Priming Tool Recommendations

[rockquarry]

Never found anything better than a Forster. It is fussy to adjust, but that's okay for me as I reload a variety of calibers. All the old junky plastic stuff with special shell holders is gone. Can't beat the seating feel from that big paddle. I used to reverse the stroke linkage on my RCBS press to seat primers. It was almost as good as the Forster, but a bother to switch back and forth. The priming fixture on a Forster Co-Ax press is pretty good and universally adjustable, but you must handle each primer.

I've primed brass with my Forster press and it works well. "Fussy to adjust" is a good description of the process. Handling one primer at a time is not as slow as some think. Maybe they've never done it.

 

[Lance Boyle]

I've primed brass with my Forster press and it works well. "Fussy to adjust" is a good description of the process. Handling one primer at a time is not as slow as some think. Maybe they've never done it.

I have a forster CoAx and I think the only time I used their press top priming system is when I had dies but found myself without a standard shell holder for what I was doing at the time. Could have been one of my milsurps like 7.5x55 or 6.5x55.

 

[marinevet]

I tried several tools over the years. Most were good but not great. Then in a moment of craziness I ordered a Primal Rights CPS. It's the most expensive primer tool I've ever seen and well worth the price. Very accurate adjustable seating depth, consistent auto feeding, low effort, and good feel. Nicely made too. It has to be the best priming tool available.

I also use a CPS........pricey, but work great.

 

[toad67]

With a slight modification, the RCBS bench mounted tool.

 

[growr]

Why not prime on your press? I prime all of my pistol brass on my dillon 550B or lyman T2s. Used the old lee auto prime [round tray] for rifle ammo for many years. Kept one set up with small primers and the other set for large. Still have them. Tried the rcbs hand tool and didn’t like it. Eventually bought a used rcbs bench priming tool, set it up for large rifle and love it. Not as fast as the lees but my old thumbs can’t work the lees any longer.

I use my Dillon 550B the same way.....especially on military 30-06 that have a crimped primer pocket....even using a 600 Swaging tool sometime the pocket is really tight! The camming power of the press makes it no problem.

 

[elpac3]

RCBS bench prime tool made my life so much easier. Still using my old Pacific single stage press from 1973; but hate the press mounted priming tool.