I have the RCBS APS Bench Priming Tool. With arthritic hands it is easier handling the strips than single primers.
I use a number of poly loading blocks from Sinclair. 4 for each cal. I load.
My steps are:
Tumble in walnut shells 1 hour or so.
Size & deprime
Tumble in corncob & brass polish 1 hour
Inspect, clean & uniform primer pocket, reshape flash hole.
Trim, deburr, and final inspect
Prime and load in tray
Charge with powder and transfer to next tray
NOTE: I use RCBS powder measure with micrometer & baffle. I weigh every 5th charge.
Inspect that full tray has even powder level. No empties or double charges.
Seat bullet
Crimp using Lee factory crimp die.
Test final cartridge in a go / no gage
Box & label.
I load .38spl, .357mag, .45ACP, and 30.06.
I got my start back in 2000. I had bought a case of .357 ammo online from some hack who I will not name. Yeah, I was stupid. I was getting mis-fires. 1 or 2 out of 6. NOT GOOD. I discussed it with a owner of a Gun Store near me and he found the ammo had the primers set too deep. I thought I could do better. So I bought the RCBS deluxe reloading kit, and a hammer to take the bad stuff apart. In the process of redoing those I found one that did not even have a flash hole!!!
Needless to say, I am about the most anal reloader out there . . . [grin] I really don't trust any ammo I did not load. The stuff I did load I almost trust.
With that RCBS APS Bench Priming Tool, do you have to buy their primers, or do you load the primers INTO the strips? I can’t imagine having to load the individual primers into strips.
There are a couple of caveats like use with CCI or Winchester Primers only, but I have never had any trouble, and I can sit in front of the tube and prime brass for loading later.
A Dillon is on my list...