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Post by hacker54 on Sept 9, 2015 1:11:03 GMT -5
First off guys it is NOT about my vehicle. I am referring to primers. Well about a week ago at the range my son-in-law had a round (that I loaded) not fire. Well I'm thinking how did i skip one on powder oh well I'm not perfect just human. I told him I'll break it down and go from there. This was a 5.56/.223 round from his AR. Looking at the primer it had a solid firing pin strike. I got the kinetic bullet puller out and broke the round down. Well I retrieved bullet and powder. Yep I did put powder in that one. So next step was just to remove the spent primer and found that it indeed had some form of a spark. The primer looked like it had fired and the primer pocket was dirty where it sparked. I clean primer pockets on all my brass. When I clean a pocket it has to have some shine to it before I let it go on to the next step. This is a first for me in my 30+ years at the load bench. I do believe that it was Bob or Greg that had a bad primer that had no compound in it just cup and anvil. I am guessing not enough compound. So I'm asking anyone else have this happen to them. I do understand with the millions that are made ya bound to get a flub mere and there. It was a CCI 200 primer and yes I'll still use CCI primers as they are my go to primers and I use other makes as well.
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poohzilla
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Post by poohzilla on Sept 9, 2015 14:49:32 GMT -5
Hacker, my suspicion is that it was your turn to get a bad primer. I'm amazed we haven't had more, with the recent supply issues and the rush to fill orders. I had it happen once, before my hair turned grey. If you know what lot the offender came from, you might take a little extra care, otherwise, at least we got something to talk about !
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gws
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Post by gws on Sept 9, 2015 18:20:46 GMT -5
besides poohs thought, there is another possibility. How did you clean your brass for that group of cases? Just thinking about the possibility of a plug in the flash hole (walnut or corncob?......or even stainless steel pins).
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7mmmountaineer
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Post by 7mmmountaineer on Sept 9, 2015 18:20:54 GMT -5
Gary I have had this happen to me a few times mostly with Tula primers. Dose it surprise me you got a dud primer no.
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Post by hacker54 on Sept 9, 2015 23:02:30 GMT -5
Greg, As per your comment. I clean the brass with the primer in. That batch I cleaned was with the corn cob. Then I wipe them down then I run them through the sizer. This will get out anything in the flash hole as it spits out the spent primer. After this step I clean the primer pocket to get that residue out.
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bob
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Post by bob on Sept 10, 2015 0:10:15 GMT -5
Welcome to the 1 in several million club Gary. Call CCI and they will probably send you something. I got a hat because I already had a good supply of primers.
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