RCBS APS Priming Tool - Manual (Page 9)

various colors for designating primer
type but also for primer size. For exam-
ple, there are two white primer strips;
one for large pistol primers and one for
small pistol primers.
White Primer Strip:
#300 Large Pistol, Standard
#500 Small Pistol, Standard
Red Primer Strip:
#350 Large Pistol, Magnum
#550 Small Pistol, Magnum
Yellow Primer Strip:
#200 Large Rifle, Standard
#400 Small Rifle, Standard
Blue Primer Strip:
#250 Large Rifle, Magnum
#450 Small Rifle, Magnum
Black Primer Strip:
#BR2 Large Rifle, Benchrest
#BR4 Small Rifle, Benchrest
Orange Primer Strip:
#34 7.62mm (Military)
#41 5.56mm (Military)
CUSTOMER SERVICE
After reading these instructions, if
you have any questions or need addi-
tional help in using the APS Priming
Tools, call us at the factory. We’ll be
glad to help.
APS STRIP LOADER
INSTRUCTIONS
The APS Strip Loader is for those
reloaders who may have a supply of
CCI primers in conventional tray-
type packaging and now, because
of the APS Priming Tools, they need
those primers loaded into strips. As
the name implies, the strip loader
allows you to fill empty primer strips
with your favorite primers. With each
push of the handle the strip loader will
quickly seat 25 primers into a strip.
After loading the strips with primers
the strips are ready to be used in an
APS Priming Tool.
The tape covering CCI strips of APS
primers is an important safety feature
of the packaging. The tape serves
to prevent the detonation of a sin-
gle primer from causing detonation
of other primers in close proximity.
Always cover loaded primer strips, not
in use, with APS tape. Never store
quantities of loaded primer strips
without covering them with tape.
Covering the primers with APS tape
also serves to protect them from con-
tamination during storage. To apply
the tape, simply peel the backing
from a section from the tape. Lay
the tape on a flat surface with the
adhesive surface up. Lay up to four
loaded strips, side-by-side, anvil side
down and press firmly into place.
IMPORTANT: Before you operate
the strip loader it is vitally important
that you read these instructions and
fully understand how this product
w o r k s . B e c o m e f a m i l i a r w i t h t h e
loader by going through a few “dry
runs.” Along with these instructions
there are some handy tips and sug-
gestions that will make the tool eas-
ier to use.
Carefully unpack the strip loader and
look for the following items:
• Strip loader assembly
• Handle lever
• Tray lid
• Strips
• Tape
Place the strip loader on a flat sur-
face and attach the handle lever as
shown in photo #16. You may need
to depress or push down on the primer
seating bar so the handle lever will
slip into the four slots at the back of
the tool. See photo #16. Under the
primer seating bar you’ll see there are
25 pins...one for each hole in the
primer strip. These pins help to locate
the empty strips in the tool and to
position the primers in the strip. Once
the handle lever is installed, push
down on the lever and watch what
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