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<blockquote data-quote="fiftybmg" data-source="post: 1882806" data-attributes="member: 96316"><p>I've used the Lee hand prime, the Lee RAM prime, the Hornady hand prime, the RCBS APS press mounted primer and the Redding slider bar system that fits the Boss presses.</p><p></p><p>The Lee hand prime was the first I owned, and I used it till the handle broke. It took a few years, and gave me reliable service to that point.</p><p></p><p>The Lee RAM prime is bulletproof, I still have it, but having to manually place primers it tedious. It's now reserved for my backup priming system.</p><p></p><p>The Hornady hand prime is a more robust version of the Lee hand prime. I used that till one of the youngsters I was teaching to reload managed to break the plastic tray. I can't remember how, but the large primer side of the tray was useless, so I sold it to someone that just needed to prime small primers.</p><p></p><p>The RCBS APS system fitted to my single stage was a disappointment. The APS strips are a great idea, and the ability to completely control primer seating depth is a brilliant feature, but the mechanism never worked properly for me. I found that the primer punch was binding from time to time, and it became a little annoying to have to strip the mechansim every twenty primers or so to unbind it. I never figured out why it was binding, there's clearance problem in there somewhere. I won't sell something to anyone if it doesn't work, so it sits on the scrap shelf.</p><p></p><p>The Redding primer bar system that bolts to the press is now all I use for rifle priming. It works flawlessly. I like the way the primers refill from a primer pickup tube. It's a manual version of the Hornady LnL priming system, which has found it's way to the the Dillon 750 as well.</p><p></p><p>The downside is it is made for Redding only. There is something very similar from RCBS and from what I can tell it's for the RC Supreme only.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fiftybmg, post: 1882806, member: 96316"] I've used the Lee hand prime, the Lee RAM prime, the Hornady hand prime, the RCBS APS press mounted primer and the Redding slider bar system that fits the Boss presses. The Lee hand prime was the first I owned, and I used it till the handle broke. It took a few years, and gave me reliable service to that point. The Lee RAM prime is bulletproof, I still have it, but having to manually place primers it tedious. It's now reserved for my backup priming system. The Hornady hand prime is a more robust version of the Lee hand prime. I used that till one of the youngsters I was teaching to reload managed to break the plastic tray. I can't remember how, but the large primer side of the tray was useless, so I sold it to someone that just needed to prime small primers. The RCBS APS system fitted to my single stage was a disappointment. The APS strips are a great idea, and the ability to completely control primer seating depth is a brilliant feature, but the mechanism never worked properly for me. I found that the primer punch was binding from time to time, and it became a little annoying to have to strip the mechansim every twenty primers or so to unbind it. I never figured out why it was binding, there's clearance problem in there somewhere. I won't sell something to anyone if it doesn't work, so it sits on the scrap shelf. The Redding primer bar system that bolts to the press is now all I use for rifle priming. It works flawlessly. I like the way the primers refill from a primer pickup tube. It's a manual version of the Hornady LnL priming system, which has found it's way to the the Dillon 750 as well. The downside is it is made for Redding only. There is something very similar from RCBS and from what I can tell it's for the RC Supreme only. [/QUOTE]
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