I bought an RCBS hand primer about 22 years ago and it worked flawlessly for 20 years solid. Then I lent it to a mate and bits got lost. He replaced some but I bought a new one two years ago to tide me over.
It was junk compared to my first one. I couldn't get the two black plastic pieces together to fit into the handle. It took a bit of shaving off bits with a pocket knife. Then when I put the shell holder on and tried to insert it it wouldn't fit again. Out with the pocket knife again. Then inserted the steel rod that pushes the primer up and it wouldn't go down when the handle was released as it was binding.. I had to keep pushing it back down with the smaller sized rod every time. The quality control off the plastic parts was terrible. Much worse than the one bought in 1998.
I hope yours works better.
Last edited by Elvis; 01/04/21.
