bhefley59

For the guys or girls who use a primer install tool what brand do you use or have used in the past.
I used a lee Auto Prime I bought back in the 70's or early 80's till last summer it broke and no part available to repair it I got the new improved auto prime XR. What a joke, it did work some but almost every other primer would flip over and if you didn't catch it you would install it upside down. I sent Lee a e-mail and they refunded my $$. They did have a new one coming out soon , the Ergo-prime, but I needed one now. Has anyone used one ? I got the RCBS Universal hand priming tool, it works good not as well as the old auto prime but well.
How about some other brands ?

doublenut9

I use two. The Lee auto primer and the Lee handprimer.

grandpabear

I use the LEE Auto-Prime XR and I haven't had any issues at all with it. I'm new to reloading and I think it works great. Just followed directions, dumped in a box of primers, shook it back and forth a little and they all turned upright except 2. No complaints here.

shootist

RCBS Universal priming tool, tried them all this is the best.

bhefley59

Glad it works for you. I was having problems when the primer would lift onto the second level the primer would flip on the slide to the plunger. I cleaned and polished but would still flip...? I tried it on 2000 sm pistol and then tried 1000 large pistol it worked much better, but I load more small than large primers. It's gone now and I'm happy. Thanks for your reply..

bhefley59

I have to agree with you , I like mine ..

Darkker

Lee hand primer from 15 years ago

mnh2obuff

I have the newer Lee Auto pirme XR. I had an issue with primers flipping when using Winchester small pistol primers. I contacted Lee about this and they sent me a replacement tray saying they had changed the specs. The new tray works mcuh better, but I still keep an eye on it. With CCI and Wolf primers I've had not problems. With Winchest large rifle primers which I've just begun to reload with, the problem seems a little more common.

dagger dog

I started with the RCBS Rockchucker on press, then went to the RCBS hand unit, it wouldn't work well until I installed longer rods to get the primers to bottom out.

Tried the Lee hand primer,the round tray,and liked it , to me it was easier to "feel" the primer seating with the thumb, so when the newer XR showed I bought one and have had no problem with mine.

Guess I'll try the Lee Ergo when I get a few $$.

Spike12

I wore out my first Lee (round tray) and bought a new 'square' tray. Any jump in the tray would let loose a few primers onto the floor and I was getting a few upside down too.

Got a new one with the cage upgrade to the clear plastic lids and also paid more attention to primer pocket prep. Works pretty good now but not yet 100%.

bhefley59

The old round tray Lee auto prime was the best one , To bad mine wore out also ..

shootist

Liked mine so well I bought 2 for large and small primers so I never have to change them over

Temmi

I have not tried them all...


but

IMO "RCBS Universal priming tool" is the best

Snake

tglazie

Lee Safety Prime 95% of the time, Lee Auto Prime the other 5%. Both work perfectly for me and I load exclusively with soft federal primers, usually with range brass. Other than my rifle cases I never clean a primer pocket.

terry_p

RCBS Bench Mounted Priming Tool. I'm 65 this year and have some arthritis in my hands and this just makes the priming easy and consistent. I bought it used on flea-bay for about 1/5 of the price of a new one right now.