LaneP
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Lee Ram Prime or an RCBS APS strip primer. The APS primer works best for me with rimless cartridges like .45 ACP.
Very pleased with the Frankford Arsenal Platinum Primer. Priming goes quickly as I hold the device at just the right angle so primers feed into the chute, I place cases in the shellholder and then let them fall into the bin. The seat-depth adjustability is nice and the leverage makes seating easy on the hand. Changing the push-pin and shellholder from one primer size to another takes 15 seconds.
Frankford one looks nice, waiting to see if anybody has it and likes it.
Those look like they would work well, and I like that you don't have to hand feed one at a time, I don't mind that for precision rifle rounds, but for 1K of 9MM hand feeding primers one at a time would stink.I use a lee auto bench prime
Thank you I am looking at the 21st Century now because of your post. I had not seen them before .Of the tray type hand primers I have the old RCBS is the easiest and fastest. The new version is re-designed with a better primer punch, but poorer leverage, and it is hard on my hands. I had an old Lee that also worked great, but it broke decades ago. The RCBS strip type hand primer works very well, but is also hard on my hand.
The best one I have that you have to hand feed is the 21st Century hand primer. The Grizzly bench primer is also nice, but the 21st Century one is fantastic. The Sinclair is very nice as well, but adjusts with shims where the Grizzly and 21st Century tools are click adjustable.
I like that they are not bench mounted and I can take them out of the gun room if I wantWelcome to THR, CWTISME!
Welp, the only hand priming tool with which I have experience is my RCBS 90200 and it does a fine job ... but ... I have always thought that there is bound to be something better "out there".
I am a guy who overworks and breaks those "big spring" hand exercisers on a regular basis, but even I get tired of the manual-hand-primer squeezy-action.
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The only reason that I have not researched replacement hand primers is that I no longer use it very much.
...can take them out of the gun room if I want
You guys are starting to sway me to the Frankford Arsenal oneI've been using my new Frankford Arsenal hand primer for about a month now, and in my opinion it is an extremely high quality tool. Love the weight and feel & also noticed right away that it's significantly heavier than the basic RCBS hand primer that I had been using for 15 years, which only got replaced because it eventually wouldn't seat my primers deep enough. Absolutely love the depth adjustment on the Frankford tool, easy to set and get those primers just below flush. Comes with all the shell holders needed, and works with Lee shell holders as well. Picked mine up on sale with a birthday discount thrown in, for around $50... however I believe they're worth every bit of the current full retail.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1016958988?pid=582486
Thank you I willWell best of luck in your search, please report back when you find what your looking for.
J
I used the Lee bench prime for a while and when it's working, it's hard to beat. The problem is the phrase, when it's working.
I bought a Lee bench priming tool. The plastic cartridges just don't last. I've been through four of them before I gave up.
I use a lee auto bench prime attached to an old wooden cutting board. I can sit there with it on my lap and get a great feel for how each primer is seated
Those look like they would work well, and I like that you don't have to hand feed one at a time.
That doesnt suprise me, for the price and the feel i know its a light duty unit.I ordered a pair of them when they were on sale a couple years back because they were crazy cheap at the time, and I had never tried a bench mounted priming tool. I was in love priming 9mm, 223, & 300blk - but shortly after I started running some military 308 brass through it... which I admit I should of at least chamfered the pockets a little better... I ended up killing it. Didn't feel like I was 'man handling' it too much when it happened...
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I mounted my other remaining one on a separate square sheet of 3/4 plywood and make sure my primer pockets are adequately chamfered. Although I haven't used it since the new Frankford Arsenal unit made it to my bench.
The only time that I use my RCBS Hand Primer Tool is when I am developing some relatively-small loading ladders, usually no more than 100-150.I like that they are not bench mounted and I can take them out of the gun room if I want
I’m confusedThe only time that I use my RCBS Hand Primer Tool is when I am developing some relatively-small loading ladders, usually no more than 100-150.
When I do that I find an entertaining movie (that I have already seen so I don't have to actually watch it, y'know? ) to stream while I prime the cases and place them in blocks.
BTW, I use some washers as spacers so that I do not apply too much seating-pressure to the primers.
Those look like they would work well, and I like that you don't have to hand feed one at a time, I don't mind that for precision rifle rounds, but for 1K of 9MM hand feeding primers one at a time would stink.
I release the lever and let it come up on its own, it will keep things moving most of the time but sometimes she could use a tap, mostly with large primers. I too love /hate it.The tray on the lee requires a tap every few primer sets to maintain the flow of primers
I release the lever and let it come up on its own, it will keep things moving most of the time but sometimes she could use a tap, mostly with large primers. I too love /hate it.