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About this product
Product Identifiers
BrandLee
MPN90700
UPC0734307907006
Model90700
eBay Product ID (ePID)565032084
Product Key Features
Ammunition TypeHandgun
Press TypeHand
TypePriming Tool
Ratings and reviews
Most relevant reviews
- 16 Sep, 2016Most favourable review
Works fairly well
I bought this to use for LOTS of 9mm cases. I mounted it to a "lap desk" so that I can sit in my easy chair and watch TV while priming. It works great 95% of the time but sometimes won't move the primer from the loading chute to the plunger. I then have to remove the primer tray and shell holder to clear the jam. For the price, its a good purchase.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 22 Jul, 2018Most critical review
Poor Quality Tool
The Lee Auto Bench Prime at first appears to be a great value because of the price. All my reloading equipment (turret press, dies) is from Lee and works just fine so I thought I would also have success with the bench priming tool to have more consistent and quicker priming. Not so. After only about 200 cases I noticed quirks. Even though I loaded the feedtray properly, the primers would often feed sideways into the case causing a partially stuck primer in a rifle case. Not only is this dangerous but removing it is frustrating and time consuming. Then the plastic feeding mechanism cracked partially which made things even worse. I tried many times to make the primers feed right and for about 75 cases they did. Then the same problems reappeared. This is not how I want to spend time enjoying my hobby. Nothing but frustration and waste of time. This is a cheaply made product that gives inconsistent performance. I've just placed an order for the RCBS bench mounted priming tool and expect it to be much better. I do not recommend this product. Spend the extra $50 and buy a quality made tool. You get what you pay for....
Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 05 Jun, 2018
Why so cheap?
I am a novice reloader and had previously only primed on a SS press. I bought this Lee and will never prime on a press again. It's faster, easier, consistent, and has a better "feel" of the seating. Did I mention faster? (A lot imo.) It seats just below flush like I want. Fwiw, I have only primed large rifle primers (CCI 200, CCI BR2, and Fed210M). BEWARE that the instructions state that you should SINGLE FEED ALL TYPES OF FEDERAL Lg rifle primers, so if that is what you mainly use I don't recommend this particular bench primer. I will stick with CCI and use the auto feed. Also, I removed the rubber O-ring on the lever as recommended by a couple of youtube users. No squeek and no failures to reset/drop primers now. They said "Lee recommended it". I can't confirm that myself though. Fwiw, mine did not come with the spring on the back of the clamshell and although it's fine, I now believe the spring "rattles" the holder to keep primers settled to the bottom. I just tap it when they need settled and it works fine. I like the quiet operation without it anyway. I love this bench primer so far and it is a GREAT bargain. I would buy it again in a heartbeat.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 22 Mar, 2018
Lee Precision Auto Bench Primer
The Lee Auto Bench Primer workers pretty good. It does jam every now and then, but all in all it works good. Its better then a hand primer. A lot less stress on the hand and you can feel how tight the primers are going in to a case. I use it more then priming on my progressive press. I have more control of the priming operation.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 12 Apr, 2017
Lee Precision Auto Bench Prime
I have had this a couple of weeks now and primed about 300 rds of .223. Out of every 100, it is going to crimp and ruin about 3 primers. Can't figure out if it is me or the machine. If it is me, I don't know what I am doing wrong on the ones that crimp. It is MUCH FASTER than doing on the reloader. But, I was having more trouble on the reloader than I am here. Maybe I can figure out what is going wrong on the three. One review said you could not turn it to LOCK once it had been open and feeding primers. Mine will LOCK and remove with primers in it and in the one position.I would recommend this product.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 28 Feb, 2018
Easy to use
Easy to use but not as robust as I would like to see. Buying the shell holders separately seems ridiculous and don't fit the brass as well as they should. The shell holder for 9mm, fit my .223 brass better then the recommended one. It is easy to use and requires much less effort to seat a primer then using the reloading press. If handled gently it should last a while. Overall I'll give it 3 stars.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 08 Mar, 2017
Relief for old arthritic hands
Hands down the best and easiest to use priming system that I have tried. My arthritis made it difficult to use plier type priming tools. The auto primer on my Redding press works good until a primer gets turned or jammed plus you have to load the primers one at a time into the tube. I probably will still use it. It would be good to have two Lee bench primers so you wouldn't have to change to different primers so often. They are cheap enough!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 17 May, 2016
Save your money
First off the auto bench prime is very cheaply made. It looks like the tin toy cars from Japan in the 1950's. It was missing the rubber stop which was not assembled to the two halves of the bench primer. The priming devices (small and large primers) are made of cheap plastic and sticks in the device which lips the primers upside down. If you remove the spring mechanism the primers will feed properly. I am very disappointed in this device from Lee. If they want to have a good priming system bring back the Auto-Prime II with new upgrades. Lee missed the boat on this one.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 18 Jan, 2024
Great little device
I bought some off brand, all I could find hard cup large rifle primers that broke my old hand primmer trying to seat them. This is little machine drops them in like they are hot! So smooth and easy!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 10 Jan, 2018
Great Product
This bench primer is made like the hand primer but is much easier to use. I bolted it to a piece of plywood about 1 foot square so it is portable. It feeds primers easily and the handle makes primer installation much easier than the hand primer. In fact I may not use the hand primer again, unless I only have 4 or 5 to prime. By the way, the Lee Company is very good about correcting a problem, if there is one. I had a problem with my hand primer, which prompted me to buy the bench primer and Lee provided the bad part to me, for free, immediately after I described the part.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
