I'm a new reloader. I probably have around 700 rounds under my belt.
My wife came home from shooting 100 of my reloads with 5 rounds that didn't go "boom". I checked the cases and the primers all had firing pin strikes on them.
I assumed that the 5 faulty rounds had somehow managed to make it through the press without any powder.
This morning I took the 5 bullets apart and found that every one of them had powder inside.
Being new I'm a bit unclear on where the problem might be.
1. the primer got hit
2. the round had powder inside
but the powder inside failed to ignite and the bullet is still 100% in place.
I figured that I'd pop the primers out and see if they ignited or not and then check the flash hole, although I'd guess that the depriming pin would clear out a flash hole at least enough for the spark to pass from the primer to the powder.
Any other suggestions?
My wife came home from shooting 100 of my reloads with 5 rounds that didn't go "boom". I checked the cases and the primers all had firing pin strikes on them.
I assumed that the 5 faulty rounds had somehow managed to make it through the press without any powder.
This morning I took the 5 bullets apart and found that every one of them had powder inside.
Being new I'm a bit unclear on where the problem might be.
1. the primer got hit
2. the round had powder inside
but the powder inside failed to ignite and the bullet is still 100% in place.
I figured that I'd pop the primers out and see if they ignited or not and then check the flash hole, although I'd guess that the depriming pin would clear out a flash hole at least enough for the spark to pass from the primer to the powder.
Any other suggestions?