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A device for loading a primer from a priming station into a primer socket of an ammunition cartridge case, includes an elongated track for longitudinally guiding a rectilinear primer strip through the priming station. The primer strip includes a series of longitudinally aligned receptacles, each of

A device for loading a primer from a priming station into a primer socket of an ammunition cartridge case, includes an elongated track for longitudinally guiding a rectilinear primer strip through the priming station. The primer strip includes a series of longitudinally aligned receptacles, each of which holds a primer in an interference fit that prevents dislodgement of the primer from the strip. Each primer strip also has a plurality of laterally extending castellations or teeth that slide on a ledge over the track, and a reciprocating advancing member on the track has arms that interdigitate with the teeth to move the primer strip forward through the priming station as the advancing member moves in an advancing direction. A detent interdigitates with the teeth to hold the primer strip with a target receptacle in a target position adjacent the primer socket of the cartridge case, while a reciprocating punch pin transfers the primer from the target receptacle to the primer socket. The primer strips provide a compact storage member that safely and conveniently allows primers to be loaded into spent ammunition cartridges.

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A tool for inserting a primer into a cartridge case having a primer socket, by transferring the primer from an elongated primer holder strip having a plurality of longitudinally aligned primer receptacles, the tool comprising: a priming station having a holder that holds the cartridge case with the

A tool for inserting a primer into a cartridge case having a primer socket, by transferring the primer from an elongated primer holder strip having a plurality of longitudinally aligned primer receptacles, the tool comprising: a priming station having a holder that holds the cartridge case with the primer socket in a target position for receiving the primer from a target receptacle of the primer holder strip; an advancer that incrementally advances the primer holder strip longitudinally through the priming station to sequentially align a series of target receptacles of the primer holder strip with the target position; and a reciprocable punch member for advancing into one of the target receptacles to push one of the primers out of the target receptacle into the target position.