Federal Primer Packaging

[Skip Sackett]

If there's "shaking" and "panning" going on, I don't see why.

Probably because someone read the instructions!

http://www.leeprecision.com/cg.../instruct/PT1023.pdf


You shake or pan to orientate the primers in all one direction. With the Lee AutoPrime, the little dimples work great. With the Dillon and the "swirl" pattern of the device, they don't flip so nice. Your method would work much better.

Although, since I now use Wolf primers almost exclusively, all you have to do is dump them out as packaged, right side up for pickup tubes!

How come it took the Russians to get that part right?

 

[Noah Zark]

Originally posted by smith crazy:

If there's "shaking" and "panning" going on, I don't see why.

Probably because someone read the instructions!

http://www.leeprecision.com/cg.../instruct/PT1023.pdf


You shake or pan to orientate the primers in all one direction. With the Lee AutoPrime, the little dimples work great.

I have a couple older Autoprimes with concentric rings and they don't "flip" the primers much at all. I use a dental pick to orient the primers when using my Autoprimes.

When using the Dillon SDBs and their tubes, I use the method I described in my post above. As I said, it's faster to do then to describe.

Although, since I now use Wolf primers almost exclusively, all you have to do is dump them out as packaged, right side up for pickup tubes! How come it took the Russians to get that part right?

I've not seen Wolf primers in these parts. I'd like to try them.

Noah

 

[Skip Sackett]

Wolf primers

Of course right now, their not available anywhere!

I was at an Indy show a couple of weeks ago and they were going for what our local gun store is selling Federals for!

Made a mental not on the supplier and they won't get any of my money, not that I have that much anyway!

The brisance is about the same as Winchesters, maybe Federals. They light off like Federals. I haven't had one problem in my one lightened trigger gun.

When they become available try Graf's or Widner's. Either one has been good to me.

 

[Amici]

Originally posted by Noah Zark:
I don't follow the "shaking" and "panning" comments.

When I use a flip tray, I just dump the primers on the tray and let them fall how they may, knocking over those on edge -- again, it doesn't matter which way they fall. Then, taking a primer tube I pick up only those primers that are "cup up", then after that I put the lid on the flip tray, flip it over, and pick up the remaining primers which are all now "cup up."

Takes longer to tell it than to do it.

If there's "shaking" and "panning" going on, I don't see why.

Now that I've read your method, I may try it. Sounds simple enough.

 

[MrPhil]

Lucky me! I got my flip tray used, no instructions. Never even knew "shaking and panning" was an option. Figured if it is called a "flip tray" and it has two sides it was pretty self explanatory. I never could understand the grooves.

 

[Noah Zark]

Originally posted by smith crazy:

Wolf primers

Of course right now, their not available anywhere!

The brisance is about the same as Winchesters, maybe Federals. They light off like Federals. I haven't had one problem in my one lightened trigger gun.

When they become available try Graf's or Widner's. Either one has been good to me.

Thanks Skip!

Noah

 

[Landric]

I've always used a RCBS square flip tray upon which the Federal package works fine. I recently purchased a Lee Classic Turret press to speed up the process over the Rockchucker, and I've found that the size of the Federal tray isn't compatible with the tray of the Safety Prime. Winchester, Remington, and Wolf all fit fine (and so would CCI if I had any), but that Federal tray is just too big. Oh well, improvise as always.