Detritus
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Been meaning to post this since shortly after it happened,
So here's the story, about two months ago I was making up a new batch of .45 when on about round # 160 up-stroke on sizing feels funny, there's a "ping" that's louder and different from the expected "primer-unseating ping" at the top of the stroke, down-stroke is rough and seating the new primer feels strange (I use an older Lee turret press for pistol ammo), I look down there's some random gray crap about the size and shape of tumbling media on the shell holder (but none in the case, I checked). checked over the now sized and primed case, found a small scratch on one side, and a wire like piece of metal seated next to the primer that pulled out/off when gently rubbed with a screwdriver tip.
add next case and primer, size/de-prime stroke this time is nasty and now there is gray junk all over the ram when I bring it down, this case is scored all to hell, I shine a light up at the mouth of the die and see the following
these were obviously taken after I took the die out and was sitting at my desk getting ready to order it's replacement.
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[URL='https://flic.kr/p/VW731i'][URL='https://flic.kr/p/VW731i']
[URL='https://flic.kr/p/VW731i'][URL='https://flic.kr/p/VW731i']
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So here's the story, about two months ago I was making up a new batch of .45 when on about round # 160 up-stroke on sizing feels funny, there's a "ping" that's louder and different from the expected "primer-unseating ping" at the top of the stroke, down-stroke is rough and seating the new primer feels strange (I use an older Lee turret press for pistol ammo), I look down there's some random gray crap about the size and shape of tumbling media on the shell holder (but none in the case, I checked). checked over the now sized and primed case, found a small scratch on one side, and a wire like piece of metal seated next to the primer that pulled out/off when gently rubbed with a screwdriver tip.
add next case and primer, size/de-prime stroke this time is nasty and now there is gray junk all over the ram when I bring it down, this case is scored all to hell, I shine a light up at the mouth of the die and see the following
these were obviously taken after I took the die out and was sitting at my desk getting ready to order it's replacement.
[URL='https://flic.kr/p/VFqwjy'][/URL]
[URL='https://flic.kr/p/VW731i'][URL='https://flic.kr/p/VW731i']
[URL='https://flic.kr/p/VW731i'][URL='https://flic.kr/p/VW731i']
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