Wayne Smith
02-12-2011, 10:57 AM
I'm sure this is far from an original idea, but I don't recall having seen it posted. I have a Brown Bear press that uses the Hollywood/CH shell holder and, since the middle position has plenty of clearance I got a plastic tube that fit inside the shell holder and drilled a comparable hole in an old pill bottle and, hey presto! - a spent primer catcher. I remember someone posting this idea and simply copied it.
I was decapping some 38 Special on the TrueLine Jr., catching about 40% of the primers, when I saw the left over tubing and thought - "I wonder ..." It was a tight fit, but it worked. Since this isn't a permenant fix, it has to be taken down to re-prime, I think I'll take the shell holder to the hardware store and find one that is closer to a friction fit.
I was decapping some 38 Special on the TrueLine Jr., catching about 40% of the primers, when I saw the left over tubing and thought - "I wonder ..." It was a tight fit, but it worked. Since this isn't a permenant fix, it has to be taken down to re-prime, I think I'll take the shell holder to the hardware store and find one that is closer to a friction fit.