Dellboy Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 Whats the best easiest tool for 223 308 calibres tried an old lee one not that impressed . Any thoughts ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popsbengo Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 27 minutes ago, Dellboy said: Whats the best easiest tool for 223 308 calibres tried an old lee one not that impressed . Any thoughts ? RCBS bench primer. Very easy to use with bags of feel. Got mine off eBay otherwise they are a bit expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ds1 Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 RCBS hand primer. Try mine when you are over Derek. They are not expensive but easy and fast to use. Changing primer size is easy enough and they use standard shell holders. Tried the k&m crap with meter - single priming did my head in - does same job as RCBS but less efficiently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Re-Pete Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 One of these......a no-brainer for rapid priming. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lee-Precision-Auto-Bench-Prime/dp/B000KKCZ80 Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Re-Pete said: One of these......a no-brainer for rapid priming. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lee-Precision-Auto-Bench-Prime/dp/B000KKCZ80 Pete I like the Lee Ram Prime units, myself.~Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Re-Pete said: One of these......a no-brainer for rapid priming. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lee-Precision-Auto-Bench-Prime/dp/B000KKCZ80 Pete Its hard to go past these, accurate, reliable, easy to use and cheap to boot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltHead Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 +1 for the RCBS bench automatic priming tool. Lee have announced an new ACP (Automatic Case Primer) press for 2021 with automatic case feed. Looks similar in design to their APP press. Part no 91610 https://www.leeprecision.net/gallery/picture.php?/1438 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryh Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Always like the Lee kit, some folks poo-poo it because it's not expensive - more fool them 😉 I've never used or owned a bench mounted primer system, have always gone for hand primers, the first being the Lee Autoprime, some of which I still use. I do like though the C21 tools combined with their primer pocket uniformer. Just feels 'right' to get everything the same, no practical evidence for this, but some times that does not matter. Their multi primer tool uses a holder off a Lee tool but allows seating depth to be adjusted. Think they have stopped making this one last time I asked. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellboy Posted December 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 19 hours ago, ds1 said: RCBS hand primer. Try mine when you are over Derek. They are not expensive but easy and fast to use. Changing primer size is easy enough and they use standard shell holders. Tried the k&m crap with meter - single priming did my head in - does same job as RCBS but less efficiently. the square one with the universal sprung holder ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ds1 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Was it blue? - if so different bit of kit ( Dillon rf100 collator - auto primer sorter for Dillon 1050 / Mark 7). The RCBS hand prime is like the Lee hand prime but the RCBS uses standard shell holders - big plus and is a bit less crappy. The c21 kit Terry posted a picture of above looks excellent - I would go with the one with the primer feed tray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeman Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 I use the standard K & M hand primer and Lee bench for the tougher jobs, like Russian LR primers into Lapua 6.5x284 brass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellboy Posted December 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, ds1 said: Was it blue? - if so different bit of kit ( Dillon rf100 collator - auto primer sorter for Dillon 1050 / Mark 7). The RCBS hand prime is like the Lee hand prime but the RCBS uses standard shell holders - big plus and is a bit less crappy. The c21 kit Terry posted a picture of above looks excellent - I would go with the one with the primer feed tray. https://www.mcavoyguns.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d14_RCBS_Reloading_priming_tools.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ds1 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Not that one - ( don’t think I like that universal holder). I have the basic one: https://www.rcbs.com/priming/hand-held/hand-priming-tool/16-90200.html though I would hope that there’s something of better quality available these days. My wish list would be stainless construction ( not pot metal), uses standard shell holders and has a primer feed system (tray type). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condition1 Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Op, I love this Lee primer. this is my set up. Saves me lots of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryh Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Dave, C-21 stopped making the the tool that uses the Lee tray, it kept breaking ( which others have seen with the standard Lee tool) so they backed out of using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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