Reloading - Simple Primer catcher

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Reloading - Simple Primer catcher

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For the depriming operation, I've tried those stupid little plastic tubes that end in a bottle - they come loose and fall; and sometimes primer pieces jump up and still land all over the floor. I've tried a bucket - sometimes the primers even miss that.

My reloading area is a humble recessed workbench area surrounded by cabinets. A large spring steel binder clip on top of a closed cabinet door holds a simple cardboard box, sans lid. It's easy to set up, disassemble, and empty. Perhaps this simple remedy will be helpful to somebody else with a similar cabinet-style setup.
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Put a little crumpled tissue paper in the bottom of the box and the primers won't bounce out...
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Sometimes the simple things work the best. Just hard to patent them, though... :wink:
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Hobie wrote:Put a little crumpled tissue paper in the bottom of the box and the primers won't bounce out...
Good tip. With this deep of a box, that isn't a problem; but I'll sure remember that!
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That'll do the trick! :D
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Re: Reloading - Simple Primer catcher

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For many years I put up with the RCBS style of fired primer tray. These little things would flip everywhere.
I tried several things to keep the fired primers in the tray, but nothing worked.
Several years ago now I bought two used Bonanza Co-Ax presses with the steel drop tube into the little bottle design. It works great. No primers all over the place and the dirt and grit goes into the bottle, not around the press ram.
The only problem is occasionally a primer will get stuck in the tube and I have to encourage them to go on down.

Had my RCBS presses had a way to drop the fired primers from the bottom I would have gladly tried the box idea.

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You Sir - are a genius.

I plan on building one of those tomorrow.

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Re: Reloading - Simple Primer catcher

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Hey John,

Now that's simple yet effective. I'm still at the bucket version of primer catching evolutionary stage :).

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Excellent idea. Just gotta love it when someone comes up with a practical, inexpensive solution to an irritating problem.
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Re: Reloading - Simple Primer catcher

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Technical Director wrote:...I'm still at the bucket version of primer catching evolutionary stage...
:lol:

Thanks for the kudos, all.
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