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primer handling? LNL ap .. put a rubber tube on it and they all can go into a plastic bottle opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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this is pretty clever! i'll be making one this weekend[FLASH_VIDEO] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...eX-65I [/FLASH_VIDEO] opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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Well I ended up finding a deal too good to pass up. Local FFL guy directed me to a friend looking to sell some reloading equipment. The guy had RCII press w/ ball handle, Uniflow powder measure, 505 scale, RCBS 44 Mag Carbide Dies w/shellholder, 2 boxes of 44 mag lead, a Lohman Sightvise--all unused in the original boxes. Got all of it for $125. Father-in-law already scoffed up the leads, and have sold the 44 dies. With the sale of the 44 dies, and the $10 rebate I got from RCBS for the 45acp dies & shellholder I bought, I will have almost enough to purchase the RCBS automatic bench primer, without having to spend much extra. Picked up the set of 45acp carbide dies from Cabelas with my Cabela Bucks. Next step is building a reloading bench, and getting some components. | |||
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Solid work, Novalty!! I agree that it was a definitely a deal you couldn't pass up. Which bench mounted primer tool did you get? I remember RCBS having two models. | |||
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I have been having a hard time deciding between the Forster Primer Seater and RCBS Automatic Bench Primer #9460. Decided to get the RCBS, as it seems to have a little more positive review, and since I have to get shellholders anyway, doesn't effect my decision. | |||
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With respect to the RCBS dumping spent primers all over the floor,RCBS Rockchucker presses do have a bad habit of bouncing spent primers all over the place. This can be controlled by cutting a large plastic “soda” straw to a length that will reach from the bottom of the shell holder to 1/4 inch above the bottom of the slot. Cut the bottom of the measured piece of the straw off at approximately a 45 degree angle and press the straw into the slot of the ram with the angle-cut point to the outside. This will keep the de-capped primers going all the way down the slot and let the primer catcher tray get most of them. If you have any trouble with them bouncing out over the front edge of the primer catcher, you can put a small wall on the front edge to stop them. Most straws are long enough to modify two presses. | |||
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Thanks for the tip, will definately give that a try. Will let my father-in-law know about it as well, as he has a JR3 press, and has the primer issue as well. | |||
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Well my RCBS Automatic Bench Primer arrived yesterday from RCBS. I had seen on their website they have "select seconds" for sale. So I called and it was shipped to me for $25 less than I could find it on-line. They said many of the "select seconds" are demonstration pieces from shows. This thing looks brand new no blemishs, dents, rust or other issues. Also lucked out as it had a #3 shellholder in the box, which is what I need for loading 45ACP, since I bought a shell holder for my RC II, now I can have a dedicated one for the primer. Now I have to get started on my bench, managed to pick up a piece of 6' Laminate Countertop on clearance at HomeDepot for $14.75, so just have to build a frame to mount it on, and attach to wall. Thankfully my father-in-law has been a great mentor in the process. | |||
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Build it stout. The press will send lots of vibration into whatever it is attached. Things will fall off of shelves, stuff will shake all over the place, et cetera. The stronger and stiffer you build the frame, the less things will go to hell when you start sizing those big magnums. I know all about it... | |||
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I was checking over at Castboolits.gunloads.com, and had another RockChucker user indicating a fix for the spent primer issue. Here are some pics the "straw" technique down with 3/8" copper tubing. "Which got me to cut a piece of 3/8 OD Precision brass tube 1 7/8 inches long and slide it in the hole. The tube is from K&S Engineering which has displays of 12 inch pieces in hobby shops and hardware stores. Now I have to shoot some more in order to try it out." Follow up from Mal-Paso who posted pics "Just ran yesterday's brass. The brass tube Is an improvement. It reduced the 1% strays out the back to 0. I would not have thought of it without your input. Thanks!" | |||
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The problem with the straw or tubing gimmick is that all it can do is improve the ratio of what goes into the primer tray. That's no help in preventing spills when we remove the tray to dump it! I gave up on depriming with my RC, too messy. I got a little Lee Reloader press and the excellant Lee Universal Decapper die. Liked that so well I got another Reloader and mounted a Lee AutoPrime II on it. LOVE my "new" priming station system! | |||
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