Primer hole in new Starline 357 brass...

[gonoles_1980]

I had about 25% of the brass I hand primed much harder to push in than normal. I had two primers I couldn't hand prime all the way. I had to remove those, deprime and prime with my primer on my single stage primer. I had to run the primer cleaning tool to remove some metal on the side of the primer hole.

Anyone else notice this issue? I always love loading up new brass, it's so clean.

 

[moxie]

Suggest you call Starline.

 

[jwalts27]

over the past 2 weeks I have hand primed almost 1k new Starline 357 brass. Didn't have any issues. I bought it from Missouri Bullet about a month ago.

 

[MightyMO1911]

Primed 200 the other day. No issues.

 

[gonoles_1980]

Thanks guys, I'll see how the next 100 do when I make bullets next time I make some. The rest of the process went well. Those of you with no issues, are you using a hand primer?

I did send an email to Starline, I'll see what they say.

 

[jwalts27]

yes, RCBS hand prime

 

[FROGO207]

The primers may be larger than the pocket. Wolf/Tula, Magtech, and S&B have been larger than say Win, CCI, Remington, or Fed from what I have used. This helps with expanded primer pockets in rifle brass to get an extra reload or two out of them but is not needed with pistol brass.

 

[Potatohead]

Make sure you havent accidentally ended up with 2 primers, one underneath the other, loaded into the area above the rod in the hand primer which causes you to push in the primer with another primer, instead of only the rod.

Also, my Starline brass is really really tight, and takes some work to bell, but Im not familiar with your specific problem.

Im not sold on Starline's quality control yet..

 

[gonoles_1980]

I left off that I'm using CCI primers. I loaded up 100 primers. The last time I got Starline was a batch of 500, they worked well.

Potatohead, I don't believe I had a double primer problem, I would think the second primer would have fallen out when I removed the shell holder from the hand primer.

I'll make another batch of 357's next weekend and see how they go.

 

[Rule3]

Tight is good.

 

[gonoles_1980]

Starline recommended I tumble my bass first in old media, which will lube it slightly, and that will make it easier to prime. Said it's because the brass is very clean, making it harder to prime. I'll give it a try, though the last 125 I primed gave me minimal issues, one or two required an extra umph when handpriming.

 

[gamestalker]

I really like Starline brass, and don't recall any issues ever with priming or other wise.

I bought some new IMI brass a year or so back that had some strange issues though. When I was lightly belling them, the first one would gall and drag out of the die. Then the next one in line would be even worse, and by the 3rd or 4th they would nearly get stuck in the die. No biggie though, I just seated the JHP's without belling, an often used method of mine anyway. After the first firing the problem went away.

GS

 

[iShoot17]

I have run into this same thing while working with Starline 357 brass.

I have accepted it as how things go and have never really had a significant issue. I just have to put a little more "Umph" into the handle on the Dillons.

I have noted the difficulty belling as well. I sometimes get minor brass shavings, even with minimal belling, and they are usually difficult to get off the powder funnel.

I will try the tumbling method before use of brand new 357 brass. I don't really have the same issues with Starline brass that has been fired already.

 

[gonoles_1980]

Ishoot7 do you size the brass first? I do and don't have an issue with the bellin.g. I loike starline brass. Id buy it again and will when i get my 44 mag.

 

[iShoot17]

I resize all brand new brass as part f my loading procedures. I'm not sure why I keep getting little brass shavings, or that it sticks some on the powder funnel. I have adjusted, lubed, etc. I have accepted it as part of the loading process for the brass.

I also shoot a lot of 44Mag brass, bought new from Starline. I like the brass produced by Starline. I am up to 10 firings on some of my 44Mag brass without issues (yet). I imagine the end of life is near for that brass, but I'll let it go until it fails my inspection. 24gr of H110 behind a 240gr XTP is quite a load for the brass to be handling so well!