straightshooter1 Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 On another thread, I mentioned that Dillon's primer pick-up tubes won't hold a full 100 large and small rifle primers. Someone said that if I added a certain tip they would hold the 100. Do any of you rifle shooters know which tip? I have several, but the ones I have tried still hold about 97. Thanks in advance, Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Somethings wrong here... how long are the aluminun tubes you have? Small Pistol, Small rifle - always hold 100 - no problem.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerjg Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 I can fit 105 in the filler tube and 120 or so on the machine. I think there might wrong w/ you filler tubes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkbrd Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Its your tubes, call Dillon and they will send you the proper ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillon Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 large rifle primers are about .008" taller than large pistol primers. On all primer pickup tubes made up until about 3 years ago, they will hold about 97 large rifle primers. A couple of years ago, a design change was made to eliminate drilling the hole for the clip in the tube. A translucent blue plastic tip was added to the other end of the pickup tube. This tip has the hole for the clip. An added bonus was that with moving the clip further out, the large pickup tube will now hold 100 large rifle primers. You can get the blue clip=end tips to install on your existing pickup tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straightshooter1 Posted September 5, 2006 Author Share Posted September 5, 2006 Thanks dillon-my tubes most definitely predate 3 years ago. I think the newest are early 90s. Next time I order something, I'll buy the right tips. Thanks to all who responded, Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishoesel Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 I thought I was going crazy. The current tubes will most definitely NOT hold 100 primers, actually only 94-95 will fit. I have the translucent blue tip on one end, and no pickup piece on the other end because I got an EntirelyCrimson primer tube adapter for my RF100, which requires the tip to be removed. Also the reason I'm using the pimer pickup tube adapter is to fill tubes for a Derraco priming system on my press and needed a way to fill the tubes, but unfortunately they're too short. Does anyone know where to source proper length tubes that I can drill for the hairclip? They're about 1/4" to 1/2" too short. Don't think there's a huge money savings in cutting them too short, since you only get 2 tubes with a press, so not sure what the deal is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m700 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Havent loaded large stuff in a while but all my tubes hold 100 + a couple more. After running a 1000 or so through press I would clear out the unused primers,10 or so, or would pick them off floor. Then I would add a couple to each full tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc1974 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Just need toreplace the tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBomber Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Or, order some RCBS pickup tubes. If I recall, there large tubes always held 100 large rifle primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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