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1988? Damn.
we have had one since 93 and I figure it is long since paid for. Ours is beige, no avocado here.
CWLONGSHOT
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Hahah. My garage fridge was replaced maybe 15 years ago. It was easily a 1960's Fridgadare and It came from My grand mothers kitchen when they passed. Was a ice box to her. It was "round" meaning no real Corners On the outside with that big ice box latch that was a foot long!! Hahaha.
waco
Springfield, Oregon
1998 Brad. Get your eyes checked bud.
CWLONGSHOT
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Its a mess....
CWLONGSHOT
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I do like it allot. I have wanted a Redding for a few years but for the cost. I missed on a used one at my club about a week before these Lymans flooded the market and they went on sale everywhere for like 139$!! I grabbed one!!
Primer suks
. But I like to prime off press anyhow. Other then that. I like it!
I had a older 90's T-Mag turret and sold it for too much flex. Even when I adjusted the stem in the back. I just didnt like it. Heck I thing that the Spartan-T was more solid! This one is pretty good!!
CW
Primer suks
. But I like to prime off press anyhow. Other then that. I like it! I had a older 90's T-Mag turret and sold it for too much flex. Even when I adjusted the stem in the back. I just didnt like it. Heck I thing that the Spartan-T was more solid! This one is pretty good!!
CW
Rick H
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I have never found a press mounted priming system that was worth a hoot. RCBS, Lyman, Lee, or Herter. I use a Lee hand primer (round tray), own a Lee ERGO for when the Lee is no longer repairable, and a Forster bench mounted priming tool that I am beginning to like a lot for large runs of .223/5.56. The Forster is a bit fiddley to get set up but once rolling it is pretty nice.
Ian
Notorious member
I tend to agree, even though I do the vast majority of my priming on a press due to convenience. Generally I use a progressive or Lee turret press for my handloading adventures, but I have to check carefully for high primers because the feel and leverage is poor.
CWLONGSHOT
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I agree, I have a Pacific O press with a "L" shaped seater that self fills with the ol metal tube of the period. Much luke the ol Lyman Spartan. That worked pretty well...
My Dillon 550 Prime system seems to work very well as long as I have a tooth brush handy and "sweep out" everything every 50 rounds or so.
CW
My Dillon 550 Prime system seems to work very well as long as I have a tooth brush handy and "sweep out" everything every 50 rounds or so.
CW
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
Ah, on-press priming. I seat by "feel", and can do good work with either the swing arm or the ram unit on the Rock Chucker. The P-W P-200 has a ram unit that works much like the RCBS system. The thing to remember......not all primer pockets are created equal. The priming problems I have experienced have all been related to inconsistent or off-spec primer pockets. Another "plug' for Starline brass--their pockets are GREAT.
CWLONGSHOT
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Hahah sure enough not much fouls up a good run on a progressive like some crimped pocked ya missed!!
Can't even remember the last primer i seated on a press, decades go. I use the RCBS bench mounted primer seater except it ain't mounted to the bench. It's mounted to a block of steel and weighted, it takes X amount of force on the handle to seat the primer and raise the rear of the steel block up off the bench. Every primer is seated to the exact same slight crush seated depth.
A missed primer pocket crimp is only one issue and if like me ya don't use military brass that isn't an issue at all. However every brand and most lot numbers of the same brand will have variations in primer pocket depths, sometimes significantly. I use the Sinclair primer pocket uniformer on all brass and with the above primer seating method all primers are seated the same and NO high primers.
A missed primer pocket crimp is only one issue and if like me ya don't use military brass that isn't an issue at all. However every brand and most lot numbers of the same brand will have variations in primer pocket depths, sometimes significantly. I use the Sinclair primer pocket uniformer on all brass and with the above primer seating method all primers are seated the same and NO high primers.
462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
My first attempt at press priming was about four years ago, when I got the Lee classic turret. It seats large rifle and pistol primers within the given tolerances, but small primers can be seated anywhere from proud to flush. I've tried three different primer gizmos, different shell holders, measured them against the large gizmo, but could not detect any differences. I continue to prime with either an RCBS ram prime or a Hornady hand primer.
Primer pocket uniformers are the dog's bow-wow.
Primer pocket uniformers are the dog's bow-wow.
CWLONGSHOT
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I have the sinclair uniformers... I have the LRifle dykem red!! I used it one time on a batch of 10mm and had a devil of a time trying to figure out why I was getting misfires!! When I started looking closer at the primers I realize that they were quite a bit below flush!
CWLONGSHOT
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Of coarse... these where "QUITE A BIT" below flush!!!
Im sure you realize LP primers are shallower then LR... (All small primers are same)
CW
Im sure you realize LP primers are shallower then LR... (All small primers are same)
CW