As the title suggests, I'm disappointed. I currently use a LNL Progressive for large quantity pistol rounds and have been using a Lee 4 Hole Turret for my rifle rounds for a long time. Not sure if I bought it right when they were first introduced the 4 hole, but it's been a long while. I've certainly gotten plenty of use out of it and haven't broken anything yet.
I decided to treat myself to a RCBS Rock Chucker Supreme for Christmas to make resizing military brass a little easier. Got it set up, and sure enough, it did do just that. It gave me a bit more leverage and resizing was easier, but it only took me about 1 case to find the flaw with the depriming/primer catch system. Wow, what a let down.
After using the LNL and the Lee, where primers drop cleanly below the press, I was a bit disappointed to find RCBS to be so lacking. Messy dirty primers going all over the place. Some made it into the catch and some didn't, but dust and debris goes everywhere.
I decided to give it a chance and went ahead and ordered an upgraded primer catcher with a drop tube off to the side. Well, that definitely made a difference but the more I use it the more I ask myself why I'm having to add something to a press to make it work right. Back to cabelas it shall go. It's a real shame. I like the size and leverage of the press, but this primer catch thing is crazy. You'd think with Lee, Hornady, Redding, Forster...and possibly others I'm not aware of doing such a clean job of primer catching, they would have implemented something similar by now.
I might just splurge a bit more and get a T7 Turret. I really didn't want to stretch my budget too much more, but I guess it won't be too much more of a stretch and will be worth getting something that handles the primer catching better. I currently use my Lee Turret in manual indexing mode anyway, so a turret press seems like it might be a better choice. Rather than supplementing my Lee for easier sizing, I might just replace it and have something bigger and better all the way around.
Just curious how many others out there have had similar issues or have the same gripes?