marlinguy wrote on Jan 16^th, 2017 at 6:02pm:

It can happen, I wore one out 

boats wrote on Jan 16^th, 2017 at 3:15pm:


I started holding the Lee lid down with one of those spring clips used to hold a batch of papers together.  It makes things run a lot smoother with fewer glitches.

JS

JS47 wrote on Jan 16^th, 2017 at 10:52pm:


Yep. I keep one of those spring clips on my primer tray also. Works fantastic, and such an easy fix to keep the lid closed.

K & M came last week. Nice tool well designed and made. Real smooth easy on the thumb . You can rotate the head getting a comfortable hand position.

I run my 38/55 fixed in two lots 3 red 60 round boxes full 3 green 60 round boxes. Test then Shoot matches  through one, load the other.  Did not buy the K & M for 38/55-32/40 have a Meachum Pope style. Used it today 180 cases to see how it worked.  Real nice,  bench at home cases deprimed large volume it's the one .

Pentz wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2017 at 7:20pm:


Missed that one Mike! Or it wouldn't have been there if I saw it first!

P1 wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2017 at 10:38pm:


How does the Sinclair use less shell holders? It still takes a shell holder for each caliber like a Lee, RCBS, or any other hand priming tool?

When I look at the pictures of the priming tools such as the K&M and Century 21, I don't see a primer tray.  Do these priming tools use a primer tray?

My digital dexterity isn't what it used to be, and with the beginning symptoms of arthritis in my hands, the thought of handling each primer individually and trying to get it into position on the priming ram (right side up) is unappealing to me.

I'd love to get a priming tool that has more leverage and is less subject to wear than my Lee tools.  I have 3 old style Lees (one NIB, one with the cam/link severely worn where it rides against the bottom of the ram) and one of the new style.   

I'd gladly lay out the money for the K&M if it does not require handling each primer and setting it in place.

I, too, have used a binder clip on my new tool, as the lid is poorly designed and ride up, causing upside-down primers (gaaaah!) and jams in the elevator and the chute leading up to it. If I put the binder clip too close to the elevator, it can interfere with smooth feeding of primers to and past the elevator.

I assume that the elevator mech has been added to isolate the primer being seated from the tray to prevent the possibility of a primer going off and the explosion propagating through the primers in the tray.