Hornady new primer tube filler finally available

Here is a link to Midway Priming Tools.

Hornady is 57.99 street.
I have the Frankfort Arsenal version, 48.99 street.
Many users didn't care for the FA. I love mine. Once you learn the techniques that work for you it is like magic.

I can load 100 small primers into a tube in under 5 seconds.:D Timed it twice this week.
Large primers are a little more problematic and take more like 15 seconds.:)

Beats the heck out of picking them up one at a time.
 
The FA unit is a piece of carp. 2 different units, each with their own problems returned for a refund.
I wonder if the Hornady unit works any better? Not going to risk it. I'll continue with the manual method.
 
Gosh! Cue the naysayers. $57.99, shipping included, is not a bad price, considering how picking up primers is a job I find depressing. I could have sprung for the Frankford Arsenal unit long ago, but liked what I read last year about Hornady's plan to introduce this version. I have waited patiently and thought I would provide a heads up to the forum.
 
Don't think of it as naysayers, but rather as a bunch of cranks getting all the alternatives laid out for readers to make their own comparison.:D
 
Any review would be that I like it, I returned it, Hornady repaired/replaced it, or I sold it. Someone with experience with earlier devices like the Frankford Arsenal would be able to do a better actual review. I suppose I could endorse this form of automation of primer handling, but that would apply to all brands and models. Other than that, quibbling about $58 for a satisfying improvement in the progressive press experience ends the discussion right there.

I am going to guess that some of those "cranks" don't prime on the progressive anyway.
 
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I do prime on my XL650. I happen to own the Dillon RF100 primer tube loader. It works well when adjusted correctly. I would just like a smaller hand held unit. I found the FA unit to be unsatisfactory. Just want to see some results with the Hornady unit before I buy one.
 
Soooo how does it REALLY work??¿¿ Do you have to transfer the filled Hornady tube to the Dillon tube before you can then dump them into the Dillon machine?

I had one of the early vibraprime fillers, that was the procedure, fill the vibraprime tube first, then transfer the tube to the dillon tubes,THEN you could fill the machines primer tube. The MAIN problem was it would usually flip 1-2 primers as it was filling. Nothing makes me madder than having to pull bullets to remove and replace an upside down primer. Even one-by-one primer pickup is preferred to having to pull bullets/boolits.
 
Soooo how does it REALLY work??¿¿ Do you have to transfer the filled Hornady tube to the Dillon tube before you can then dump them into the Dillon machine?
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http://www.hornady.com/store/Lock-N-Load-1911-Auto-Primer-Filler-Tube

Note that the tubes shown are the actual fill tubes for the Hornady LnL AP. What you will have done is eliminate the tedium and time of picking up primers one by one. I doubt if it was designed with Dillon in mind, but how different can the machines be with tubes of primers?
 
If I ever have to use (ugh) tubes again, that will be my first purchase (after the 7 station RCBS progressive). After using APS for 6 years, I'm not about to go back to pecking.:rolleyes:

I like the very visible primer drop.....you can easily see if a primer goes in sideways, or USD.

The Dillon tool is for a rich man ...... well I suppose the same could be said for the Dillon 1050 or RCBS Pro Chucker 7 too.:o
 
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ttp://www.hornady.com/store/Lock-N-...er-Filler-Tube

Note that the tubes shown are the actual fill tubes for the Hornady LnL AP. What you will have done is eliminate the tedium and time of picking up primers one by one. I doubt if it was designed with Dillon in mind, but how different can the machines be with tubes of primers?
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Yeah, I saw the video when it was first posted. It did NOT show enough detail to make me want to spend the money, then be stuck with something like that lousy vibraprime.

My method is to load a bunch of primer tubes while I watch something on TV. Depending on whether I'm loading 500 or more, I load enough to complete that run. Tedium? Yup, but necessary. Beats the heck outa single stage loading!
 
Since I started SS tumbling I don't prime on the press.I deprime before I tumble.Slower? maybe I don't have a automated tube filler. I can prime 100 cases by hand not much slower than loading a primer tube by hunt and peck.The press stays much cleaner not depriming on it. I can prime cases anytime.A lot of the problems I see posted on progressive presses have to do with the priming.If your press primes 1000% fine and dandy but if it doesn't you can prime a lot of cases in the time it takes to clean up get it going again.
 
Since I started SS tumbling I don't prime on the press.I deprime before I tumble.Slower? maybe I don't have a automated tube filler. I can prime 100 cases by hand not much slower than loading a primer tube by hunt and peck.The press stays much cleaner not depriming on it. I can prime cases anytime.A lot of the problems I see posted on progressive presses have to do with the priming.If your press primes 1000% fine and dandy but if it doesn't you can prime a lot of cases in the time it takes to clean up get it going again.
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When/how do you size?

Doing anything off-press handicaps a progressive press. It's akin to loading with handcuffs on.
 
I just take the decapping pin out of the sizing die(first station)and you are right it doesn't seem right not priming on the press.But it works for me.
 
Priming off the press to make sense of wet tumbling is the tail wagging the dog. But whatever works for ya. Handgun and rifle ammo may require different handling, but handgun ammo should be kept simple, or a progressive won't be used to full advantage.
 
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