[fatelk]

Went to a gun show in town last weekend. A friend bought a thousand rounds of remanufactured 9mm 124gr plated ammo from Outdoor Marksman. I looked at them closely a couple days later and was surprised to see they all had high primers! They were not seated right and were definitely above flush.

I know this can cause misfires and have heard it can cause slamfires. We should have contacted Outdoor Marksman and taken then back but instead I put on safety glasses and gloves and seated all the primers with a hand priming tool.

Has anyone else bought bad ammo like this?

[Sistema1927]

I would not have re-seated the primers. If it was that important to salvage them I would have pulled the bullets, dumped the powder, and then re-seated them.

Every single reloading manual will warn you that re-seating primers on loaded rounds is a bad idea. While a mistake won't send a bullet shooting across the room, the resulting small explosion will make you wish that you had more than a pair of safety glasses and gloves.

[NavyLCDR]

"Every single reloading manual will warn you that re-seating primers on loaded rounds is a bad idea. While a mistake won't send a bullet shooting across the room, the resulting small explosion will make you wish that you had more than a pair of safety glasses and gloves."

Small explosion?!? I have not experienced this first hand, but this would not be just the primer going off - it would be the powder as well. I think it result in a small grenade like action sending schrapnel in every direction.

I would probably have asked about replacements first...