A rubber band will work or I use a spring about 4 or 5" long. It holds it tighter than the factory gizmo so fewer primers slip through the cracks.

Kyler

Duct tape.

I also use the Rubber Band trick. Just tie a few together if they are short.

But, the real reason I'm posting is once you use it for awhile, you will notice some of the spent primers are able to "bounce out" of the tray as you Resize a Case. I took a 2 or 3 liter "clear" soda pop bottle and cut a section out of it which I epoxied into the tray.

It ended up being about 1 1/2" taller than the original tray height. And occasionally a primer will still bounce out. So, it should have been just a bit taller. The only real clearance you need is being able to reach the Shell Holder to put a Case in and remove it, which as you all know is done from the side.

You can go to Huntington's Die Specialties and get an aluminum version of this thing. It is just like the old aluminum one that came years ago with RCBS presses as a standard item and ties onto the press with a rubber band. It only fits the Jr. and the RockChucker.

That was one reason I was interested in the lee Classic,,,resized and deprimed 200 cases and all primers and dust went right down that little tube just like on that real big and expensive redding press. No problem. My reloading mentor uses a rockchucker and has electrical tape holding his catch tray on.

I got tired of having the catcher on my Rockchucker flop around and occasionally fall off. My cure was to use a couple of pairs of self-adhesive backed Velcro 'spots' to hold it in place. ('tacky' portions on the top of the flat parts of the press frame, one on each side of the ram, with the other portions in corresponding positions on the under-side of the catcher)

This works very well, except for the odd time when the Velcro proves to have a stronger grip than the self-adhesive backing. Then I have to glue it back on again, but this is no big chore. (it's easier than picking up a few hundred spent primers that have spilled on to the floor and rolled in all directions!)

Red

I went to Office Depot and bought a bunch of large rubber bands. One will last for about 3 months. Then I'll hear a clanging from the reloading room.

Hey Bill Mc, Is the aluminum Primer Catcher standard equipment now days? I bought my "newest" Rock Chucker back around 1972 and it came with a plastic one.

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Forgot to mention before, I lube all the pivot pins once a year by laying the Presses on their sides and work a bit of Gun Oil in around them and let them set over night. The next day I do the same thing on the opposite side. It might not be necessary, but I feel better when steel parts that run against each other are lubed.

That is a pre "1970" press. I don't exactly remember when I received it. Twas a birthday present.

Hey Bill Mc, I've been trying to figure out why the first one I got didn't have an Aluminum Primer Catcher. Finally dawned on me that it didn't have any Primer Catcher at all. It had been given to me "used" when I was real young and just starting reloading rifle/pistol cartridges. So, for what ever the reason, the Primer Catcher never got to me. Had to prop a bucket on a bucket to "attempt" to catch them. Sold it before going into the CORPS and then got a new one(with the plastic Primer Catcher) as I got out.

Great Press!

Has anyone got issues with the type of primer catcher that comes with the new Supreme press?? The black bifurcated one that collects the primers from a slot in the ram and feeds them into one of two receptacles

I think it is a POS. It is difficult to remove and gets in the way. Sometimes the primers "miss". It has very little capacity.

Pete