benos Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 A fella sent me a pic for the Frankford Arsenal Vibra-Prime automatic primer tube filler, and I think it's available from Midway for the rock-bottom price of $52.00. Has anyone seen or used this contraption? It looks like you have to hold it in your hand, and it looks a tad mickey-mouse... be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougCarden Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 I have one and like it. I found that I dont even need the adapter tubes as long as I hold the primer tube in line with the hole. It seems to do the trick much better than the pickup tips on the Dillon tubes, and is a helluva lot cheaper than the Dillon model. It has worked well for me and my Federal primers. DougC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 Brian, I thought the same untill I got one. They had it on sale so I bought 2 ( one for a buddy) It works. Flat out works. The only thing bad is the tray itself is a little too small. I'm use to the big dillon tray and the vibraprime one is just big enough with no extra room to easily slide the cover off the primers and still get all the primers upside down. I can load a 100 primers in less than 45 seconds. No kidding. From start to in the press, 45 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snokid Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 BE I have a slightly different version of the same thing, it was made for the rock crusher press. But it works on the same theory and it uses brass tube for the primer tubes that you can purchase at any hobby shop. this thing just flat out works great. 1. dump primers in. 2. shake to flip primers 3. pull trigger my par time is 13 sec start to finish, but I'm working on 12.5 LOL sno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 snokid Try dry firing to decrease your par time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry White Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 If this thing works yall can wear the hero hat for 30 days, just ordered two based on the recomendation here. By the way, the bum steer hat is a 60 day deal. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclebob Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 I like it. I use the Dillon pickup tubes though. Take off the white primer pickup part, hold the tube in the hole put it at an angle like the directions tell you and pull the trigger. The tubes that came with it I think are undersized and the primers keep jamming. But have had no problem with the Dillion tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solidsnake Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 thanks for the suggestion about just using the dillon tubes by themselves. it really cut down my par time. i still have to find a place on my reloading table to mount the quiver i use to hold all the tubes I filled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted February 13, 2003 Author Share Posted February 13, 2003 Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry White Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 vibra- prime got here today, like the man said, works, just flat works. Yall get the good guy hat for this one. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steve Harris Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 I was the one who asked Brian about the Vibra Primer. Thanks for all the input! I bought one and, although it's a little pricy for what it cost to produce, it works great!! I wish I had one years ago. I also found I could load by Dillon tubes directly. This is a REAL time saver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellow Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Just got mine last week. $34.99 from natchez ( http://www.natchezss.com ) ya can't beat that!! I just checked their site, and they have less than 5 left. Now I just gotta wait till my 650 comes in the mail!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBF Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 Just had to bring it up again, works slick as snot. Midway has $39.95 price til April 30. Just advise to not drop it on floor.............Travis F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Brian, I have had mine for about a month and love it. Flat out love it. Never needed any mods, it just worked from day one. A little cheesy lookin' but for the price, and the time I save it has paid for itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calhunter Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 A fella sent me a pic for the Frankford Arsenal Vibra-Prime automatic primer tube filler, and I think it's available from Midway for the rock-bottom price of $52.00. Has anyone seen or used this contraption? It looks like you have to hold it in your hand, and it looks a tad mickey-mouse... be <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I just got mine today. Vibraprime, 3 trays, 3 large and 3 small tubes $79 including shipping and that all important NRA roundup. The base unit is $30 and has one of each tube and a tray, the tray may not be necessary but get some extra tubes. The unit works good. I loaded the same set of primers about 5 times just to test it out. (When you get a new toy, you must play) . The weakest part seems to be the tabs on the primer fill tubes. I broke one on the first try. (Called Midway and they sent me a set of 6 for free.) The tabs are not critical and you can use it just fine without them. Overall it's a heck of a lot faster than the manual pickup tubes and a lot cheaper and smaller than the RF100. I ordered mine after reading a post under dillon reloaders RF100. Thanks to ever made that post, saved me a bunch of cash. More spare cash = More ammo Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.40AET Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 The dillon primer tubes work fine. Take off the yellow pick up piece and when you put the tube into the vibra prime you will find a sweet spot. Hold the tube in place and fill it up. I've had a Vibra prime for over a year with no problems. Filling 10 tubes takes under 10 minutes. Nice time saver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhurd Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Yup right after I bought my RF100 those fillers became available rassa frassis...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I wouldn't part with my RF-100 ever.. it's full-auto drop-in-box-of-primers, push-button, go away compared to the Vibra's semi-auto-syle shake-flip-primers, buzz into tubes. Vibra's a lot cheaper though and kicks butt over pickup tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenavd Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 It works great, just do not use the adapters. You put the tube in and hol it instead, if you use the adapters they tend to jam. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajarrel Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I am still dropping hints to the family for a RF-100. But in the meantime, the Vibra-Prime does the job and does it well. It's much faster than picking them up one at a time and besides there is a cool factor in the pistol grip shape. FWIW dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hangin' Chad Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 I think I've had mine for about a year now and I love it for the price. I use the dillon tubes in the adapter, all you have to do is take off the yellow or green tip, wrap one round ONLY of scotch tape around the end of the tube and it will fit easily and snugly in the adapter, works great for me. I did find that some of my older tubes didn't have the blue tips with the cotter pin, they had the hole drilled through tube itself for the pin. The problem that I ran into was when I pulled the filled tube out of the adapter the top three primers would fall off because they stuck up above the tube. The easy fix was to call Dillon and get a few blue tips with the pins and slip them on the ends, they add just enough length to the tube for all 100 primers to go inside the tube. I have 1 tray 1 large adapter 1 small adapter 1 Frankford large tube and 1 Frankford small tube the rest are Dillon. I can load 6 tubes under 2 minutes easy. THC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Hey Guys, just got off the phone with Natchez, the price is 22.49!!! Two out the door delivered is $55.57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigdawg Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I got mine last week the only thing is I'm having problems with primers flipping over. Am I doing something wrong or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepickles Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Flipping over in the tray or ending up flipped inside the tube? Just to make sure no silly question goes un-asked, are you possibly using the larger primer side of the tray for small primers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigdawg Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Flipping over in the tray or ending up flipped inside the tube? Just to make sure no silly question goes un-asked, are you possibly using the larger primer side of the tray for small primers? They are flipping over as they enter the tube and I was using the small tube and small end of the tray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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