old-style primer seating tool vs. new

charlie cleveland · 10-23-2011, 04:53 PM

any body ever have a primer go off while seating it in a hull...just wandering...ive never had one go off and hopefully never... charlie

Autumn Daze · 10-23-2011, 06:24 PM

I have not done it myself but I have heard of it happening in the MEC automatic machines such as the 9000. Don't know if it was operator error or not I wasn't there. The guy that told me that it had happened to him is a high volume .410/28 gauge tournament shooter.

Roundsworth · 10-23-2011, 07:51 PM

Jeff, my No. 159 set is labeled the same as yours. There is another label underneath that has me curious, though. According to the 1901 BGI catalog, the 'Eureka' name was assigned to a line of budget priced tools and implements. The 'Eureka' name was also used by Union Hardware Company for their line of reloading tools. My UH Co. Eureka 20 gauge outfit is mint. the black paint is unmarred, even on the priming tool anvil, which is very convex.