Lee auto prime problem

[Bluelou]

I have used the lee auto primer for years now and literally worn out 3 of them.recently picked up one of the new ones with the square try's and have had nothing but problems.the primers do not feed well at all.have used small and large primers and still the same problem.does anybody have any input.

P.s yes it is broken in with over 500 plus primers put threw it.
Thanks

 

[TAROMAN]

Had a similar problem with mine. Sounds like out of spec lifter part in the tray.

See: http://smith-wessonforum.com/reloading/217442-auto-prime-xr-problem-lifting-primers.html

I called LEE customer service and they said to send the trays in for replacement.

Tip: Keep the covers. Sent mine with the trays. I got new trays w/o covers, so still have that to deal with.

 

[venomballistics]

I see the added safety in the design using the stair step principal. but man when it skips a beat its a pain.

 

[mtgianni]

Are you lubing it at the contact points? They last a lot longer with lube.

 

[J. W.]

I have used the lee auto primer for years now and literally worn out 3 of them.recently picked up one of the new ones with the square try's and have had nothing but problems.the primers do not feed well at all.have used small and large primers and still the same problem.does anybody have any input.

P.s yes it is broken in with over 500 plus primers put threw it.
Thanks

I've used the Auto Prime for years and pretty recently bought the XP after breaking my old one. The XP is a little more finicky, but not a problem for me. I've found holding it at an angle with the primer tray up helps the feeding.

Lubing the contact points definitely helps with seating the primers. I couldn't figure out why primer were so hard to seat with the XP until I realized I hadn't lubed it.

 

[rockquarry]

New Auto Primes

Don't feed as reliably as the old model; perhaps the bugs will eventually be worked out.