9460 Auto Priming Tool

This tool is the best way to prime, bar none. There just isn't another tool that does it as well, and effortlessly as this one. If you're not banging out 9mm, or 223, in massive quantities, then this is the tool you'll want to use. It's just a pleasure to prime with. That said, I do use it to prime 5.56, and some 9mm, before I turn to the progressive. If you have the Frankfort Arsenal Vibra Prime, or Hornady's new tube filler, then filling the tubes for the RCBS Auto Priming Toool is super fast too. No quite as fast as loading a hand primer tray, or Lee tray, but next best thing. If you've got a combo of new/tight primer pockets and hard primers, then this is also the tool you want to use. If you're new to reloading, then start with this tool. Why? Well you can prime on the press, but you'll have better feel and do it more effortlessly with this tool. I've got a single stage, a couple of turret presses, and a progressive press, and a couple of hand priming tools, and I use all of them to prime with for different brass/loads, but the I do the bulk of my priming with the RCBS Priming tool. It's just that good. ************************** Some observations on use: It's best if this tool is level. If your bench isn't level, then you can level it with some shims. The reason it is best leveled is that gravity lets the ram move back down after the primer is inserted. If that ram is leaning to one side, it might catch the opening in the shell holder and hang up. So, leve the tool. Use a RCBS shell holder. Use any shell holder but give the shell holder opening a slight chamfer. That's the hole in the center of the shell holder and the chamfer should be on the opening as you look down into the shell holder. The reason for this is that you want the ram to drop down through the shell holder without hanging up, and sharp edges could make it hang up. You can modify for comfort, and convenience, by adding some cushioning or an extension. This will make the tool even more comfortable and effortless to use. I've tried several way, (bicycle cushion grips, soft tape, ...) but wound up using a schedule 40 pipe (the white ones at the hardware store, 1" I think, just look at the handle size) that extends the reach of the handle to where my hand wants to be. This way I can use the tool sitting down and have my arm resting on my chairs' arm rest, and I can push, mostly straight and down, to seat the primer. Ergonomics is important to me, as I sometimes prime 5.56 lots of 1,000+, to later load progressively. The excellent feel this priming tool gives, guaranteeing each primer seated properly, makes this extra step worthwhile. Plus this way I can charge powder, flare, check powder, seat the bullet and remove flare and not have a single speck of powder on the press when done. See picture. It's very easy to change from small to large primer rams, but it's also easy to put the wrong size ram when changing rams. So, if you're flipping primers, or the primers aren't inserting properly into the ram cup, then double check that you've got the correct size seater ram installed.

Oh man, I just got one of these and I love it! I tried the Hornady auto-prime add on to the L_N_L Classic and it SUCKED. HARD. It basically just dumped primers on the floor all the time, no matter how I adjusted it. Returned that. I hate hand priming, I like priming on the press, but putting one primer in the press at a time is SLOW. I looked up a bunch of priming systems and it looked like the RCBS one got great reviews. Decided to go for it, knowing I can always send it back if I need to. But man, it IS great. It uses the same type of primer tubes as the Hornady, but the tube is blocked on the bottom by a detent backed up by a spring, very similar to an AR safety detent. Press down on the handle all the way, the tube swings up and deposits ONE primer, lift the handle up all the way, place a case, press down until seated. Lift all the way, remove primed cases, rock and repeat. I have had it spit out an extra primer twice when I was moving too fast and the arm came back up and - because there was already a primer in the cup - it spit another one out that fell on the bench. No biggy. Compared to the Hornady which would drop one in the cup and 19 on the floor EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. this is not an issue, just me not paying attention. And, considering the absolute *** Hornady was $XX and this is a full bench-top system for $XXX, I'd say it's totally worth it. I've primed about 500 10mm cases and 200 9mm on it and it works great. I started out on a Lee Pro and I'm just used to seating primers with the press lever, and this feels just like that. I can feel when the primer is seated fully, or when it is not going in, or when it needs to go in further. I cannot get used to the Hornady hand primer that came in my kit, and I keep feeling like I am going to detonate a primer every time I seat one, so this is primer seating heaven for me. EDIT: You're going to need a primer tray that flips them all one direction so you can pick them up in the tubes, unless you spring for one of the primer vibes that feeds tubes. Which would about double the price, so I got a cheap RCBS tray. Shake them unitl the anvil is up on all of them, put the top on and flip it, load the tubes from the top.

Should have got this year's ago! After 20 years the Lee hand primer broke. Have been having difficulty with the arthritis in hands making seating primers difficult. After mounting to the bench, set 200 45ACP without any issues. This is great!

Great for loading lots of brass at once and it's compact size makes it nice when mounting on your bench

They knocked it out of the park on this one! Used Lee auto loader since they came out. Jamming issues on and off with the two I went through. Getting anvils in the down position is the biggest aggravation. Getting the last primer out of the plastic pickup is the most nerve racking. Other than that. The machine works slick! Primed 150 rounds in no time. I’m impressed. Even the stubborn ones went in. No issues at all. Gonna order more tubes! Love it!

This is great for priming shells fast and very convenient

With the onset of arthritis I've found the use of hand priming tools more difficult to use. Searching for an alternative I decided on the RCBS bench priming tool. Although I dislike the use of tubes to hold primers (never had much luck with them on a press) I figured the extra aggravation loading them was easier that the pain in my hand and finger joints after using a hand primer. When you receive the RCBS bench primer there is a small amount of assembly required. The spring loaded primer cup needs to installed onto the primer push rod. You will need a metal paper clip or a thin nail to tighten it down. RCBS has a video on You Tube that shows how to assembly the push rod/primer cup assembly. Here is a tip on how to quickly distinguish the small and large tubes and push rod assemblies. Take a colored felt tip permanent ink marker and color the small primer tube's nylon tip with it. The take the small primer push rod and similarly color the cone shaped end. You can quickly identify which primer tube and push rod goes together without having to examine the them for size (they are nearly identical in appearance). Here is another interesting thing I found out about using this priming tool. I have a set of Lyman and a set of Lee universal shell holders. To the eye they look identical. However, the Lee shell holders are just a fraction of an inch taller than the Lyman shell holders. Also, the Lee shell holders are tapered in the front of the slot making it slightly easier to slide a shell casing into the holder. But the important take-away from this is the height of the shell holders. The primer cup holder has a tendency to snag on Lyman shell holder. Although the height difference between the two brands of shell holders is almost imperceptible, it is just enough to make a difference. If I could find full set of RCBS shell holders, I would by them. So far I can only find individual ones and since the Lee bands works well no sense in purchasing more. So far I have primed about eight hundred 9mm and two hundred 40 cal S&W cartridges. The priming tool works well but it does occasionally flip the primers over, or sideways. In a few instances, they popped right out of the primer cup holder. The primer tuber has a tendency to bounce after the primer is set into the primer cup. It just makes me nervous that a primer or primers are going to "pop" out. Hasn't happened yet but it is nerve wracking. In operation the you have to push the handle all the way down to load a primer into a the primer cup. Then pull the handle all the way up to retract the primer tube and lower the push rod assembly. You must hold the lever up in place or the weight of the handle will extend the push rod upward and will not allow a shell to be inserted into the shell holder. Press the arm down and the primer gets seated into the shell. Remove the shell and repeat the process. Its a little more complicated than a hand primer. I have read comments where users indicated that they could feel the primer being seated into the shell. Well yes you can, but its a little more "muted" than a hand held primer probably because of the long, heavier priming handle. Another observation is the priming handle is kind of wobbly. Although the bolt that attaches it to the primer press is firmly tight, there is a side to side slop in the handle. What make this problematic is if I push it to one side or the other when loading a primer into the cup, it has a tendency to "catch" the primer cup on the shell holder and flipping the primer over or completely out of the cup. I'm working on getting some shims to center the primer handle. As a side note, I have two round primer trays that came with my reloading press. I never really used them because I loaded my primers directly into hand priming tool. With this primer tool you need a primer tray to hold/flip primers tot hey can be loaded into the primer tubes. The round ones that I have are smaller than the primer trays that come with the primers. It was a real pain so I went out and purchased a square one that is larger than the primer's 10 x 10 primer tray. If you don't have a decent size square tray, get one. It will have you a lot of grief in handling the primers. Finally, you can find yourself easily getting into a rhythm loading primers. Be aware that you must always pay attention to what you are doing or you will end installing primers sideways or upside down. I know this is common sense....but it happens. Would I recommend this priming tool. That's a yes/no proposition. It is great if you have issues using a hand priming tool like I do. On the other hand, it is a little pricey, and requires more steps to use than a hand primer. You have to keep the primer handle in the proper location all the time which is a pain. You have to decide what works best for you.

I bought my unit used for $79 and it was missing the primer tray, luckily they are only around $5. This unit can prime brass very quickly and if you primer pockets are good you can go very fast. There are a couple of cons that can be remedied and there are many different solutions out there for them. The primer tube likes to rock back and forth after setting a primer and going back to it's home position. The spring isn't nearly strong enough to prevent the whipping motion which is slightly noisy but bearable. This is easily fixed by having something soft for it to fall back on that won't damage anything. If you find a crimped primer pocket and your primer will start but won't go you have to disassemble the cylinder holding the shell plate and priming parts. This is obviously user error but can happen. I replaced the set screw with a small hex bolt to make this faster to disassemble if need be. One this that could be improved is if the handle would return to the up position so one handed operations were possible, this also could speed the process up. A simple round return spring similar to the one on the primer tube assembly would do. All in all its a great unit, the only thing out there that might be better is the forester but i haven't tried it.

super stevige priming tool en makkelijk in gebruik

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By no means am I pro reloader. I have a Lyman hand primer which works well(until ya drop it and break off a piece) . A rcbs ram primer and the rcbs auto primer. The auto primer is fun to use. Took a bit to get used to but I truly enjoy it. My 14 yr old son just started helping me and he loves it as well. You'll see lots of reviews that say "can't go wrong with rcbs".. It looks over engineered and somewhat complicated but it's super easy and works the way a primer should.

makes priming so much easier, I mounted with clamps to the coffee table, listen to the Tv at the same time,

bonjour très bon produit comme convenu 👍