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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 450444" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>just food for thought, and what can happen. If your shooting a AR based rifle or an M14 / M1 based rifle, you need to be a little more carefull with the way you prime. A high primer or in some cases a flush seated primer can spell disaster! I like the primer to be under the face of the base of the cartidge case. None of this touchey feely thing here. I have an RCBS, two Lee hand tools, a K&M, and a cigar box full of others. Plus I've owned a Sinclair too in the past (my old hands don't work well with their setup, but it's as good as it can get). I always had problems with the RCBS hand tool, but it's OK. Never could get into the Lee, and I use a lot of Federal primers (not a good match). For a hand tool, you simply can't do wrong with the K&M. But on therhand the Forster setup is extremly consistent, and you couldn't mess up unless you put the primer in the cup upside down. It always seats the primer .005" under the face. If I were buying a bench mounted tool, I'd but the Forster. It's simple and it works very well. If I wanted a hand priming tool, I'd look no further than the K&M. There's no plastic parts, and it's all steel. But it's a little slow if that matters. But I'm from the school that devices like these are not for the novice. If you can be comfortable with an RCBS, then go for it. I wasn't. </p><p> </p><p> Now here's how I bought my first round of equipment. I went to the NRA convention! They had a row of presses setup to size .308 military brass (must have been forty). My brother and I used every press several times, and ended up with the one I bought (he bought an RCBS). We looked at dies, and at the time they all looked the same to us (we got smarter). Priming tools, scales, and even a small handfull of measurers. I liked the Belding & Mull, and have moaned and groaned for eons that I didn't buy one! Got home and called the guy I bought firearms from and bought the Forster press. He said I was nuts for paying $80 for it!! When it came in, he called me up and asked me if he could load a few rounds with it to see how it worked. The next day he orders five more presses from Brownells. Last time we talked he said he must have sold a hundred of them. Yet on the otherhand I have gone thru all kinds of priming devices and a handfull of powder measurers. (I've yet to find one better than the Lyman for fine grained powders). </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 450444, member: 25383"] just food for thought, and what can happen. If your shooting a AR based rifle or an M14 / M1 based rifle, you need to be a little more carefull with the way you prime. A high primer or in some cases a flush seated primer can spell disaster! I like the primer to be under the face of the base of the cartidge case. None of this touchey feely thing here. I have an RCBS, two Lee hand tools, a K&M, and a cigar box full of others. Plus I've owned a Sinclair too in the past (my old hands don't work well with their setup, but it's as good as it can get). I always had problems with the RCBS hand tool, but it's OK. Never could get into the Lee, and I use a lot of Federal primers (not a good match). For a hand tool, you simply can't do wrong with the K&M. But on therhand the Forster setup is extremly consistent, and you couldn't mess up unless you put the primer in the cup upside down. It always seats the primer .005" under the face. If I were buying a bench mounted tool, I'd but the Forster. It's simple and it works very well. If I wanted a hand priming tool, I'd look no further than the K&M. There's no plastic parts, and it's all steel. But it's a little slow if that matters. But I'm from the school that devices like these are not for the novice. If you can be comfortable with an RCBS, then go for it. I wasn't. Now here's how I bought my first round of equipment. I went to the NRA convention! They had a row of presses setup to size .308 military brass (must have been forty). My brother and I used every press several times, and ended up with the one I bought (he bought an RCBS). We looked at dies, and at the time they all looked the same to us (we got smarter). Priming tools, scales, and even a small handfull of measurers. I liked the Belding & Mull, and have moaned and groaned for eons that I didn't buy one! Got home and called the guy I bought firearms from and bought the Forster press. He said I was nuts for paying $80 for it!! When it came in, he called me up and asked me if he could load a few rounds with it to see how it worked. The next day he orders five more presses from Brownells. Last time we talked he said he must have sold a hundred of them. Yet on the otherhand I have gone thru all kinds of priming devices and a handfull of powder measurers. (I've yet to find one better than the Lyman for fine grained powders). gary [/QUOTE]
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