Time to Find a New Priming System
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Just got here today. I ordered it on the 6th so that is some fast shipping. It usually takes longer for midway to ship out for me. Looks to be high quality and I will get it setup either tonight or tomorrow and let you know how it goes
Alright I got to it this evening. Setup is a bitch and my lock ring had a weird deformed set screw. After I got it set up which was a giant PITA, it works flawlessly. I only have .223 brass that needs to be swaged so I am going to leave it set up for that. Make sure you get a set screw that works though and switching between the two size setups should be np
I think it is definitely worth the money though. I primed all of my .223 cases right after using it and the primers went in just like they do for brand new brass
Yea if I was using something other than my hornady press id be more upset over it. the bushing kinda negates the set screw anyways. Maybe if I bitch at them hard enough they will send me a .300 win mag die set for free lol
SQL, I have Redding t7(almost the same thing)and I had issues with priming until I worked with it. I think I had to set the depth of the primer loading handle, actually I think it was how far back out it came.
I can mount it up and talk you through it if you’d like. It’s on an IF mount so not much to it.
Appreciate the offer but I actually broke the larger primer punch. The small one is installed on it and will just stay there. It's not worth mucking with anymore especially now that I have the bench primer. That thing is smooth as butter.
The lee auto prime and the bench primer are great. I load a bunch of brass with crimped pockets and you get a great feel when seating. The hand primer will take its toll on me if I try to do more than a couple hundred in one sitting but it's still my go to. Fwiw I've loaded all brands of primers 100 in the tray at a time and never had an incident. I wear safety glasses anyways.
Bradmartin78
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I have the RCBS bench primer and an RCBS hand primer. I like the branch primer much better. It’s very consistent, changing from large to small primer is just pulling the primer cup strait up and it comes right out. Uses the same shell holders as your press. I have a 650. Great press.
