Bill_in_TR
Member
Yesterday I encountered a first time problem using my primer pickup tube. For some reason I could not get the primers to push through that plastic tip on the tube. I had to press really hard just to get one primer picked up. After that the resistance was so strong that second primer barely got in with a terrific amount of effort. The third would not go in at all.
Has anybody else encountered this problem? I can't imagine why. Never had any issue using these tubes before. At first I thought it was cold temperatures since my little bunker where I reload is attached to my garage and is unheated. Temps were in the mid forties. But after I ran my portable heater for awhile and things warmed up I still couldn't get them to work. Do those tips lose their flexibility with age?
Another possibility I considered was that this is the first time I was using Ginex primers. But when I got to reloading after manually loading the primer feed on the press I did not feel any unusually strong resistance on the priming stroke and the primers seated fine.
I had to order new pickup tubes because while trying to get the stuck primers out I broke the tips.
Has anybody else encountered this problem? I can't imagine why. Never had any issue using these tubes before. At first I thought it was cold temperatures since my little bunker where I reload is attached to my garage and is unheated. Temps were in the mid forties. But after I ran my portable heater for awhile and things warmed up I still couldn't get them to work. Do those tips lose their flexibility with age?
Another possibility I considered was that this is the first time I was using Ginex primers. But when I got to reloading after manually loading the primer feed on the press I did not feel any unusually strong resistance on the priming stroke and the primers seated fine.
I had to order new pickup tubes because while trying to get the stuck primers out I broke the tips.