heypete
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As a cheap college student, I often pick up range brass for .30-06 to reload. Often, they're in the "brass only" buckets near the shooting stations where shooters deposit their brass for recycling.
The other day, I de-primed and full-length sized a bunch of cases, then gave them to my buddy to put in his tumbler. The next day, they're all shiny. Oddly enough, there were a few rounds that still had primers in them (I think there were a few that I didn't size/de-prime).
I lubed up the cases, ran them through the die, cleaned the primer pocket, and seated new primers. When I was cleaning out the primer tray on my Lee Challenger press, I noticed that one of the primers from one of the cases I just processed (there were like 3-4, that's it) was still live!
It was dented by a firing pin, but the priming mixture and whatnot under the anvil was still unfired. Very strange. The case obviously had no bullet and had recently been fired, but the primer was unfired yet dented.
Any ideas? It looks like a CCI 200 series primer from the appearance (yellow mixture, nickel-plated cup).
How could this be? How could the round have been fired (obvious residue in the casing and primer pocket, no bullet, etc.), the primer be dented, but not actually been ignited?
The other day, I de-primed and full-length sized a bunch of cases, then gave them to my buddy to put in his tumbler. The next day, they're all shiny. Oddly enough, there were a few rounds that still had primers in them (I think there were a few that I didn't size/de-prime).
I lubed up the cases, ran them through the die, cleaned the primer pocket, and seated new primers. When I was cleaning out the primer tray on my Lee Challenger press, I noticed that one of the primers from one of the cases I just processed (there were like 3-4, that's it) was still live!
It was dented by a firing pin, but the priming mixture and whatnot under the anvil was still unfired. Very strange. The case obviously had no bullet and had recently been fired, but the primer was unfired yet dented.
Any ideas? It looks like a CCI 200 series primer from the appearance (yellow mixture, nickel-plated cup).
How could this be? How could the round have been fired (obvious residue in the casing and primer pocket, no bullet, etc.), the primer be dented, but not actually been ignited?