I've been hanging around the forum for a while now researching my questions and getting some great information. I'm new to reloading and been purchasing some supplies from local stores and the internet, but I went to a gun show this weekend and found some primers I've been looking for CCI #41 primers. I bought a box of 1000. Well when I got home it appears something is wrong with some of them. I'm going to try to a picture and hopefully someone can tell what wrong with them
primer question
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lightman
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The only thing that I see is that a few of them are in the box,up side down.This is unusual,but not necessarily bad.Can you describe what you are seeing,that I may be missing? Lightman
That makes sense, this is the first box of primers I've bought except black powder and I thought they looked like they had been fired. I didn't realize I was looking at the underside of the primers. You can only learn so much from books and forums. Thanks again and I'll keep reading.
dave from mesa
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See. Easy fix. 
dmazur
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Thank heavens the "top side" of the primer is rough, compared to the bottom side or primer flip trays wouldn't work.
It took me a little while to understand the geometry of a "flip" and that the tray had a lid so you could turn the whole assembly 180° after they were all shiny side down.
As you shake the tray, the rough side of the primer catches in the grooves of the tray, forcing the primer to flip. The shiny side doesn't catch.
To load a primer tube for many presses, the primers have to be shiny side up. The tube is inverted when the primers are dumped into the primer magazine on the press, and now they are shiny side down again, which is the correct orientation for repriming.
The first time I tried to do this, I did it with the lid on. Seemed nice and neat to me. I didn't want to spill any when I was shaking them. Well, there isn't enough clearance for the primers to flip when the lid is on.
Reloading involves lots of details. These forums are a tremendous resource, and are a wonderful addition to printed manuals.
Good luck.
It took me a little while to understand the geometry of a "flip" and that the tray had a lid so you could turn the whole assembly 180° after they were all shiny side down.
As you shake the tray, the rough side of the primer catches in the grooves of the tray, forcing the primer to flip. The shiny side doesn't catch.
To load a primer tube for many presses, the primers have to be shiny side up. The tube is inverted when the primers are dumped into the primer magazine on the press, and now they are shiny side down again, which is the correct orientation for repriming.
The first time I tried to do this, I did it with the lid on. Seemed nice and neat to me. I didn't want to spill any when I was shaking them. Well, there isn't enough clearance for the primers to flip when the lid is on.
Reloading involves lots of details. These forums are a tremendous resource, and are a wonderful addition to printed manuals.
Good luck.
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