Cooper wrote:I have the Lee Breech lock challenger kit. It came with a hand primer and has the little arms (small and large rifle primer) that slip into the press.
PoorShot300 wrote:Cooper wrote:I have the Lee Breech lock challenger kit. It came with a hand primer and has the little arms (small and large rifle primer) that slip into the press.
Wait a minute?... so it's possible to use the Kit that doesn't have the press mounted primer? Do you fit the whole hand primer onto the press in some manner, or just parts of the hand primer using the "little arms"? I'm not getting the picture here, sorry.
Thanks for jumping in here..
PoorShot300 wrote:Hi folks, new to reloading here and about to purchase my first outfit, one of the Lee kits for budget purposes.
I have narrowed it down to two kits with not much $$ difference, but wish to know from equipment users which you prefer, and how does one against the other compare.
It comes down to the primer set-up...one has a hand primer, whilst the other has it on the press, and a quick 'search' onsite didn't reveal any specifics.. (tried 'hand vs press priming') perhaps my "google foo" is off..
Anyway, let me know which you prefer & why, and were I to buy the 'press priming', do they have any gotcha's I should be aware of?
Thanks & Cheers
Gypsy
PoorShot300 wrote:Cooper wrote:I have the Lee Breech lock challenger kit. It came with a hand primer and has the little arms (small and large rifle primer) that slip into the press.
Wait a minute?... so it's possible to use the Kit that doesn't have the press mounted primer? Do you fit the whole hand primer onto the press in some manner, or just parts of the hand primer using the "little arms"? I'm not getting the picture here, sorry.
Thanks for jumping in here..
PoorShot300 wrote:Stix,...that seems a reasonable way to go, but if i'm reading what Cooper wrote correctly, the hand primer kit allows me to do both anyway?
NB;... I am learning all this by 'feel' so to speak, with no-one around with either the inclination, or equipment to give me a rundown on all this. Thanks to all for your assistance.
Cheers
PoorShot300 wrote:Thanks Blade, always count on you for input... how are those bullpup Rugers going? Last I read you were onto another project, but i haven't caught up with the result?
The more I look, the more confused I get even with just ONE makers gear,...and the more I see $$$ flowing out the wallet rofl.
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PoorShot300 wrote:Thanks Tassie, seems to be a theme developing here, makes one wonder why press priming was developed in the first place lol...
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Bills Shed wrote:
Stix wrote:PoorShot300 wrote:Thanks Tassie, seems to be a theme developing here, makes one wonder why press priming was developed in the first place lol...
Cheers
Mate im a carpenter...my skin is that thick & callused i test sharpness of my knives by how easy i can carve hunks of flesh off my hands... ( )
Seriously, sometimes ill just use my hands to sand off cement render in spots...
A week ago i prepped & hand primed (& loaded) just over 300 cases in a mad loading rush & i had mutha fukka blisters under my calluses from the hand priming...!!!
The pain was unreal...!!
I should have done half on the press to lessen the pain...it was just sheer pig headed stupidity that forced me to push through the last 50....just cos im a sucker for punishment.
Sometimes its good to use or at least have a press handy...one day you might injure a hand or the hand prime tool may break the night before a hunt/shoot & without the ability to prime on the press you may not be able to load..
You can develop a "feel" for priming on the press, just like you can/will with seating bullets....
Which ever way you end up going, id still suggest having & trying both methods & develop what works for you...