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Hand Priming Saves A Step????????
partisan
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I submitted a post concerning hand priming vs RCBS tube feeding. I don't like the feel when some of my primers are seated with the tube feed. I wanted to know if I should switch to a hand primer, and was told most think the hand primer is better. My question now is why does everybody say hand priming saves a step? My tube feed primer feeds the primer while I'm doing another step (de-priming). If I go to a hand primer I will actually be adding another step to my single stage reloading. What am I missing here?
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I don't like to prime on the upstroke and have been using a light weight Lee C press
for priming.
I too am considering a hand priming tool.
If I go to a hand primer I will actually be adding another step to my single stage reloading. What am I missing here?
Negative! You'll be using a hand primer in lieu of your press (tube primer feeder set up). Here's what I use ...
Good luck!
Ed
Another benefit of hand priming is that you an take it with you. I've primed the majority of my cases while watching TV. Except for loading the tray you can do it all by feel.
same here[;)]
quote:Originally posted by idahoducker
Another benefit of hand priming is that you an take it with you. I've primed the majority of my cases while watching TV. Except for loading the tray you can do it all by feel.
same here[;)]
Me too [;)] Just watch when loading tray that all primers face the same way.
If you're like me and don't trust press priming, hand priming is an assurance step. I use a LEE 1000 but deprime,tumble, and reprime as a whole seperate sequence. I'm not on a short time schedule, so that is not a factor. If I have extra spots on the turret, I seat and crimp seperately.
i have a 1000 as well but i don't use it to powder and seat.
it skipped a charge 3 times so no more trust there for me, i like to see powder in each case
(still cant see how it is even possible to skip one)
(and NO it was not out of powder).
caught it on a charge weight check
9mm,45acp are a little hard to see on the lee 1000.
ill use the hand primer on rifle rounds mainly I'm set up for most all hand gun using the lee from 9mm to 44mag don't even wont to know how much i have in this set up over the years[:0]
and only use 2/3 of the press
I don't think I have ever primed on the press - but if I did it was 50+ years ago and not since then. I use two Lee Auto-Primes, one set up for small and one for large primers. One reason I do so is to be able to pay better attention to how the primers seat. And that's why I do not do it while watching TV.
If you're like me and don't trust press priming, hand priming is an assurance step. I use a LEE 1000 but deprime,tumble, and reprime as a whole seperate sequence. I'm not on a short time schedule, so that is not a factor. If I have extra spots on the turret, I seat and crimp seperately.
The powder measure on the 1000 I had cost me a Douglas barrel.
Got rid of that junk and went with Dillon---PROBLEM SOLVED [;)]
quote:Originally posted by Mobuck
If you're like me and don't trust press priming, hand priming is an assurance step. I use a LEE 1000 but deprime,tumble, and reprime as a whole seperate sequence. I'm not on a short time schedule, so that is not a factor. If I have extra spots on the turret, I seat and crimp seperately.
The powder measure on the 1000 I had cost me a Douglas barrel.
Got rid of that junk and went with Dillon---PROBLEM SOLVED [;)]
my next buy I HOPE (dillon), like stated i just bypass that part now and use an RCBS uniflow, beam scale and an electronic scale, so far so good