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Lee Safety Prime arm falling out!
4/26/2012 7:16:41 AM
This is starting to driving me insane. I have a 4 hole turret press and the primer arm likes to fall out rather often. After cleaning the arm and ram, I did a test run of 50 rounds. 10 times that arm fell out on me! Doing a little searching around the net, I don't seem to be alone in the issue. Anyone have any tips or tricks?
4/26/2012 1:26:33 PM
I've found that any burrs , even minuscule ones can cause the arm to hang and try to ride out of the slot. Running a file or stone across the edges helps remove them. Does the pivot pin the primer arm sit on appear undamaged? I just checked my Lee turret and the primer arm will not come out with the shell holder in place.
4/26/2012 1:36:47 PM
i have a lee breechlock and the primer arm never falls out sounds like a ruff spot or burr somewhere
4/26/2012 2:08:21 PM
Originally Posted By dammac751:
I've found that any burrs , even minuscule ones can cause the arm to hang and try to ride out of the slot. Running a file or stone across the edges helps remove them. Does the pivot pin the primer arm sit on appear undamaged? I just checked my Lee turret and the primer arm will not come out with the shell holder in place.
I've found that any burrs , even minuscule ones can cause the arm to hang and try to ride out of the slot. Running a file or stone across the edges helps remove them. Does the pivot pin the primer arm sit on appear undamaged? I just checked my Lee turret and the primer arm will not come out with the shell holder in place.
Could be the arm too. I have a lee breechlock single stage, the small primer arm I never have any trouble with but the large primer arm falls out all the time. I don't use the large one much so I never bothered trying to do anything about it
4/26/2012 9:05:14 PM
Mine stays put, it just sort of sucks. The only things that helped me were a good trimming of flash, adjusting (read bending), and keeping at least 20 primers in it. My fix that could help you most was to buy an RCBS universal hand primer.
$35 well spent! Plus it's portable, I primed 500ish 223 brass today while on my route, LOL. In front of the TV works too provided you don't get so involved you quit checking your work.
$35 well spent! Plus it's portable, I primed 500ish 223 brass today while on my route, LOL. In front of the TV works too provided you don't get so involved you quit checking your work.4/26/2012 11:31:47 PM
Originally Posted By dammac751:
I've found that any burrs , even minuscule ones can cause the arm to hang and try to ride out of the slot. Running a file or stone across the edges helps remove them. Does the pivot pin the primer arm sit on appear undamaged? I just checked my Lee turret and the primer arm will not come out with the shell holder in place.
I've found that any burrs , even minuscule ones can cause the arm to hang and try to ride out of the slot. Running a file or stone across the edges helps remove them. Does the pivot pin the primer arm sit on appear undamaged? I just checked my Lee turret and the primer arm will not come out with the shell holder in place.
Which turret press do you have? I suspect you may have the Classic? The arm will in fact come out on mine with the shell holder in place. I will have to take another look but I hadn't seen any burrs.
