Hand Primer Tool Suggestions

Ganderite

Ganderite

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I have a pair of Lee Auto Primers. I use the old round one for my Large primers, the next model (square) for the small primers. The newer one is a but fussier to use than the old round one, but it works.

A buddy of mine has the latest model Lee, with a triangular magazine. It keeps breaking and jamming.

He calls Lee and they ship him the parts, but he is running less than 1000 rounds between phone calls.

I see that Hornady and RCBS both make a hand tool. Is one better than the other?
 
I had two rbcs, the original and the new upgraded one.
Both were trouble.

I'm now using Lyman,with no troubles,for over a year now.

It comes with a L and S tray, both fit on the same hand tool.
 
I also use the Lyman, comes with a small primer tray and a large primer tray. It works well but every so often (one in 500?)a primer flips or stands on end and ya gotta screw with it to get it straightened out. Still it's miles better than the infernal primer tube mounted on the press frustration.
 
Looks like I'm the odd man out with a hornady. Can't say anything bad about it. Probably close to 5k rounds through it with no probs at all.
I get to reload and get a forearm workout.
 
Ganderite said:
Anyone else had a problem with the new model Lee?
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I have the previous version Lee hand loader and purchased the bench mount unit from Lee that uses the same plastic mechanics i believe as the new loaders.

I have been very happy with Lee product but the plastic drive system i believe is a flat out miss on the new versions.

Only loaded over 50 rounds of large primer and the plastic drive has already malfunctioned permanently. Haven't asked for parts yet but i will be trying their ergo hand prime unit with the old system if i can find one and sell this bench unit.

Regards
Ronr
 
RCBS hasn't given me any troubles. Haven't primed all that many rounds with it yet, but I can't see it becoming unreliable in any way in the future.
 
Prairie Plinker said:
RCBS hasn't given me any troubles. Haven't primed all that many rounds with it yet, but I can't see it becoming unreliable in any way in the future.
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The problem is the small cylinder drum and the pin that sits in it.

About 3 years ago,these were two separate pieces,RBCS upgraded it to a single piece.
But after some use they get really sticky and start jamming up.
 
Ganderite said:
I have a pair of Lee Auto Primers. I use the old round one for my Large primers, the next model (square) for the small primers. The newer one is a but fussier to use than the old round one, but it works.

A buddy of mine has the latest model Lee, with a triangular magazine. It keeps breaking and jamming.

He calls Lee and they ship him the parts, but he is running less than 1000 rounds between phone calls.

I see that Hornady and RCBS both make a hand tool. Is one better than the other?
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I've gone through 3 Lee primer tools ( I like them but they eventually crack where the shell holder goes), wore out one RCBS tool, now have a Lee 'ergo' priming tool......works great on small rifle primers but doesn't work at all on LR primers. To that end I have a Lyman prime tool on the way....reported to be good on LR primers.

The old Lee tool is well designed and worked great but are made of crappy materials.
 
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