Author Topic: Hallucination? Derangement? Parallel universe? or real quirk (Read 707 times)

Questor · « **on:** September 15, 2004, 02:57:14 AM »

I just bought a new Lee Autoprime tool and I can't get small primers to work in it-- either pistol or rifle. There seems to be a little shelf cast into it that prevents them from sliding out of the tray and onto the plunger. This is my third such tool (broke the other two) and I don't recall this ever happening. Is this a new "feature"?

Graybeard · « **Reply #1 on:** September 15, 2004, 03:39:56 AM »

Dang Rudy you're tough on those tools. I've only broken one in something like 25 years or so of using them. I've not bought one in a couple of years or more so can't say what changes have been made since then but my newest works with small primers as long as I use the tray for them.

ricciardelli · « **Reply #2 on:** September 15, 2004, 05:07:14 AM »

Damn! If I purchased two of something adn they both broke, I don't think I would have gotten a third one...

Questor · « **Reply #3 on:** September 15, 2004, 06:07:17 AM »

For this tool I make an exception. It's a great design, but I keep popping the thumb levers. It's made of a special Lee-proprietary alloy of cheese, pot metal, and dead rats. I think it's biodegradeable too.

Haywire Haywood · « **Reply #4 on:** September 15, 2004, 12:03:15 PM »

Here's a trick to help you avoid breaking those darn levers. Tie a piece of 100lb test fishin line to your thumb and the other end to your upper arm. You have to get the length right so that just as the primer seats the fishin line goes tight and starts biting into your arm. That's when you stop pushin.

Ian

jhalcott · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2004, 04:19:43 PM »

Man ,I broke one of those levers while reloading some '06 brass.! Then I found out it was military surplus and the primer crimp had not been removed.I bought 2 of the auto primes so I have both large and small ready to go. I still wonder why that primer didn't "pop" when I crunched it??? :lol:

De41mag · « **Reply #6 on:** September 15, 2004, 05:42:23 PM »

Questor;

I had the same problem on mine, just take a razor blade or even an emery file and take that high spot off. Your right it is only on the small primer tray, no problem with the large. It works fine now on mine.

Dennis

Lloyd Smale · « **Reply #7 on:** September 15, 2004, 10:44:41 PM »

hell ive broke two and flat wore one out. There a good tool for the money though the one i wore out had countless thousands of rounds primmed on it in my pre dillon days. (days of darkness!!)

Questor · « **Reply #8 on:** September 16, 2004, 02:58:47 AM »

Thanks De41Mag. It looks like it's deliberately designed into the tray, not just a little casting imperfection. Puzzling.

bgjohn · « **Reply #9 on:** September 16, 2004, 04:20:48 AM »

I keep wearing out the link between the handle and the ram. It's just pot metal. I bought one with the primer tray but never have used it. I'd rather do them one primer at a time. I don't want any primers seated upside down.
JM :grin:

Mikey · « **Reply #10 on:** September 16, 2004, 04:23:52 AM »

Questor: my experiences with that tool match those of Graybeard and Lloyd Smale. In fact, I just had to purchase a new one as I broke the lever on the older one after about 25 years of use. Interesting is that on both I had a bit of a ridge or bump on one of the primer trays that wouldn't allow the primers into the feed channel and yes, a bit of Swiss file work and it was all fixed. HTH. Mikey.