JimKirk
Member
After reading and looking at the CH4D primer crimp remover .... I said that would work with the Forster CoAx press .... Then I got to thinking(sometime that is good and sometimes bad) .... I can "make" something very similar with out going to a lot of trouble ....
So ... I took a 5/16 NF thread grade 5 bolt .... cut the hex head off and placed it in my drill press(my poor man's lathe) ... I turned a primer crimp removal stud out of it ... looks like this ....
I then removed the primer install stud from the CoAx and replaced it with my Primer Crimp Remover stud .... like this ....
This is what it looks like sticking up through the priming plate on the CoAx top plate ....
Here is a more "normal" view of what it would look like when in use ...
To use it .. you simply lower the handle(just like you are priming) and place the brass in the shell holder on the top priming plate ... then raise the handle until you feel the stud connect with the primer crimp and give a slight push up .... there is a learning process(it only takes a few cases to get the correct feel) .... it is pretty fast once you get the process down ... I did figure out that it helps to apply a tiny amount of Imperial wax to the stud about every ten cases ... to keep brass from galling to the stud ....
As a side note Forster CoAx press owners already have a primer gauge( both large and small) that allows you to check the primer crimp removal ... it is the Priming System Setup tool that come with every press and it looks like this .... simply insert the correct end into the primer pocket and if if fits ... a primer will seat with out any problem .....
This CoAx Primer Removal System works just like the CH4D crimp remover .... and cost <$1.00 and a little time getting the stud the correct shape ....
So ... I took a 5/16 NF thread grade 5 bolt .... cut the hex head off and placed it in my drill press(my poor man's lathe) ... I turned a primer crimp removal stud out of it ... looks like this ....
I then removed the primer install stud from the CoAx and replaced it with my Primer Crimp Remover stud .... like this ....
This is what it looks like sticking up through the priming plate on the CoAx top plate ....
Here is a more "normal" view of what it would look like when in use ...
To use it .. you simply lower the handle(just like you are priming) and place the brass in the shell holder on the top priming plate ... then raise the handle until you feel the stud connect with the primer crimp and give a slight push up .... there is a learning process(it only takes a few cases to get the correct feel) .... it is pretty fast once you get the process down ... I did figure out that it helps to apply a tiny amount of Imperial wax to the stud about every ten cases ... to keep brass from galling to the stud ....
As a side note Forster CoAx press owners already have a primer gauge( both large and small) that allows you to check the primer crimp removal ... it is the Priming System Setup tool that come with every press and it looks like this .... simply insert the correct end into the primer pocket and if if fits ... a primer will seat with out any problem .....
This CoAx Primer Removal System works just like the CH4D crimp remover .... and cost <$1.00 and a little time getting the stud the correct shape ....
