High primers in a 44 spl.

[buck460XVR]

I always put my cases mouth down in my loading blocks after priming, this shows me that they are primed and ready to charge.(my habit is to put them mouth down after resizing, mouth up after belling, mouth down after priming and then open mouth up after they are charged, ready to have the bullet seated.) It's very easy at that time to see any primer that is not below flush with the case rim. I like my primers a tad below flush to make sure the anvil is preloaded, those that are not, are obvious. I have heard of issues from other folks in the past when the Lee hand primer is used. Never had a issue with my RCBS hand primer or it's big brother the Bench Primer, getting primers as deep as they need be. One reason I like to prime off press is to make sure my primers are seated correctly. According to my records, I have loaded well over 100,000 rounds of handgun ammo and have yet to come across a case that would not take a primer correctly. Nor have I set off a primer by trying to seat it too deep. Only one time did I have a primer not go off, and that was when I did not seat it below flush. It did go off on the second strike tho.

 

[Riomouse911]

I had several TIGHT primer pockets in a batch of 1,000 Starline .41 mag cases I bought. Seating WLP primers in those cases with the tight pockets was almost impossible with the Lee hand press.

I, too run my finger over every primer I load to make sure they're seated properly. It takes me a bit more time to load a bunch when I add steps like this to the process, but the diligence has paid off with reliable ignition to date (Knock on wood!).

Stay safe!

 

[SASS#23149]

call me over cautious, but I will never ever re-seat the primer in a loaded round.

I"d be willing to bet that most of us do not wear eyes and ears at the bench....we all should...and a round going off would be damned upsetting,and possibly very dangerous.

is it possible you are being a bit cautious in your primer setting ? I never used to clean primer pockets on pistol ammo and they still seated flush no matter how I was seating them. On my Dillon I'll lean on it firmly for a one count.
..I now use a Lee pocket cleaner in a cordless drill for cleaning pockets,once you do and see all the crud that comes out....well, it's just a good idea ,imho

 

[Iron Sight]

Mainly after firing several 45 acp rounds in my Ruger single action I will note problems with cylinder rotation. I'm not conflicting with the primers. The cartridges a simply not seating completely in the chambers. At that point brushing/cleaning the chambers solves the cylinder rotation problem.