Lee Pro 1000 Primer Feed trick

[leadchucker]

If you get tired of spilled primers when you try to insert the primer tray in the primer feed, you might like this little trick. Drill a hole sideways through the neck of the primer tray and insert a piece of wire in the hole. It holds the primers in until you're ready for them, then just pull the pin out. If you drill it as I did, it will clear the primer feed and the lid fine.

I used a piece of 14 gauge solid copper wire for the pin. It's about .063 inch diameter, so a #50 or 51 drill is about right. Other sizes and materials will work too, just don't drill the hole so big that it weakens the tray.

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• leadchucker
• Nov 19, 2016

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• leadchucker
• Nov 19, 2016

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• leadchucker
• Nov 19, 2016

 

[jmorris]

Now you have to let us in on the cleaned out spent primers.

 

[LiveLife]

Great idea!

Now you have to let us in on the cleaned out spent primers.

I was thinking the same.

 

[leadchucker]

I just bought this Pro 1000 used at a gun show. I'm still setting it up, and I didn't want to use live primers until I got all the kinks worked out of it.

 

[LiveLife]

Congrats on the Pro 1000.

Would you be willing to repost the tip on the THR Pro 1000 support thread?

Your tip would surely help many other Pro 1000 users - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/lee-pro-1000-solutions-no-bashing.507454/page-7

 

[leadchucker]

Congrats on the Pro 1000.

Would you be willing to repost the tip on the THR Pro 1000 support thread?

Your tip would surely help many other Pro 1000 users - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/lee-pro-1000-solutions-no-bashing.507454/page-7

Done. I hope double posting doesn't upset the moderators.

 

[kingmt]

Looks good & probably easier then I did it. I used a piece of universal tool stock (paper clip) bent with a loop that hangs over the end. Lee should adapt this idea.

 

[Lafitte]

The litle wire clip that fastens the primer tray in place is the ideal tool to prevent spilling primers when installing a fresh tray. Just use the 90 degree end to hold the primers in while putting it into the feeder, then snap it in place to hold the tray.

Lafitte