Trouble with hand primer
 

I just started reloading about a month ago. My hand primer got stuck today. I couldn't get it going. The pin that pushes the primer home got stuck in the "all the way up" position. I worked with for an hour..finally called the manufacturer...gonna send it back? it is a hornady."......hoping someone maybe had through a similar experience, could offer some suggestion as to what I had done wrong. The plastic round primer holder was stuck...I could not get it in the down position to take the hand primer apart? The hand primer worked fine during the first two sessions.

So why are you putting the post up just to tell us that?

My guess is he posted because he was/is hoping someone could help him get his tool working. However, he obviously was hoping for too much; it seems he overestimated our good will.

Whenever the pin in my tool gets stuck, it is because of an alignment issue; i 'fix' the tool by wiggling things. Yup, i understand that is virtually no help, but what do i know? When things around here don't work, i try to make them work. When other folks things don't work, usually there isn't much i can do about it, so i normally don't make a suggestion, or a comment.

What brand of hand primer? Know on a hornady hand primer if you change plates the seating pin for the primer needs to be changed.

That is what I was getting at. If he wanted help, it would seem like he would have at a minimum come on and stated what brand he had, etc.

The OP has already stated he was new at handloading. I think he was round-about looking for suggestions to help solve his problem. He hasn't had much luck here, now, has he? Maybe some of us could lighten up here a little, and try to make him feel a little more comfortable. Not everyone is as experienced as a lot of us, and we were in his shoes at one point in time too. He may need fed questions so his situation becomes more clear. Ya think???

No need for any of us to lighten up as everything is cool! What we need is if the guy wants help for him to at least state what brand he has so that some light can be shed on the situation. He stated he had already talked to the manufacturer, but didn't state what that company was, and then stated he's sending it back. Thus my question! I don't think that is too much to ask, but maybe it is. So for the OP: WHAT BRAND IS YOUR HAND PRIMER?

He has already gave ya'll the finger and moved on also expressed how a bunch of jerks here treated him; Sure is nice there are so many different gun forums with a hand loading section.
Remember the golden rule most of us were taught in grade school?

:D Al

Sure are a bunch of thin skins around here! The guy is not new to the site and if he wanted help why the He** didn't he say so is all i asked. Geez!!! :pcwhack:

Can someone please exlain to me how to ignore someone? We have at least one member that thinks it's his responsility to talk down to everyone.

PM sent explaining how. Have a good day and sorry my question and explanation wasn't to your satisfaction!

Now we're getting somewhere with that edit and I sincerely hope that someone can help you take care of the problem. Did you get any advice from the Hornady people when you called them because IMHO they are a good company that stands behind their products? All I use is Hornady BTSPs for the three calibers I reload for and they have all been great for accuracy and terminal performance. I prime off my RCBS press, but I would bet that someone here can help you now with the added information you gave about your hand press. Good luck and be safe in your endeavors!

Left side of screen under User CP, then down to edit ignore list.

It helps, but only if you Log On. If you just visit the site without Logging On you will unfortunately see their posts.

Like everyone else suggested - If you can't get it working send it back. (first ask if there will be a charge to repair it).
If there is a charge I would look into the RCBS hand primer. I've used mine for years without any problems.
I do have one thought though. Were you trying to use large primers (rifle or pistol) but using the small primer accessories? Could be you have a primer stuck in your hand primer. Just guessing and throwing out ideas.

Wow, such a simple question, such a wrong turn at Albuquerque...

Which Hornady hand primer do you have? Does the end of your handle move towards the top of the primer, or towards the bottom?

I would tend to assume that you have the large primer seater stuck in a small primer tray, but that may not be the case, since your post sort of implies that it did work at some point.

With the handle that moves towards the top, you should be able to remove the link follower and use a wooden dowel or brass rod to drive the primer seater out of the tray.

With the handle that moves towards the bottom, it should work the same, but it's a little more difficult to disassemble in that way.

Next time you get it disassembled, drop the primer seating pistons into the housing and let them travel the full ROM without handles or springs assembled. Feel your way around whether it has a burr or an oversized diameter that might be causing your hang up.

Hornady replaced the priming tool.... I am back in business. Thanks to ALL who commented...

I use a lee hand primer tool. never used it to prime small primers. mostly large rifle cases. never had any problems with it. glad to hear that you got your primer tool fixed.

I agree. The guy is new to hand loading. Cut him some slack. Didn't he say in his post it is a Hornady ?

Why bring this thread back up after a month just to post that comment? FYI the initial post until he did what was asked and added over 1/2 of what is now showing did not even say the primer was a Hornady or what the actual problem was! Please look at the date and time he made his edit AFTER the comment you have quoted and don't try and stir up trouble when you don't know what the whole situation you commented on was! Thank you!!!

Boo Hoo Hoo, I'm a baaaad boy!

Yep; you're a regular Dennis the Menace, LOL!