Wolf LP primers hard to seat

[ArchAngelCD]

I was reporting on the 2 hand primers because the OP said he thought he would break his Lee primer trying to seat Wolf LP primers. I was letting him know if he had an RCBS it would seat the Wolf LP primers without breaking and the RCBS hand primer also offers more leverage than the Lee does.. (not that I personally think the Lee hand primer would break)

 

[emb]

I bought Wolf primers simply becasue I could find no others. I use a Dillon 550. I had no issues with SP. I loaded a couple hundred .45 with LPs. No perceived problem with seating the primers. I went to range and every 3rd or 4th round misfired. They fired on the second hit. I was shooting a Glock 36. Some of the primers were too high. I seated them fully with a RCBS hand primer. No further issues.

I have no issues with Wolf and they are not really difficult to use in the Dillon. I will just be more aware that I have to "seat" these primers, and I will be more diligent in inspecting the final product. If I had been more observant in inspecting the final rounds, I would have noticed the high primers and seated them properly.

 

[LiveLife]

ArchAngelCD, the OP was having problem with LNL progressive press priming the cases. He had not tried hand priming because he thought he would break the handle.

Heck, if I used my Lee hand primer it would break the handle big time!

I can't imagine a hand priming tool having enough leverage to seat these friken primers. I have to grab the back of the LNL to get enough force to seat,then sometimes they don't bottom out and hang up the shell plate.

CCI, Rem, Win all work great no matter what priming method I use, wether it be on my LNL, Classic turret, Classic cast or hand priming.

Let us know how you make out using the Lee hand primer.
I am anxious to find out, I didn't try mine yet on the LP Wolf's.

This is the problem with product comparisons posted on various threads. I would agree that RCBS hand priming tool is better built, but would disagree that Lee hand priming is inadequate in doing the priming job. Even though OP has a Lee hand priming tool, it was not used, perhaps because of preconceived notion that the handle would break (now, where did that notion come from?). This is THR - I think all products deserve fair representation (Ruger P95, S&W Sigma, Keltecs vs Glocks, HKs, etc.). Not every gun/reloading solutions involve simply buying a higher priced item.

Glad other members commented on the successful use of the Lee hand primer. If OP tried using the hand priming tool, could post his results back here.

BTW ArchAngelCD, I do like/enjoy your posts.

 

[floydster]

Wow, this thread is still going???
I am the OP.
I am still using the Wolf LP primers, I bought 5,000 at the time.
I quit priming on my LNL EZ ject, just too much of a hassle, not only with the Wolf primers but other brands as well.
I now use my Lee hand primer or my Lee cast turret for priming the Wolf LP and it is going fine, and I think priming on the LNL is just a Royal pain in the U now what, trying to do a run of 100 rounds without a hangup of some kind is
impossible in my opinion. I have tryed all the fix's from Hornady in the last four month's to no avail, I have a private line to Hornady

At any rate I am happy with the way I am doing it now, much more relaxing then trying to run a full progressive press.

Take care,
Floyd a.k.a. Smokeyloads

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I'm glad you are able to use the Wolf primers you bought, that's good news. Maybe things will loosen up a bit and you will be able to buy the primers you like sometime soon... Thanks for the update.