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Posted: 1/26/2013 11:09:55 PM EDT
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ok, whats the trick to getting the last darn primer to unstick from the pickup tube?
while cleaning up stuff i went ahead and switched my press to small rifle and threw in 5, then 10 primers and marked the stick so i'd see how many are left, i have the 10 mark, the 5 mark, and then 3, 2, 1 marks. (don't plan to drop powder in unprimed cases) 
btw...i did get the last one down....i just wasnt comfortable with poking it with the rod. plus over time that will fray that fiberglass rod. |
| lol exactly what i did, thin piece of aluminum, but i first emptied all the other primers into the press fearing i might have a POP. i know at some point i'm likely to set one off, from reading it seems to happen to everyone at some point. Just not looking forward to changing my britches afterwards! I'm going to do my best to never have a pop! |
| I was finding that when doing a small batch of reloading, just 50 so not fully filling a primer pickup tube, I was getting primers getting to the primer in my 650 sideways. Using tips guys aid here (but not directly related to my problem) of using a rod to push the primers in the pickup tube seems to have solve the problem of primers tumbling when I turned it upside down (not a problem with a full tube). |
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I have a 550 with the auto priming system.
I was having a problem when I first started using it that I would occassionally get a primer sideways in the tube. To prevent this, after I had picked up all the primers, I would take the plastic rod that is used as a follower (the one that activates the low primer warning buzzer), and I would hold the loaded primer tube like I was still picking some up. Then I would turn the plastic rod upside down (so the big end was pointed at the floor), and stick it up into the pickup tube until the primers were all tight against the cotter pin. Then I would flip the whole thing over, and remove the rod. Store the tubes upright. Then, when I drop the primers into the feed tube on the press, I set the bottom of the pickup tube on the top of the feed tube on the press, and put the plastic rod in the top of the pickup tube. Then pull the pin, and the plastic rod rides down and makes sure all the primers come out of the pickup tube and go into the feed tube. Remove the rod, but it back in feed tube, and load another 100 rounds. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I use the cotter pin which is in my hand anyway since it has to be pulled to let the primers flow I do the same thing. so you can press that small pin right into the center of the primer and NOT have the primer go off? Yes, I just apply slow constant pressure vs tapping it. You might also try a No. 2 pencil and just snap the lead off the tip so it leaves a sharpened'ish tip of wood there. This works good too. |
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Quoted: I have a 550 with the auto priming system. I was having a problem when I first started using it that I would occassionally get a primer sideways in the tube. To prevent this, after I had picked up all the primers, I would take the plastic rod that is used as a follower (the one that activates the low primer warning buzzer), and I would hold the loaded primer tube like I was still picking some up. Then I would turn the plastic rod upside down (so the big end was pointed at the floor), and stick it up into the pickup tube until the primers were all tight against the cotter pin. Then I would flip the whole thing over, and remove the rod. Store the tubes upright. Then, when I drop the primers into the feed tube on the press, I set the bottom of the pickup tube on the top of the feed tube on the press, and put the plastic rod in the top of the pickup tube. Then pull the pin, and the plastic rod rides down and makes sure all the primers come out of the pickup tube and go into the feed tube. Remove the rod, but it back in feed tube, and load another 100 rounds. Good tip there, thanks. |
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I have a 550 with the auto priming system. I was having a problem when I first started using it that I would occassionally get a primer sideways in the tube. To prevent this, after I had picked up all the primers, I would take the plastic rod that is used as a follower (the one that activates the low primer warning buzzer), and I would hold the loaded primer tube like I was still picking some up. Then I would turn the plastic rod upside down (so the big end was pointed at the floor), and stick it up into the pickup tube until the primers were all tight against the cotter pin. Then I would flip the whole thing over, and remove the rod. Store the tubes upright. Then, when I drop the primers into the feed tube on the press, I set the bottom of the pickup tube on the top of the feed tube on the press, and put the plastic rod in the top of the pickup tube. Then pull the pin, and the plastic rod rides down and makes sure all the primers come out of the pickup tube and go into the feed tube. Remove the rod, but it back in feed tube, and load another 100 rounds. Good tip there, thanks. Yeah, that is what I started doing to solve that problem. |
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