Rockchucker Self-Emptying Primer Tray Mod

[Baja_Traveler]

I was looking at Rocky Raabs website yesterday and saw his idea of a self-emptying primer catch tray, so I shamelessly stole it. With that in mind, at work today I was looking at some small plastic bottles and it hit me on how to make a more elegant solution to the idea. I found some 5/8" OD tubing to match the bottles opening, and it was off to the races. It literally took me 15 minutes to make start to finish, and having just deprimed 200 30-30 cases, the mod works flawlessly. I pass the idea on for others to improve on...

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[GRUMPA]

Well I'll be.....now that's clever.....

[VHoward]

Neat idea.

[groovy mike]

cool, but that would be waaay too much trouble to sort out the live primers from that many empties. I inevitably drop one while priming cases....

[Baja_Traveler]

I don't prime on the press, instead I use an RCBS hand prime tool. But way back when I did, I never lost a primer on the press - maybe you need to tweek the adjustment on your setup.

[Mk42gunner]

I did basically the same thing, and probably got the idea from the same article; except I ran the lower end of the hose through a pop bottle cap. It takes a long, long time to fill a 20 oz. bottle with fired primers.

Robert

[runfiverun]

I just leave the catcher off and put a box on the floor.

[Cosmiceyes]

I have been channeling ideas for my Redding Boss I just bought used.I saw they have a tube that attaches to the bottom if I buy the replacement ram. I was think of heating till I can change the shape to fit on the side.When I get er done,I'll post! :)'s

[Mal Paso]

I have the later model Rockchucker. I'm amazed a fine company like RCBS would redesign the primer catcher and retain all the worst features but they did. Tradition? I couldn't figure a way to modify the new black plastic catcher so I bent a copper tube to match the collection point and they all go into a bottle on the shelf below. The brass tube inserted in the ram directs all the primers out the rear slot.

[44Vaquero]

Baja and Mal Paso, both of you have developed very clever solutions to the primer collection issue! I also find it interesting that Lyman, Hornaday, RCBS still use the snap in/on primer collection trays when so many better methods have been invented?