Mashed my first primer today

[GeoDudeFlorida]

At the risk of turning this thread into "How many ways can you jack up a primer?"

Level 3.5 - a primed case sneaks into your batch of unprimed cases. When two primers attempt to fit in half the space, loud noise and hilarity ensues...

For the uninitiated, it's as loud as a firecracker but your eyes and ears are fairly close to it. Eye/ear pro is always a good idea.

Yup!

 

[rsrocket1]

To the op: try seating and checking case dimensions with a few bullets before going all out and reloading them. The "honest" seller may have simply used a deprimer on the cases and may not have resized the cases. I bought a bunch of shiny deprimed cases only to find that they were not resized on the body nor the neck.

I had to fully resize the cases and treat them as "just fired" cases. Bullets would slide in and out of the necks with no tension.

 

[ballman6711]

To the op: try seating and checking case dimensions with a few bullets before going all out and reloading them. The "honest" seller may have simply used a deprimer on the cases and may not have resized the cases. I bought a bunch of shiny deprimed cases only to find that they were not resized on the body nor the neck.

I had to fully resize the cases and treat them as "just fired" cases. Bullets would slide in and out of the necks with no tension.

Thank you for that suggestion.

I just started reloading for the AR (my first bottleneck cartridge) and have only loaded ninety rounds so far. I purchased a Sheridan slotted gauge so that I could see what was going on IF their was a problem. The brass is from a reputable company (purchased through Graf's) and is indeed as advertised, save for the crimp being removed completely on all rounds. Maybe their swager or cutter are worn or maybe they were done too fast.

When I got the brass I did drop several in the Sheridan to see if they were sized, and indeed they were. I'm sizing them again anyway out of habit (I size all brass before loading), and to hopefully keep good practices going.

I've also intentionally not mentioned the company name, as I don't want this to turn into a brand war.

Thanks to everybody for the help and suggestions, and I'm now happy to be a "club member", lol!

chris

 

[GHinNH]

No way would I try to reload commercial "Processed" brass.

In a game where consistency is key, never found any actually so, or maybe my standards anyway.

Sure it's shiny but that's where it usually ends, I've even contacted brass suppliers to see if I could get un-processed because I want to use my sizing die, and the stuff is all over the place anyway.

 

[ballman6711]

No way would I try to reload commercial "Processed" brass.

In a game where consistency is key, never found any actually so, or maybe my standards anyway.

Sure it's shiny but that's where it usually ends, I've even contacted brass suppliers to see if I could get un-processed because I want to use my sizing die, and the stuff is all over the place anyway.

I have to agree, but I wanted to start loading for the AR and had not one single piece of brass, so bought some when I found it. Tough times these days for those not prepared, lol! I do have plenty of everything for the cartridges I was already loading for, so I'm not really pressed for anything.

It is shiny, and all the pieces I checked in the Sheridan gauge fit perfectly. So overall I'm happy with what I got, and all of it that I've checked has been as advertised, just that they could have done a bit better with the crimp removal.

I'll stop complaining now.

chris

 

[GHinNH]

I have to agree, but I wanted to start loading for the AR and had not one single piece of brass, so bought some when I found it. Tough times these days for those not prepared, lol! I do have plenty of everything for the cartridges I was already loading for, so I'm not really pressed for anything.

It is shiny, and all the pieces I checked in the Sheridan gauge fit perfectly. So overall I'm happy with what I got, and all of it that I've checked has been as advertised, just that they could have done a bit better with the crimp removal.

I'll stop complaining now.

chris

Oh I buy plenty of "once fired" brass but I just process it myself before using it, start with a level playing field. I'm a little on the wrong end of the curve myself as far as components go.

 

[Poper]

Next level in The Club: press one in backwards

Just did that yesterday... Primed 50 cases of 6mm CM and one was perfectly reversed! How that happened I have no idea because I had flipped them in the tray before seating them in the RCBS Universal Hand Priming Tool. I popped it out with a Universal Depriming Die and reseated it properly. Now the primer has a centered dent from the decapping tip. I expect it will go bang just fine....

 

[d31tc]

Recent member of the jacked primer club here as well. It would suck having to figure ALL of this reloading stuff the hard way. And when I do screw up, I don’t feel so all alone.