's tube idea for the 1050.

 

[t-star]

you want to cut one side of that can, or just make a 3 sided bracket- that way you don't have to undo the nuts to empty the primers - all i did was make a u bracket out of some flat steel and bolt that to the mounting bolts- the cup slides in and out- easy peasy

 

[92FS Inox]

That's why I like my Forster/Co-ax press comes with the tube and primer catcher already built-in

 

[Ganderite]

T-star. I am mechanically challenged. Screwing a bent can tab to my bench, for me, is a major acomplishment.

Those that know me could tell you stories. Some would be true....

 

[vviking]

Going to have to do something soon.

And just how those pesky bits of spent metal found their way into the heating vents ... I'll never know.

It's the thought of a live one getting into the clothes dryer that threaten's the 'ol domestic harmony.

 

[tigger]

a few old speaker magnets around when depriming helps me out. Put them in the expected path of primers exiting the press and most are caught either by the catcher or magnet. However be sure to put the magnets away before priming or using a scale of any type, it can affect readings and also attract your new primers if you get them too close(do not ask me how I know this!!!!)

 

[cansoldier45]

Tell the wife to quit her #####in and get busy with the vacuum cleaner, and make sure suppers ready when I'm done "working" in the manroom. Once she serves you and cleans up the dishes she can bath herself and prepare to service you in your other manly needs.
I mean, that worked for me, before I got bored of her ####e and dropped her ass.

CS45

 

[vviking]

Tell the wife to quit her #####in and get busy with the vacuum cleaner, and make sure suppers ready when I'm done "working" in the manroom. Once she serves you and cleans up the dishes she can bath herself and prepare to service you in your other manly needs.
I mean, that worked for me, before I got bored of her s**te and dropped her ass.

CS45

While chuckling ... noticed your sig-line

Which begs the question .... that bulge in your cheek?, is that yer tongue ... or did the 'lil miss just give ya a whump'n?

 

[jackenape]

A dead primer wedges in a shoe tread can punch marks in hardwood flooring.

I thought only Americans wore their shoes in the house....

...or reeeeealy old people. You're not reeeeaaaaaalllly old are you?

 

[ipscgraz]

I had a couple of dozen primers in the built-in vac lines. They would rattle around the entire time I was vacuuming the gun room and adjacent areas.

Didn't bother me, but nobody else liked it.

I found that feeding three paper towel sheets (still connected) into the vac hose would capture the primers.

 

[ATOM]

The concept is excellent, but if taking it off to empty it is a pain, consider using an old plastic jar (peanut butter or such) instead of the can. Cut a large hole in the plastic lid (large so perfect positioning isn't important) and then screw it to the underside of the bench. Now screw the jar onto the lid.

 

[t-star]

Going to have to do something soon.

And just how those pesky bits of spent metal found their way into the heating vents ... I'll never know.

It's the thought of a live one getting into the clothes dryer that threaten's the 'ol domestic harmony.

you wait till the furnace cuts in and you get a primer in that one special spot in the vent- the one that riiiiiing all night long when the forced air makes it blow around in there

 

[t-star]

a few old speaker magnets around when depriming helps me out. Put them in the expected path of primers exiting the press and most are caught either by the catcher or magnet. However be sure to put the magnets away before priming or using a scale of any type, it can affect readings and also attract your new primers if you get them too close(do not ask me how I know this!!!!)

where the heck did you find MAGNETIC primers?- i've been shooting 40+ years and never found one yet- cci, winchester, federal are non-magnetic

 

[t-star]

I thought only Americans wore their shoes in the house....

...or reeeeealy old people. You're not reeeeaaaaaalllly old are you?

ever hear the expression "die with your boots on"?- well if you don't wear your boots in the house, how are you gonna do that- besides, there's all sorts of things that get into carpet that you find with sock feet

 

[Boomer]

When I used to use that cool little Lee C press, I screwed the lid of a jar to the bottom of my bench, then it was a simple matter to unscrew the jar and spill all the spent primers on the floor anyway. Some times the jar would drop and break too, adding little glass shards to the mix. I give my wife enough to complain about that primers stuck to the treads of my boots don't even register on the radar.

 

[Ganderite]

"The concept is excellent, but if taking it off to empty it is a pain, consider using an old plastic jar (peanut butter or such) instead of the can. Cut a large hole in the plastic lid (large so perfect positioning isn't important) and then screw it to the underside of the bench. Now screw the jar onto the lid. "

I like this! It is will become my MkII primer catcher. It is well within my technical abilities. All I have to do is finish the current big jar of Skippy peanut butter in the kitchen.

Something else I am real good at.

 

[zippy_the_wonder_chimp]

for depriming

I just use a Lee hand press with a universal depriming die.

It catches ALL the used primers and I can deprime while watching tv.
You just have to empty it before the primers pile up and cause
difficulty when removing the shellholder.