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Found primer walls in my brass
I was resising some .223 I had shot out of my AR. As I was cleaning the primer pockets I noticed on 3 or 4 pieces the walls of the primers were still there. The heads were gone. 55gr Barnes TSX and 25gr of CFE 223. Max for this load is 27.6. CCI 400 primers. I know I should have but I never looked for pressure signs like flattened primer.
Has this ever happened to anyone else and is it something I should be concerned about? Steve |
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Found primer walls
Are these reloads of yours, or military ammo, that could have the sealer alongwith the crimps that the military use ? Bill K
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Yes Bill my reloads. I will look to see what brass it was.
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Found primer walls
Now I really wonder what would cause the side of the cups to separate, never seen or heard of that problem. I really desire, as you do also, to know why. Keep us posted on what you find out from someone with knowledge. Bill K
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Did you notice anything different when pushing the spent primers out of the brass, like more resistance?
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I've had that happen over the years, long enough ago to not remember the exact circumstances. Being a diehard cheapskate, I ground an old tap to catch the remaining primer and was able to drive them out through the flash hole. Kinda frustrating when you're trying to prime cases -- otherwise, no harm, no foul and I have no idea what causes that condition.
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Among the many "mistakes" and plumb stupid screw up's I made while trying to learn the reloading game. I over loaded some '06 where the primers backed out a bit or I think they did. And formed a flat edge around the rim of the primers.
When decapping the flats came off and left the rims in place. As I recall, or think I do, they were down in full depth. That was over 50 yrs ago so it's hard to be sure at this late date. That's the way I think it was though. I made about every mistake that could be made those days as I had no one to guide me. I was 14 when starting out in 1958.
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George "Gun Control is NOT about guns, it's about CONTROL!!" |
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Did you swage, or chamfer the pockets ?
I've never seen this either. How did you seat them ? Jim |
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I use the primer pocket uniformer and reamer on the primer pockets. It cleans them up nice. I have the Lyman Case Care set.
It must have something to do with the brand of brass as these were the only LC and PSD cases I had. The rest were Winchester and R-P. |
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