Complaints on the New Auto Prime tool universally come from long time users of the Auto Prime.
The priming pin, nylon locating area and body is virtually identical to the original. The elevator pin and flash gate have been added to allow the tool to more safely handle today’s more sensitive primers. The original Auto-Prime was down to only CCI and Remington primers being safe to use.
The big difference in operation of the New Auto Prime verses the original Auto-Prime, is that the new tool does not have a “head” of primers to push the primer onto the priming pin. To allow for this lack of “head,” one must always maintain the tool in a position that always allows the primer to feed to the primer pin.
An update for the Auto Prime XR and Ergo Prime is now available, it's a new folding tray and large & small adapter set. This eliminates the need to hold the tool at the strict 45 degree angle. It will be sold under product # 90794.
