Lee Pro 1000 Progressive Press

[trapper300RUM]

Have any of you guys used any other brands of primers besides the ones LEE recommends I have found a site that i can order TULA Primers @ more normal prices & i know that LEE says not use use Federal Primers but what about TULA Primers . HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't know where else to post this topic

[badbobgerman]

tula or wolf , ? iknow about wolf ive heard these are good primers , and inexpensive too ... get em ! i shoot tula ammo, and the primers are very reliable too

[badbobgerman]

ok iv done some research many have stated 5-10 thousand fired no duds so all looks good i saw the remarks on the firing line and cast boolits , buy em ....bob

[DukeInFlorida]

Lee's OLD mention of Federal has carried over from 15 years ago, when Federal had some issues with soft primers.
Their old comment is no longer valid. I can tell you that from 10's of thousands of assemblies on a Lee Pro 1000 before I sold two of them to buy a Dillon 550b.

So, feel free to buy whatever primers you can, and use them with confidence.

HOWEVER, I always add this disclaimer when discussing installing primers with my reloading students:

"Primers detonate under pressure and speed. It takes both, normally, to have one go off. In 40+ years of reloading, I have never had one detonate in my reloading press. That includes primers that have been seated upside down, and crushed sideways. I have NEVER been in hurry when running a progressive press. Going too fast is a sure way to get ANY primer to go bang in the press."

Slow down your assembly cycle rate, and you should be fine with any primer.

[imashooter2]

I've used many thousands of "not recommended" primers in Lee equipment. Lots of manuals are written by lawyers instead of engineers these days...

[badbobgerman]

i have deprimed using a lee decapper hundreds of live primers i do go SLOW and steady even stroke , never had one go off not reccomending it just saying it can be done , do use a face shield just in case , cant replace your eyes , and dont want to mess up your handsome face , he he

[Caliboose]

I have a reloader friend who tried the Tula primers. He had to shoot his revolver single action to get a positive ignition. Double action wouldn't strike the primer hard enough to set it off.

[badbobgerman]

probably nato primers , little harder to prevent slam firing

[imashooter2]

Or the revolver had a trigger job on it that lightened the factory springs. No way a properly functioning factory sprung revolver doesn't make Tula primers go bang.

[DukeInFlorida]

I agree with this comment. Issues with detonation had NOTHING to do with the primers, but most likely had everything to do with the gun.

Or the revolver had a trigger job on it that lightened the factory springs. No way a properly functioning factory sprung revolver doesn't make Tula primers go bang.

[ragsflh]

tula are good primers.use all time and half the price of the rest of them

[Infidel]

Ok, where are you guys getting the Tula's? Are you getting them online, or can you get them from a local store?

[imashooter2]

I've gotten them from a show (it was a local guy that just happened to be at the show) and an online order from Powder Valley (out of stock on everything but large rifle magnum).