Frankford Arsenal Platinum Series Perfect Seat Hand Primer Seating Tool with Case for Reloading , Black

Hands down THE best hand priming tool on the market! I have owned 3 other kinds. They all had their failures and headaches. THIS Frankford Arsenal Platinum hand seating tool is slick, amazing, and just plain butter to use! Right out of the box I found the correct shell holder for my cases (superb they include all of those shell holders). Then I proceeded to prime 250 cases without a single glitch or problem. One former hand primer would push the top off the primer tray as I pulled the hand lever. Sometimes the primer didn’t align with the primer pocket and it would become a two-handed “Captains of Crush” grip strength exercise to finish seating the primer. Another former junk primer “tool” would occasionally fling primers across the room. None of those nightmares with this Frankford Arsenal tool! It works like a dream. I would have paid 2x the price for this kit. Everything in it works and is built solid. The dial and ability to adjust the primer seating depth is also amazing. Such ease and precision with this hand primer. This is the one to get! Throw any others you own in the garbage or give them to your worst enemy, LOL.

I have the original Lee Priming tool which is 40 years old and the RCBS Priming tool purchased two years ago. This Frankford Arsenal tool is far and away the best priming tool I've ever used. It is more Robust and solid in construction. It comes with most needed case holders. It is extremely easy to change calibers and change over from small primers to large primers. It is very easy to load primers onto the tray which is definitely not the case with the other tools. The original Lee primer worked good but Lee advises against using Federal Primers stating they are dangerous. Federal primers are my favorites so that is another draw back. For the money, this is far and away the best priming tool and the price makes it an even better option.

Apparently there was a problem with the first one of these tools that I received, and that I based my original review upon. I returned it, and am now using the second tool and it is a fantastic device! I have probably loaded well over a thousand primers with it and have had a failure rate of perhaps 3 overall. It is consistent, and enables me to seat to the exact depth I choose. It has shell holders for all calibers included. I highly recommend this tool! As long as they don’t send you the one I got originally! For what I paid for this primer tool, I expected it to work perfectly. What a letdown. From the very first primer I’ve had to fiddle with it to get it to work. The primer tray doesn’t work very well to orient the primers properly. The primers don’t feed into the tool properly. The primers don’t align in the tool properly. Once you overcome all that, the tool works well and seats the primers in the brass nicely. The “but” here is, is it worth what I paid to replace my old RCBS primer tool? So far the answer is a firm no. I’ll give it a couple more tries before I decide, but today I’m of a mind to return it.

Works like I ecpected it too. I have the seating depth set up to where it leaves a very slight indention from the seating ram, makes it easy to verify the seating depth is the same round to round. The linear primer on my Lyman Victory Press is fine if PRS isn't a concern, but the seating depth was too inconsistent for my purposes. The press itself is solid though. It is a little pricey for a hand primer, but it's built like a brick outhouse, buy one cry once. I don't think I have to worry about it breaking. I don't really plan on using any of the other shell holders other than the one cartridge I load for, but I might try some brass with small rifle primer pockets, now that I have a priming tool that can do both.

I'll start with the bad. My main beef with the priming tool I received is the disappointment of recognizing it's an older design model which has a couple inconvenient design flaws which have been engineered out in the new design soas to have a more efficient and ergonomic functional priming. I feel a little swindled because the model the seller shows in the images is the newer model, but they're sending an older model to the customers. I will give it a fair trial, but it will be going back if I have any issues. I don't take dishonesty lightly, and the only reason I'm going to give it a trial is because the price was decent at $57.99 for the Frankford Arsenal Platinum Series Perfect Seat Hand Primer Seating Tool with Case. Now for the good. It has some heft to it, and although it's the older design it's still a decently engineered design which still appears to be built like a tank to last forever. The ability to adjust the primer depth is a very very very nice bonus feature for a more precise and consistently reliable shooting experience between rounds. I really like variety of case holders which come with the priming tool which covers all the calibers I will be hand-loading. The case is a nice feature for storage and organizing, although I would have preferred a case with an actual piano hinge on it rather than just a thin flexible plastic hinge (you know what eventually happens to that type of hinge). Lastly, if the seller reads this review, realizes their misleading advertisement with the wrong images and offers to send me the correct one, my review will improve and I'll update this review to reflect their efforts taken to value and satisfy their customers.

my lee c frame press does not seat magnum rifle primers fully, i saw this has an adjustable dial and decided to try it. it works so easy and fast. a few turns of the dial and you have repeatable perfect seats. it is solid and robust. the case is nice too. i noticed once in while you need to shake a bit to get a primer to drop in the head but not a big deal. overall im super impressed

Very good product Came ahead of time Works perfect

Dear Frankford Arsenal, Thank you!! Customer service is what makes a company Great. I had an issue with my Tool more my mistake than the product build. The tool is very well built a tank. Like you put your guitar in a case after use disable your tray from the tool if your not actively priming cases. The tray is sturdy but the tool is heavy if by chance you forgot removing the tray the heavy build of the tool can crack the neck of the tray if your tool accidentally falls over. Exact adjustments for primer seating depth is awesome. Tool build is awesome. Customer service is awesome. Frankford Arsenal fan here buy this right quick you will be happy! Frankford Arsenal, Please offer purchasing the tray by itself. I would like 1 for large and 1 for small primers and one for opps forgot to remove the tray tray. Very Happy Customer, John

Perfektes Set zum setzen der Zündhütchen.

Very good product, makes priming easy and accurate

Ottimo prodotto uno dei pochi che consente di regolare la profondità di inserimento del primer ottimo

Muy buena calidad y perfecto para controlar la profundidad del pistón. Muy recomendable

Pour Rechargement armes d’épaule amorçage des douilles devant la télé très bon produit tout métal y compris les Shell holder super génial