Bench priming tools.

[nf1e]

Have been trying out a few different bench priming tools recently. My right wrist and elbow just won't stand for the amount of priming I have been doing using hand priming tools.

So far have used the RCBS bench primer tool, LEE, Forster and Lyman with the Lyman being chosen. Today a Derraco PCPS and a PrimalRights CPS came in. Looking forward to using them all. I do have a Lyman with auto feed on the way. Whatta Hobby!

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[lyman]

I have the primer tool on my Forster Co-Ax but found it odd to use
never tried the hand helds, ,

I use the RCBS like you have in your first pic,
easy to set up, easy to use, good feel for the primer,

[nf1e]

Rgr on the RCBS bench primer. Guess I am just fussy. Of all , so far, the Lyman is tops. Just don't care for the single load. The auto feed model should be in soon. I figure, at my age, why not give all the recommended units a try for the halibut.Whatta Hobby!

[PWC]

Bench because my 83yro Pacific press is mounted to my bench...so I prime on press. Use the Spangle primer attch with RCBS primer flipper. I can feel the much vaunted "feel" of primer seating and have never crushed a primer

[nf1e]

Being fully retarded since the age of 75 I have been shooting more and more on my home range. Looks like 10 - 20 K of .223, 6.5 and .308 per year is going to be the norm, up from 8 - 10 K for the last few years so lots of hand-loading which I truly enjoy. Priming has been difficult using the RCBS Universal for a few years. All of these tools have a relatively good tactile feel to the primer installation and pocket condition.

For those that don't load a lot and want a nearly perfect tool, the Lyman posted above is awesome and the primer depth is easily set within the plunger, it is also the least expensive. The only drawback , so far, is the fact that the primers need to be placed in the priming cup individually. Hoping that the auto-feed inbound from Lyman will take care of that. Will do a full post on my final thoughts and the place from 1 - 10 each of these tools place in my opinion. Whatta Hobby!

Did manage to do a little unpacking and setting up this morning. Looks simple enough for an old guy to make them work. Both have micrometer set seating depth for the primers.

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[lyman]

if you have time, you should do a write up on each,

am curious about what became difficult with the RCBS

[Oyaji]

.......am curious about what became difficult with the RCBS

I'm quite satisfied with an RCBS handheld priming tool that I've been using for years to prime all my rifle cases.

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[nf1e]

if you have time, you should do a write up on each,

am curious about what became difficult with the RCBS

Sure will after a bit of use of each. Probably won't be until October at the earliest.
Nothing wrong with the RCBS hand priming tools other than the toll taken on the hands , wrists and elbows over the use of many years and hundreds of thousands of primers seated. It was me that wore out, not the tools. Whatta Hobby!

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[lyman]

I was referring to the bench mounted on,

the hand helds may be good to help my arthritic right hand, maybe,
but I like the bench model,
only issue I have found is you cannot go too fast, the primers will jump out or sit sideways in the tool

[nf1e]

I was referring to the bench mounted on,

the hand helds may be good to help my arthritic right hand, maybe,
but I like the bench model,
only issue I have found is you cannot go too fast, the primers will jump out or sit sideways in the tool

That is exactly why I found the Forster worked out better for me than the RCBS bench unit. I am hoping the Lyman auto feed that's on the way will be as smooth as the one I have been testing. This Lyman Accu prime in the photo above is just great on the old wrists and hands except primers need to be fed individually. Whatta Hobby!

[lyman]

BTW, and off topic, how old is your Co-Ax,
mine is brown, and appears to be the factory crinkle paint, got it and a Forster (Brown paint) powder measure from a retired shooter, who shot in the 60's and reloaded,


after 8-10 yrs the rubber on the handle fell off, so I modified an extra handle I had for the Dillon 550 ( I put a roller handle on that) and now have a slightly longer handle with a ball on it
works well,

[nf1e]

BTW, and off topic, how old is your Co-Ax,
mine is brown, and appears to be the factory crinkle paint, got it and a Forster (Brown paint) powder measure from a retired shooter, who shot in the 60's and reloaded,


after 8-10 yrs the rubber on the handle fell off, so I modified an extra handle I had for the Dillon 550 ( I put a roller handle on that) and now have a slightly longer handle with a ball on it
works well,

Only a guess, but maybe 5 - 10 years. Years go by like weeks now. I didn't care for the straight handle that came with my press so I picked up a 90 deg offset ball bearing handle , works like a champ.

A little ahead of schedule, the PrimalRights CPS is set up and ready to start priming. Took two 50 rnd batches or prepped brass out of the dryer , 50 .223 and 50 .308 then ran them through the neck sizing mandrels so they are ready to prime. Whatta Hobby!

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[nf1e]

Added some anti-slip rubber feet to the InlineFabrication mount I am using for the Primal Rights CPS. Feels like it is bolted to the bench but still portable. This mount has removable top plates so I can put whatever I would like on it in 10 seconds. Whatta Hobby!


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[nf1e]

Added Inline Fabrication quick change base plate to my Forster's home position on the right of the bench then added quick change plates for my Rock-Chucker, Forster Co-ax, Lyman Accu-Prime and Primal Rights CPS so any of these can mount either on the Inline Standing base or the base plate bolted to my bench. After all these years it's seems strange doing things right and not have to bolt and unbolt things as they get changed. Got a couple of spare quick change plates for additions. Whatta Hobby!

[S.A. Boggs]

After January, I am going to do something different on priming. I am down to loading 9mm Parabellum, .45acp and 5.56 NATO of any quantity. As such I am looking to buy either a Dillon 750 or perhaps a 1100 and motorize the darn thing, thus eliminating my priming issues.
Sam