Greyghost1962

I spoke to the sales team at Mark 7 re the Primer Orientation Sensor. They told me they were working through this issue as several people have asked this question. The primer collator is near foolproof so unlike my Apex with the Primer Xpress, the likelihood of getting flipped primers is nil, so half the problems that my primer orientation sensor needs to find is gone. Occassionally I'll get a really deep seated primer and that never really gives me any problems so I just flag the brass not to reuse and go on. It is really nice, however, to catch the rare not quite flush primer that I get, for whatever reason. I am thinking about letting Mark 7 get a few years of practice on the Genesis before picking one up, and then using my Apex for case prep. I really won't miss messing with the Primer Xpress, although Mark 7 is sending me a replacement control box and ramp top with sensors as mine is a really early model and I guess they have had some problems with them. The flipped primer sensor on mine has such a narrow adjustment range that you have to get it just right to catch flipped primers and it only then catches about 80%. If you try and cheat it a bit lower, it sets off constantly, so hopefully getting the new components will help as I am getting sick of dealing with inverted primers that either seat and catch on the primer orientation sensor, or ones that just mangle and jam the primer disk.