Smeeg Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I looked at all the options mentioned above and wound up just buying more primer tubes... fill them while watching tv or when I have nothing better to do. Just couldn't justify the costs of the pal or rf100 and the vibraprime seems to be hit or miss... (Quoted From another member but sums up the VP perfectly) Based on some of the horror stories of the VP, on MUSA, it seems as though you might get a bad egg. I didn't have to tweak it at all. In another words I just took it out of the packaging and started using it--I just had to get the hang of it and largely is it realizing that the faster you try to rush it, the more likely you'll end up jamming it up. If it doesn't fit well period, or is DOA, I'd say you have a bad one. Amazon has a superb return policy if it's bad, they pay for you to send it back, and they cross ship a new one out to you, though don't assume it's bad if it's not perfect from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDA Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Vibra Prime. Mine has worked great, very affordable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansedgli Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I use a vibra prime. It's fine but I'm thinking about an rf100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safeactionjackson Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 RF100 is key to volume reloading sessions. ~g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DagoRed Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I got the did vibrate prime, I saw my buddies and it worked perfectly. Mine I messed w for an hour and couldn't get to work right. Primers would hang in the hole in the tray, try flipping etc. I tried to fix it various ways and finally got the flip tray out. I'd send it back but now that I messed w it don't think I could. Just trash it. I don't like wasting money, I'm completely willing though to spend on a good product that is not going to waste my time. I'll look at this PAL thing Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmd Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Another vote for the PAL. He has a FBook page. Here's a stand I made for mine. Makes dumping in the primers easier.. Edited January 17, 2016 by pmd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvsmith Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Love the stand, you could sell a bunch of them, put me 1st in line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWLAZS Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 RF100 is key to volume reloading sessions. ~g I spend more time keeping the rf 100 running then if I just loaded the tubes by hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 RF100 is key to volume reloading sessions. ~g I spend more time keeping the rf 100 running then if I just loaded the tubes by hand. Ever owned a British car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWLAZS Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob DuBois Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 RF 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safeactionjackson Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 RF100 is key to volume reloading sessions. ~g I spend more time keeping the rf 100 running then if I just loaded the tubes by hand. You're doing it wrong then. Haven't had a single issue with mine, doing 4 thousand rounds a month or so. At first I wasn't so sure it was worth the money, I'm now a believer. I simply take a loaded tube, drop it into my press, place it back in its proper place, dump a tray of primers in, press the power button and return when I've loaded 100 rounds. Rinse and repeat! ~g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 RF100 It's expensive and might take a little time to get it set up, but once that's done you're golden. The biggest advantage of the RF100 over the vibraprime and PAL is it's hands free. You dump the primers in the tray, push a button and go back to loading while it runs. By the time you have to stop to add primers to your press it's done. You add the primers to your press, dump another box in the RF100 tray, push the button and go back to loading. Awesome system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmd Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) So you folks that are using the RF100... Are experiencing many flipped primers? I had an RF100 that had a rheostat dimmer and I was getting 1 to 2 flipped primers per 100-200 primers. I also currently have an Ammo-Load primer filler with a built in speed adjustment and still get flipped primers. I typically use only Winchester and federal small primers. To avoid the flipped primers I went to the PAL. Edited January 18, 2016 by pmd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Like any machine, the RF100 can have issues. I had to send one back for adjustment. And even now, one of them loves the CCI, the other prefers the Winchester. On the "correct" machine I get close to zero flipped primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safeactionjackson Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 A couple of weeks ago I did a batch of 3K, don't think I had a single primer flip. Been waiting using Win primers. ~g Sent from my iPhone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradsteimel Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I love not having to fill the tubes manually and use the Dillon RF 100. Do i love it? Not really. Maybe I just need to fine-tune some adjustments, but i probably average 1-3 primers per 100 that end up sneaking by upside down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundlzrd Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Thanks for this thread. I usually only load 100-200 rounds in a session before the Baby wakes up. But I might be able to get 300 rounds in if it didnt take so long to fill primer tubes. The PAL thing looks promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavex Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I love my Dillon RF100 most of the time, but the old Lee hand primer I converted into a tube filler is waaay faster. But you need to sit there with the tube against a tumbler that's running to get it work. Whereas the DIllon fills the tube while I'm gauging ammo that's coming off the press. Since it loads the tubes faster than the Mark VII can pump out ammo, it's all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justpaul Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 RF100. I run it on a separate bench and never have a flipped primer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justpaul Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 RF100. I run it on a separate bench and never have a flipped primer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justpaul Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 (edited) .. Edited January 27, 2016 by justpaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkS_A18138 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Sold the RF100 and went with the Pal-Fil and NEVER look back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_53 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 (edited) Another vote for the Pal-Filler - I've had mine for about a month now and it is has handled WLP, WSR, Remington 6-1/2's and CCI 550's without any issues whatsoever. Edited January 27, 2016 by Steve_53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wav3rhythm Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Once I got the vibraprime running it has been awesome. It was very affordable and works well for a few thousand rounds a month. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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