Moment of accomplishment.

[Seedtick]

Not again..........

Seedtick

 

[blarby]

^^^agrees^^^

We just kicked this horse to the moon and back BEFORE I STARTED MOVING in APRIL. That was just the most recent thumping, FWIW.

( And people called me silly for starting a reference thread for educational discussion - different issue ! - , for the sole purpose of not hijacking threads, . :banghead: )

Dear OP : Sorry your Glorious thread got jacked.

Your rounds look good, keep up the great work.

 

[altitude_19]

Ya know what...I'll eat my share of the blame. I tried holding back but I let myself get sucked in. I won't say another word to hijack this thread. I've contributed enough damage already.

 

[ljnowell]

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[altitude_19]

Ssssshhhhh. I already said I shouldn't have bothered and that my post was counter-productive (an hour before you replied). Dead issue. Please let it lie. This is the High Road.

 

[ljnowell]

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[altitude_19]

SINCE we're back on topic. I never saw what your priming method was. Maybe I just didn't read closely. Did you ram prime? Hand prime? I just remember that was my weak point starting up....lot's of high primers and a few crushed.

 

[leadchucker]

SINCE we're back on topic. I never saw what your priming method was. Maybe I just didn't read closely. Did you ram prime? Hand prime? I just remember that was my weak point starting up....lot's of high primers and a few crushed.

I have the Lee Classic Turret press with the safety prime and the lever arm primer cup.

Based on what I had read, I was concerned that applying too much pressure to the ram lever would seat a primer too deep, crush it, or even pop it. I experimented with some empty brass and some spent primers before I tried the live primers.

It appears to me that this press, dies, and shell holders are designed so that when the press ram reaches the bottom of its travel, the primer depth will automatically be set correctly. It looks to me like it's not possible to seat a primer to deep by applying too much pressure on the ram lever. So far, I have got perfect primer depths on my 380's, 9mm's, and 45's, by simply moving the ram lever to its limit of travel.

The only aggravating thing is that the safety prime dispenser will occasionally not get the primer in the cup. The primer will invariably fall out onto the floor, and I have to stop everything and find it.

 

[blarby]

I have this problem with my priming as well !

And without fail, it always ALWAYS jams on the last two primers

Placing a few rare-earth magnets around my press not only catches the primers, it also more often than not catches the priming arm if it finds its way loose of the ram !

 

[Lost Sheep]

Test your rounds for chambering

Yep, using the blade edges of a Starrett dial caliper, on the very edge of the case rim. I looked every round over with a loupe and a caliper.

I assume you are basing your conclusion on the way the light is hitting the edge of the round. It does look rounded in that picture.

I held a metal straightedge to the side of the case, and held it up to the light. The only distortion is the bulge from bullet insertion.

I am convinced the case is straight all the way to the edge. If you have further doubts though, please speak up.

An expedient test.

Field strip your gun and take your barrel and any questionable rounds. If the rounds drop easily into the chamber, bottom out firmly and have the cartridge base even with the barrel hood, you should be good to go.

Lost Sheep

 

[Lost Sheep]

The only aggravating thing is that the safety prime dispenser will occasionally not get the primer in the cup. The primer will invariably fall out onto the floor, and I have to stop everything and find it.

Spread a drop cloth under your work area (cloth, not plastic; primers tend to not roll on cloth, but bounce and roll on plastic).

I have this problem with my priming as well !

And without fail, it always ALWAYS jams on the last two primers

Placing a few rare-earth magnets around my press not only catches the primers, it also more often than not catches the priming arm if it finds its way loose of the ram !

Gravity feed. Gravity is reliable, but not sideways, which the last little bit of the primer feed path is. Lee really could have done a better job. But let me also say that Lee's little "pez dispenser" device is pretty good.

On the other hand, it does encourage you to keep the primer feed full of primers, which means you can never stop loading.

Lost Sheep