Catching Spent Primers - Rock Chucker

[Randy Bohannon]

i just put a small waste basket under my press (older Rock Chucker) and don't worry about a couple of spent primers hitting the carpet that gets vaccumed regular.

[Rick R]

I just set a trash can directly under my press and it catches 90% of the 10% of the primers that evade the RCBS primer catcher. But then I spill at least as many trying to unclip the catcher from the press when it’s full.

I’ve got some 3/4” copper out in the shop…

Mal Paso,
Thanks for sharing, now I have a project.

[Shawlerbrook]

I do similar to Randy only with an old 5-gal. pail.

[jason367]

The 3d printed ones on ebay work great and cheap. Has them for a bunch of different presses and colors.

[GregLaROCHE]

I bought a Rockchucker a few years ago. It didn’t work out well with primers. I went back to using my Lyman turret press from the eighties. Now the Rockchucker is only used for sizing boolits and it is great for that.

[fivegunner]

Looking at the pictures I can`t see how it would work ? My primers come out the front of my press. I must have missed something in the pictures that were posted.

[Mal Paso]

Looking at the pictures I can`t see how it would work ? My primers come out the front of my press. I must have missed something in the pictures that were posted.

I used a piece of brass tube from the hobby shop but others have used straws in the hole under the shell holder. The slot is milled from the other side and is lower than the bottom of the tube.

[Walks]

My RC goes back to 1975, I added the now discontinued "Case-Kicker" 35yrs ago, slung an empty 12ga case box underneath the press, still lost a few. Bought a 3-D printed primer catcher off ebay a few yrs back, had to turn the ram around and make a small cut in the case-kicker ejection plate. It can hang up a bit, but I check it and a bit of wire restores to outflow of spent primers. Gotta finagle the shell holders in and out. I'm happy with it.

[762 shooter]

The soda straw in the slot trick to direct spent primers to the bottom of the slot works well for me.

One McDonalds straw will do me for life.

762

[Liberty1776]

I have a 1979-era Rock Chucker and two Dillon 550c's (one a converted 450 from the mid-80's)

Both throw primers everywhere.

Then I got a Lee APP, dedicated to decapping and/or primer pocket swaging. Not a single primer on the floor ever, and faster than anything I've ever used.

My 2-cents' worth.

[parson48]

I purchased a RC press a couple of years ago. Didn't like the amount of primers that hit the floor because of the slop between plastic catcher and ram. Simply folded a piece of cardboard and placed behind plastic catcher to hold it against the ram. I still have to empty catcher when it gets full.

[Three44s]

Actually I do. Even though it burned up 5 years ago it lives on in pictures

Sand blast and a can of paint?

Three44s

[Mal Paso]

Sand blast and a can of paint?

Three44s

I wish! It would have to include metal spray and machine as there was heavy scale on the ram, all metal lost. I got excited about a mold until part of a cavity flaked off.

I thought the jackhammer steel was fine until I used it. Bit broke off in the hammer and had to tear it down to get the piece of bit out.