Reviews & Ratings for Lee Auto-Prime XR Rifle/Pistol Hand Priming Tool 90230 — 7 reviews — Page 1

This thing is junk! It works less than 50% of the time when using small primers ( rifle or pistol). It improves to about 65% with large primers. Save yourself, get a bench primer seating tool!

While I realize the design change had to do with possible detonation of primers in the tray, Lee dropped the ball with this design. Very jerky operation, primers fail to feed consistently. Literally have to let the handle snap back into the open position to allow the next primer to drop into the anvil.

I bought this hand- priming tool to prime my priming modules for my muzzleloader. Maybe it's only me or the system I'm using, but I've only had bad luck. First time I've used it, the primer only seated halfway so it got stuck, and I had a difficult time getting it out. The second time I used it, I hyper-extended my thumb, and then it got stuck again because it only seated halfway. The problem is that with the system I'm using, you have to press really hard to get the primer to seat all the way. I've had better luck using the Lee hand press for priming my modules. To me the hand press takes about the same amount of time as using this hand- priming tool. And much easier. I don't know how good it is with priming ammo cases. Maybe it's better for ammo cases. But if you're using it for your muzzleloader priming modules, i would either get the Lee hand press or find a different brand for your hand-priming tool.

I got fed up with the safety priming system on my turrent press. This hand primer fits my need. Seems to seat them properly and with little effort. I haven't suffered the priming holder seperation some other reviews I've read have encountered.

I love this priming tool, it works great and I highly recommend it for a high value priming tool. that does decent precision seating.

Works well most of the time but it doese jam every now and then.
Pros: Easy loading
Cons: Occasional jam