December 3, 2022 Saturday at the Movies: Primer Seating Tool ReviewedSeating primers are a crucial part of the reloading process. To ensure the best accuracy, you must seat primers consistently. There are many tools available for seating primers. Hand-held premium seaters can hold one primer. However, a variety handheld units can hold multiple primers. There are many feeding options for bench-mounted primer seatsers, including angled trays, vertical tubes, and a strip feeder. The RCBS APS system is the most popular. Today’s Saturday at the Movies feature features a variety primer seater options. The innovative Lee Automated Case Primer(ACP) system is also covered. This bench-mounted priming tool, the Forster Cox(R), is very reliable. You can set the jaws to fit a specific rim size and load the tube. Then, you can start seating primers. This tool is easy to use and has a lot of leverage. Forster claims that the unique design of the tool allows the operator to eliminate all slop while working with a specific cartridge. This results in perfect seating, reliable ignition and reduced misfires. The Forster tool does not require separate shell holders. The spring-loaded jaws can be used to secure grip modern pistol and rifle cases with a thickness of.045? To.072?. Forster also offers a primer flipper tray that makes loading the tubes easy. This Forster Co-Ax primer chair is ideal for shooting a wide range of cartridge types with different rim sizes. This bench-mounted tool allows for very precise control of the primer seating depth. Primers are stored in a vertical tube that is ready for insertion. The action is smooth, precise, and effortless. The tool’s seat depth control is the best you can get. The tool’s main selling points are its precise, repeatable control and smooth operation. F-Class John, a video reviewer, believes that Primal Rights is the best priming machine on the market. However, it may not suit everyone due to its high price. Jim See of Elite Accuracy LLC tested the depth-adjustable priming tool by Frankford Arsenal. The Platinum Series Perfect Seat Hand Primer has many unique features. The tool’s center handgrip can be used to adjust the primer seating depth. The primer post is moved with each click of the wheel.001? (One-thousandth inch). The case-holder’s design allows for quick and easy removal of a primed box. The tool comes with a complete set of shell-holders that can match any case. The primers are loaded into a flip tray which attaches to the tool’s head. A sliding “finger guide” guides cases into their proper positions. The “dead-length” priming device ensures that primers can be seated uniformly with no adjustments or “feel”. Once the primers have been loaded into the triangular tray, this is extremely efficient and simple. Midsouth is offering this ACP tool for $84.99. This is 16% off regular price. The product works well but can be fiddled with occasionally. The ACP can also DE-PRIME cases quickly with the $8.99 ACP despriming kit. LEE ACP Product Information Sheet with all accessories. Lee Precision’s new lever-operated bench-mounted priming tool has been reviewed by Gavin Gear of UltimateReloader.com. The Lee Auto Bench Prime has a hopper-style primer feeder that is set at an angle. Gavin loves the tool and reports that primers fit perfectly and feed easily. It is easy to switch from large primer sizes to small, or vice versa. Gavin believes the Lee Auto Bench Prime has earned his place in his reloading area. “The Lee Auto Bench Prime makes priming easier than using a hand tool and is more efficient. “How the Lee Auto Bench Prime Performs
Three important lessons were learned by Gavin from his initial loading sessions using the Lee Auto Bench Prime. It was amazing to see how easy it is to prime cases.
2. It is easy to install shellholders and adjust primer sizes quickly and easily.
3. The folding primer tray works well. From what I have seen, it is a great setup. Is there anything negative about the tool? Gavin noticed that he had to tap the triangular tray a few times to get the primer to feed. This video shows primers being put in strips and cases being primed with an RCBS bench-mounted APS-priming system. This Editor purchased an RCBS Pro 2000 progressive presse many years ago. It used the APS strip priming method. The primers were stored in strips that could be connected for continuous feeding. There were no tubes to load! I loved the system so much that I bought an APS hand priming device (photo right), an APS bench mounted tool, and an APS strips priming tool that fits on a single-stage press. The APS system loaded thousands of rounds with no inverted primers. I still use the APS hand primer tool to prime most of my rifle rounds.Unfortunately, RCBS has discontinued sales of most APS priming tools, but you can still get primers pre-packaged in APS strips, and you can still buy the Strip Loader tool for placing primers into strips.BONUS Video — K&M Primer Pocket Correction Tool K&M offers a handy tool for optimizing primer pocket depth. K&M’s Primer Pocket Correction tool uses a carbide cutter that has a preset depth. This allows for consistent depth squaring of primer pocket bottom. These tools come with a drive shank that can be used with a cordless screwdriver or a K&M handle. They are available in four types: Small Rifle/Pistol, Large Pistol, Large Rifle, and.50 BMG. Priming Tool Tip – Check your primer seater for wear. It’s common to blame a bad primer for the problem. Sometimes, there are other reasons. One of our Forum members George S. experienced a few failures to fire but realized that the problem was his priming TOOL and not his primers. Here’s what George shared with us. Here’s a lesson: “I had issues with CCI450s when my first 6BR barrel was barreled. I lost at least three to four of the 20 rounds. The primers were damaged but they didn’t ignite. CCI was called as I had purchased a case. Although the tech was competent, he had the temerity to tell me that I wasn’t putting the primers in the pocket. I told him that I had been reloading for longer than he was alive and that I knew how to properly seat a primer. I was using the RCBS primer tools I had been using for years. The primers felt fine to me. I finally decided to test the tool. I had a new one so I took out the seating pins and measured them. The seating pin that I had used for years was a few thousandths shorter than the one I had just bought. I used the pin from my new primer tool, and it didn’t matter if the primers didn’t fit down to the bottom of my cup.
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