...building a lead hammerhead before destroying my plastic one seems very reasonable. thanks for the input!
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Champhering /countersinking primer pockets...just a wee twirl with your case mouth deburring tool does it too easy...and primers slip in oh so easily...dont get carried away,just a wee bit of brass removed,enough to take sharp corner off 1mm at most.
OK guys,,, there is a simple way to get around this problem. You knock the old primer out, then you size the case, then you start the new primer in the case,,, then you gently tap the primer home.
Better method: use a Small Arbor Press or Drill Press instead of the Hammer for all operations?
Third method: Buy a Lee Priming Tool and Seat Primers with that.
I bought my first Lee Loader in 1971 right after I got my first Centerfire Rifle, a Sako Forester in .243 Win. I bought the Lee Loader on a Saturday ($9.95) I had to wait til the following Saturday to go back and buy the simple Lee Priming Tool cuz I didn't like the hammer method of seating primers and this was the first time I had ever reloaded anything! I figured it out real quick and didn't even need blow one up in my face to get teh idea that there must be a better way!!!!
I didn't get a small Arbor Press until a few years ago, and never used the Drill Press either. Wore out my nice Snap On Plastic Mallet pounding cases into the sizing die over the years until I got a Rock Chucker.
I can always go back to a Lee Loader as it is the Simplest Method of Reloading Ammo there is, and this Basic Concept/Method/Tool has been around since ammunition could be reloaded. Lee just mass produced it and made it affordable.
I ALWAYS recommend newbies start with a Lee Loader so that they understand the process before they move on to machines that go faster or decide they don't want to mess with Reloading, which makes them fools, and I don't go any farther with fools.
YMMV!
Randy
I even recommend the Lee Loader for beginners over my BPM Hand Press which is the best there is. Available at www.buchananprecisionmachine.com It costs more than a Lee Loader!