RF-100 Primer Filler Review
Quote from Reloader on December 19, 2008, 3:24 pmI couldn't find any good info out there about this thing before I bought one on faith so I thought I would do a quick review for you guys.
I just got my RF-100 setup and it confirms the question that I am officially lazy. This thing is great! I was actually surprised at the heft of this beast. Its either designed to be heavy to keep from walking around on the bench due to vibration or to withstand the detonation of 100 primers at once! The primer fill tubes are double walled and look like a 22 caliber silencer! As with other Dillon equipment, it is built to last. My wife summed it up by saying "What the heck is that thing"?
Its completely idiot proof. Just lay a box of primers face down on the top, slide the outer cardboard cover off and the primers rattle in through the shield. The primers vibrate around in the circular pan, journey up the ramp, and if they are smooth side down they drop into the tube. 100 small primers are loaded in the tube in about a minute. I haven't had a single upside down primer yet! The only drawback is that its a little noisy and the changeover from large to small primers takes about 3 minutes.
Lets face it, I don't reload enough to justify this thing (300 rounds at a time, every other week) but it certainly eliminates all those primer tubes laying around on the bench and certainly looks pretty cool. I may have to get rid of that ugly orange Lyman polisher and trade it in for something in blue from Dillon to color coordinate my bench next.....
I can see where if you load a bunch of rounds at a time or just hate shaking primers and having pickup tubes all over the bench, you need one of these.
Anyone want to buy some primer tubes! 🙂
Regards,
Ralph Grant
RL550B with Casefeeder, RF-100 Primer Filler
45ACP-40SW-45LC-9MM-10MM all on Quick Caliber Conversions
I couldn't find any good info out there about this thing before I bought one on faith so I thought I would do a quick review for you guys.
I just got my RF-100 setup and it confirms the question that I am officially lazy. This thing is great! I was actually surprised at the heft of this beast. Its either designed to be heavy to keep from walking around on the bench due to vibration or to withstand the detonation of 100 primers at once! The primer fill tubes are double walled and look like a 22 caliber silencer! As with other Dillon equipment, it is built to last. My wife summed it up by saying "What the heck is that thing"?
Its completely idiot proof. Just lay a box of primers face down on the top, slide the outer cardboard cover off and the primers rattle in through the shield. The primers vibrate around in the circular pan, journey up the ramp, and if they are smooth side down they drop into the tube. 100 small primers are loaded in the tube in about a minute. I haven't had a single upside down primer yet! The only drawback is that its a little noisy and the changeover from large to small primers takes about 3 minutes.
Lets face it, I don't reload enough to justify this thing (300 rounds at a time, every other week) but it certainly eliminates all those primer tubes laying around on the bench and certainly looks pretty cool. I may have to get rid of that ugly orange Lyman polisher and trade it in for something in blue from Dillon to color coordinate my bench next.....
I can see where if you load a bunch of rounds at a time or just hate shaking primers and having pickup tubes all over the bench, you need one of these.
Anyone want to buy some primer tubes! 🙂
Regards,
Ralph Grant
RL550B with Casefeeder, RF-100 Primer Filler
45ACP-40SW-45LC-9MM-10MM all on Quick Caliber Conversions
Quote from Reloader on December 22, 2008, 9:54 pmWell, I am a lazy person too, so I have two RF-100 feeders - one for large, one for small primers. And I have an ongoing love-hate relationship with them.
I do love them when they work. I am even willing to overlook a couple of flipped primers per 100. But I truly hate it when it gets a primer jammed in the plastic insert, blocking the rest from entering the tube. So you have to bang on it, until it finally moves and all the primers fall into the tube.
An interesting observation - it only seems to happen with Winchester primers, doesn't seem to happen with the CCI's - dimensionally they are identical, so I wonder what makes the Win primers different?
Well, I am a lazy person too, so I have two RF-100 feeders - one for large, one for small primers. And I have an ongoing love-hate relationship with them.
I do love them when they work. I am even willing to overlook a couple of flipped primers per 100. But I truly hate it when it gets a primer jammed in the plastic insert, blocking the rest from entering the tube. So you have to bang on it, until it finally moves and all the primers fall into the tube.
An interesting observation - it only seems to happen with Winchester primers, doesn't seem to happen with the CCI's - dimensionally they are identical, so I wonder what makes the Win primers different?