Lee Auto Prime, .45 Colt, and Starline Brass

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Lee Auto Prime, .45 Colt, and Starline Brass

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Greetings,

This is my first post here. I'm an long time reloader and I've used my Lee Auto Prime for most of those years.
I recently started using Starline brass with the #11 shell holder that I've used for years, but all my primers were seated proud in the Starline cases. I couldn't figure it out but I did notice that there are two shell holders listed for .45 Colt. I ordered the other #14 shell holder, waited most of a week for delivery, and ran all the cases through the Auto Prime again with the #14. That fixed it?

I don't have a way of measuring the differences in the #11 and #14 but the #14 seems much snugger.

I was wondering if others have experienced this problem with this combination of components?

TIA, Will
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Thanks for the info and welcome to the forum!
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Welcome aboard WillD !!!

Didn't know that either, good info.
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Re: Lee Auto Prime, .45 Colt, and Starline Brass

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Herzlich willkommen!

LEE marks #14 as second choice, so #11 should be the correct one.
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Re: Lee Auto Prime, .45 Colt, and Starline Brass

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Some of the Colts brass has a larger rim diameter and that is what the alternative holder is for . Starline may be the 1 . I believe the #14 also accommodates the 45 Schofield which has a larger rim than the Colts.
As far as the seating of the primers goes I have nothing. The only time I've had high pistol primers was when a few large rifle primers got mixed up w the large pistol primers. I have since eliminated that possibility from the bench.
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