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Posted: 5/11/2014 5:54:20 PM EDT
So is there a tool that reloads primers faster to a uniform depth out there? I have to constantly take the bullet out and inspect it. The hand tool (RCBS) takes a bit of time... Or maybe it just takes time getting used to how far you should squeeze it each time..
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Yes, and not just touch down but a little bit of crush, a uniform amount of crush.
Minor technical corrections follow - Title should read: "Seating Primers". No one "reloads" primers, as such. You remove the spent primer and seat a new primer in its place. You are not removing "the bullet" to check for proper seating, you are removing "the case". The bullet is the projectile. There's also this tool, which uses a dial indicator to display the final seating depth. Link to K&M web site 
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I use the 21st Century S.S Priming Tool
The Feel - The Precision - The Quality -The Ease of adjustment
•The most unique feature: The CLICK HEAD for Primer Seating •Adjustment: Each click of the head equals .0025 for precise seating depth. •All stainless steel components with aluminum handle. Includes both large and small punch housing and spring assembly. LINK 
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I use the 21st Century S.S Priming Tool LINK http://www.21stcenturyshooting.com/images/21st_century_shooting_stainless_steel_priming_tool__011112_y59h.png Quoted:
I use the 21st Century S.S Priming Tool The Feel - The Precision - The Quality -The Ease of adjustment
•The most unique feature: The CLICK HEAD for Primer Seating •Adjustment: Each click of the head equals .0025 for precise seating depth. •All stainless steel components with aluminum handle. Includes both large and small punch housing and spring assembly. LINK http://www.21stcenturyshooting.com/images/21st_century_shooting_stainless_steel_priming_tool__011112_y59h.png Seems like overkill. |
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I use the 21st Century S.S Priming Tool The Feel - The Precision - The Quality -The Ease of adjustment
•The most unique feature: The CLICK HEAD for Primer Seating •Adjustment: Each click of the head equals .0025 for precise seating depth. •All stainless steel components with aluminum handle. Includes both large and small punch housing and spring assembly. LINK P http://www.21stcenturyshooting.com/images/21st_century_shooting_stainless_steel_priming_tool__011112_y59h.png Seems like overkill. +1 can get a single stage press for those monies. Which works great, btw, for decapping and seating primers |
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I use the 21st Century S.S Priming Tool The Feel - The Precision - The Quality -The Ease of adjustment
•The most unique feature: The CLICK HEAD for Primer Seating •Adjustment: Each click of the head equals .0025 for precise seating depth. •All stainless steel components with aluminum handle. Includes both large and small punch housing and spring assembly. LINK http://www.21stcenturyshooting.com/images/21st_century_shooting_stainless_steel_priming_tool__011112_y59h.png Seems like overkill. I agree, and just a bit overpriced. Vince |
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I use a RCBS bench mounted priming unit. You do have to develop a feel with any of the tools. I've only used other guys' priming hand tools, both Lee and RCBS. They're ok and good for the price.
An RCBS RAM priming unit will do the same as the bench mounted unit other than the primer feed magazines. I used the RAM unit for years as it came with my first press. The RAM unit screws into the die station on your press and you insert a shell holder and your shells on the top of the press. You can use the RAM unit to stop at a specific upstroke spot, they're uniform as long as the pockets are uniform and not all are uniform unless you uniform the pockets. I however did load them that way for years with no problems. Once set you can't over seat them if you wanted to. The RAM priming unit can give you excessive leverage if you're not careful. I have never set one off using it though. The hand tools give the most feel because they have less leverage. The RCBS bench tool is in between in my estimation. I can still get good feel with it. Forster bonanza makes a similar bench unit and they're not all that expensive. In fact there was a guy trying to sell one on cast boolits that his been in their EE (marketplace for a couple weeks). It was a bargain. |
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I use a RCBS bench mounted priming unit. You do have to develop a feel with any of the tools. I've only used other guys' priming hand tools, both Lee and RCBS. They're ok and good for the price. An RCBS RAM priming unit will do the same as the bench mounted unit other than the primer feed magazines. I used the RAM unit for years as it came with my first press. The RAM unit screws into the die station on your press and you insert a shell holder and your shells on the top of the press. You can use the RAM unit to stop at a specific upstroke spot, they're uniform as long as the pockets are uniform and not all are uniform unless you uniform the pockets. I however did load them that way for years with no problems. Once set you can't over seat them if you wanted to. The RAM priming unit can give you excessive leverage if you're not careful. I have never set one off using it though. The hand tools give the most feel because they have less leverage. The RCBS bench tool is in between in my estimation. I can still get good feel with it. Forster bonanza makes a similar bench unit and they're not all that expensive. In fact there was a guy trying to sell one on cast boolits that his been in their EE (marketplace for a couple weeks). It was a bargain. Really like my RCBS bench tool , much better the my Lee hand held, as to the Forster on castboolits , so far it's not seeming like a bargain as there has been no sign of it being shipped yet 
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I use the 21st Century S.S Priming Tool The Feel - The Precision - The Quality -The Ease of adjustment
•The most unique feature: The CLICK HEAD for Primer Seating •Adjustment: Each click of the head equals .0025 for precise seating depth. •All stainless steel components with aluminum handle. Includes both large and small punch housing and spring assembly. LINK http://www.21stcenturyshooting.com/images/21st_century_shooting_stainless_steel_priming_tool__011112_y59h.png Seems like overkill. I agree, and just a bit overpriced. Vince Agree. Money that does NOT need to be spent... 
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I don't concern myself with primer seating depth................ever. It just doesn't matter. The primer must be below flush AND seated to the bottom of the pocket. As long as both of those parameters are met you're good to go.
If I want absolute seating depth consistency for 600 or 1000 yard tournament loads then I will uniform the primer pockets. This is a waste of effort for anything fired at shorter ranges. |
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It just takes some attention to the feel.
If your brass is every kind under the sun and different numbers of firing it will be more difficult to be consistant. To see how accurate I am, I went through a bunch and then measured the primer depth with my depth mic and found they were all +/- .001" with my RCBS hand primer. Now these were all uniformed swaged pockets. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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