Here's a couple of pics with the shell holder removed, as you can see the rod is on a angle in the plastic fitting, it just slides in on a angle and there's no way to straighten it.
RBCS warranty? Update
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Clearly this pin is canted to one side, I've tryed every possible way and it still goes in on a angle. I'm no expert, but if this pin is pushing the primer in , with a little more contact on one side, then the primer will start it's travel on an angle.so , does this really matter, I think that something that makes a cartridge would be more precise. But who am I to say, I've only been doing this for about 2wks. I'm thinking that most of the pockets are big enough to allow the primer to correct itself,but every so often there's a tight pocket and you get the damaged primers.
Have you taken the guts out of the tool to see if there is any debris in the little cup that the rounded end of the rod sits into? Debris would cause it to sit at an angle. Have you checked the rod for straigtness by rolling it across a flat surface? Does it work properly with the large primer fittings? Has the primer tool ever, continually worked properly? If so, then you may have parts that need replacing. Not trying to be condescending, just trying to be of help.
Yes , I've had it apart a few times,it's clean. I just tryed the large pin and it's canted also. The problem seems to be in the handle or the bushing with the two dimples. The pin slides in straight , until it gets right to the bottom , then it leans to one side.
thats just how deep they sit with norinc brass.... the reason why they are flatted is it much faster just to bottem em out then to go slowly till you feel its in if it would effect my accuracy trust me i would go slowly but it dont...so its more off looks then any thing else.
if you roll the pin on a flat surface can you see it limping? wouldnt hurt to get rcbs to send you a new one anyhow.
hometownhero
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The pin is loose on there so what. Mines like that too. Hornady brass is crimped you will wreck every primer you try force over a crimp. Remove the crimp and prime.
OK now you've gotten to me. I had to go to my reloading room and check out my RCBS priming tool - took it all apart and tried both large primer and small primer set-ups. Guess what - my priming rod is canted too (both set-ups) but not as severly as yours. If you pull up and down on the rod (with your finglernail) while it is mounted in the tool and sitting in the internal cup, you can feel it climbing the walls of the little cup as it tries to centre itself. This can only mean that the little part with a cup on both ends is not centered in the tool handle i.e. the bored hole in the internal part of the tool is not centred. RCBS will do the replacement. I've used their replacement services several times. They are always polite and no problem with getting replacement parts.
im thinking i should phone em too then mine is just as canted
I've had a few go sideways but each time, I felt it was me not applying continuous pressure once the primer was in there. Plus, I thought I might not be holding the tool level enough. Anyway, since I gave it a bit more thought during priming, it hasn't happened. I haven't loaded .223 yet though. Also, mine isn't canted to one side like yours. My overall feeling though was that it is a cheap git'r done kind of tool. I pretty much decided that I need to get a better one now that I am doing more reloading. You could use the press mounted tool in the meantime. That one works like a hot damn. It's just slower.
nowarningshot
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RCBS are good for customer service. Broke a decapping pin, and they sent me 5 for free. Still though, having redundancy in tools seems to happen in reloading. If its going to take weeks to get dealt with ...try a different company and keep them both.
they are squated cause potato fingers here push to hard
Once they start to bind up , there's nothing you can do to stop it , and you can't tell, until it s to late. Does anybody have a diff brand of primer tool? Are your pins canted also or is it only the rcbs. On a side note , I did get 5 or 6 hundred primed , some don't look perfect but I'm sure they'll work. I ditched all the really bad ones. It's useable , but it's a PITA
When my primers go in right , there's zero force, they slide in like a hot knife in butter, but when they go in wrong, I have to put some force , at the end of the stroke, then they get squat,flattened, or wrecked.
