A few months back I was generously gifted a (mostly) complete reloading kit of odds and ends- including a vintage Lyman T-Mag Turret press, and a Lee auto prime handheld priming tool, among others. The auto prime is one of the older ones it seems, with the circular tray, which I've heard are better than the more modern versions. Of course I bought a set of shell holders specific to the tool. The auto prime looks to be NIB and gently used, if used at all.
As I've been doing my research, I come across a lot of people who say "get a primer tool for your press, the handheld ones suck" or something similar.
Being that this press has a 6-die turret, would I benefit from a universal primer arm and auto primer feed from Lyman? It looks like it would cost me close to $60...would this greatly increase the speed of the priming process? Would the press-mounted primer seat primers more easily, or with more consistent depth, etc?
I plan to mostly reload 9mm and .223 for the foreseeable future, if that has any bearing on the subject.
As I've been doing my research, I come across a lot of people who say "get a primer tool for your press, the handheld ones suck" or something similar.
Being that this press has a 6-die turret, would I benefit from a universal primer arm and auto primer feed from Lyman? It looks like it would cost me close to $60...would this greatly increase the speed of the priming process? Would the press-mounted primer seat primers more easily, or with more consistent depth, etc?
I plan to mostly reload 9mm and .223 for the foreseeable future, if that has any bearing on the subject.