How do you seat primers ?

fourfive8 said:
I use a couple of different ones. One can be chucked in a drill and the other is turned by hand. Very simple tools. Available through various reloading supply outfits.

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I have 2 of this type, bought close to 50 years ago from Whitetail Manufacturing, large and small rifle. They are still sharp.
Mike
 
Primal Rights is by far the best of the best. Hornady just ripped off the PR design with their new primer tool.
 
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For precision I use Primal Rights. I seat to the depth of the cup minus .001. For doubles what not I just use the RCBS bench tool. Use to use the RCBS hand primer but that gets old.

Hornady look great but screw them. Tired of the ripping off other manufactures, they did the same with their case trimmer.
 
I’ll second and third the Primal Rights primer seater, best thing since sliced bread. Consistent and very easy to do, my kids love it and I can work the press next to em.
 
Firebird said:
I still use the original rcbs hand priming tool that came with my first “kit.” I’ve added some smaller pieces and parts so I could load smaller calibers.
I like the “feel” of it and can detect too shallow or deep or poor fitting primers. I do clean my primer pockets but I don’t keep brass long enough to have issues with loose primer pockets.
I also am not loading large volume as would be common in AR platforms or handguns.
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You will likely not because you are squeezing with the fingers, not pushing with your thumb like other kinds.
 
Roosterlund said:
Been reloading for years always looking for a better way or a more accurate way to reload. Hearing a lot about primer pocket uniformers and primer tools. Saw the Hornady VersaPrime. Looks like a great tool. But I ask how important is a consistent primer depth? Is my RCBS hand primer been the cause of load development frustration? Or do a lot of you feel these tool are another way to waste your money?
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Call me an old timer but my RCBS hand primer has never failed me once. I trust no other. After every case I place on my flat table to ensure proper depth never worrying about too much depth just not enough. Just me!
 
Sometimes I even use a hammer…
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Adam S said:
Those Lee kits sure can be fun for a change of pace. The priming always makes me nervous though.
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I started with the Lee system, in 1974.

I scared my mother big time while priming one day!

Today I use a Bald Eagle bench-mounted tool. Have a spare still in the box, I like it that much.
 
Started with an RCBS hand primer. Hurts my had too much when in volume. If not loading on a progressive it’s either an RCBS bench tool or the Primal Rights.
 
Wyfox said:
Primal Rights is by far the best of the best. Hornady just ripped off the PR design with their new primer tool.
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Seems like Primal Rights changed just enough on the Bald Eagle to avoid copyright infringement?

Nothing new under the sun! This goes on all the time.

I paid less than $200 for the Bald Eagle, back around 2015. Seems like the one thing that that continually changes is the purchasing power of the dollar!
 
I was using the Hornady priming tool but it was seating the primers for my 500 S&W loads too shallow, so when the firing pin hits it, the primer gets pushed into the primer pocket instead of going bang. Spent a few extra bucks for the Frankford Arsenal priming tool, it has an adjustable seater so I can dial in exactly how deep I want to seat the primer. Never had a click instead of a bang since.
 
Derraco PCPS its great.

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Roosterlund said:
Been reloading for years always looking for a better way or a more accurate way to reload. Hearing a lot about primer pocket uniformers and primer tools. Saw the Hornady VersaPrime. Looks like a great tool. But I ask how important is a consistent primer depth? Is my RCBS hand primer been the cause of load development frustration? Or do a lot of you feel these tool are another way to waste your money?
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I use the PMA tool. It is a handheld tool. While there is some good tools and setups, I find this best for me and my different applications. The tool has .001 graduations on it so you know how deep you are seating. It uses Redding shell holders. Why? The Redding shell holders do not have a groove in the middle like all the rest. A high seated primer will be detected. With others it will not be detected. When setting up the tool for each application, seating depth is determined. As you stated different brass brands have differences. Primers are also different.
Pros : Tool has ball bearing.easy on hand. .001 graduations so you know exactly the seating depth.
Cons : have to buy Redding shell holder
Have to individually placed primer in tool.
 
I switched from the standard RCBS Rockchucker shellholder and the flip-over priming lever (never got that lever to stay tight) to a RCBS Ram Priming Tool & shellholder seated up to where a die would seat. Found I can control primer depth rather easy by adjusting the tool like seating a die properly. It’s not for mass production but does a nice job. I view reloading as my quiet time. I relegate myself to the garage and sit in my timeout.

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I moved over to the Honady Versa Prime bench tool about a month ago. It makes priming way easier and works extremely well. I’ve only used it for one session of 100 cases so far but it was very consistent when priming the adg brass for my 6.5prc. Once you dial it in on the correct depth, it was a breeze. I think it took me longer to fill the primers into the feeding tube than it did for me to actually prime the brass.

I got tired of using the one in my hornady press. I would say it worked ok. Better than a hand tool for speed but just alright overall.

I tried a few hand primers but could never enjoy using one when you’re trying to work on a couple hundred rounds of ammo. It’s extremely slow and the workout on the hand was annoying.
 
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